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Let’s explore Penpot’s latest feature, CSS Grid Layout: smashingmagazine.com/2024/04/penpot…

(Thank you, Mikolaj Dobrucki, for putting it all together!)

Communication theory is not just an academic exercise. Victor Yocco reviews the components of the Transactional Model of communication, explaining how you might apply this framework to preparing, conducting, and analyzing your UX research.📚💡 smashingmagazine.com/2024/04/applyi…

Our Person of the Week is a product designer, game maker, and developer focusing on ways to improve the lives of people through design. Please give a warm round of applause for... Catt Small!

Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear Catt!

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What can we do to make a mobile app better? What subsidiary features benefit users? You might have some ideas. So does Preethi Sam.

↬ Without any prescriptions attached, here are features that can palpably improve user experience with a mobile app.📱✨ smashingmagazine.com/2024/04/things…

Tons of articles have been written about design systems, their complexity, and all the ways they can benefit a project.

Instead, Tatsiana Tarkan digs deep into iconography, offering practical tips to transform icon creation and maintenance into a joy.🎨✨ smashingmagazine.com/2024/04/iconog…

Remember the HTML <marquee> element? It’s deprecated, so it’s not like you’re going to use it when you need a horizontal auto-scrolling feature. That’s where CSS comes in.🌟

Learn how to make it possible with a set of images and as little HTML as possible:smashingmagazine.com/2024/04/infini…

Our Person of the Week is a design director and expert in research-driven design strategy, rapid prototyping, and global design systems. Drumrolls, please, for... Cameron Worboys!

Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear cam worboys!

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There’s no shortage of articles about the mental health of developers with advice for healthy work habits. But what working situations trigger things like stress, anxiety, and burnout? Victor Ayomipo shares his personal triggers and how he manages them.🎯 smashingmagazine.com/2024/03/develo…

How do product teams conduct user research today? How do they leverage user insights to make confident decisions and drive business growth? And what role does AI play?🤔

↬ Learn about the top trends defining the user research industry in 2024 and beyond: smashingmagazine.com/2024/03/the-fu…

Exploring “Dark Mode” feature options?🌗 Henry Bley-Vroman walks through a new possibility that leans into cutting-edge CSS, with minimal JavaScript to support persisting the user’s color scheme preference across pages: smashingmagazine.com/2024/03/settin…

Our Person of the Week is a Datavis Lead at Google, passionate about visual languages, design systems, and data accessibility. Please give a warm round of applause for... Kent Eisenhuth!

Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear Kent Eisenhuth!

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Do you have some sketches lying around that are too good not to be shared? Why not turn them into a desktop wallpaper to brighten up someone’s day? We’d love to feature your design in our upcoming April wallpapers post next week!

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Our Person of the Week is a freelance web development consultant specializing in design systems and leveraging AI to drive innovation. Drumrolls, please, for... Kevin Coyle!

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Need a full-fledged calendar for scheduling events on your website? We have curated a collection of some of the best calendar components available in the market that are worth the investment for your next big project: smashingmagazine.com/2024/03/event-…

Most designers think live form validation is good UX.

I used to think the same too because it tells users about mistakes asap.

But live validation is a complex, expensive way to ruin UX.

(And it’s so unnecessary.)

Here’s 4 example forms that show errors on submit:

Our Person of the Week is a coach, mentor, and community leader passionate about helping people pursue positive futures. Please give a warm round of applause for... Jason Mesut!

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In Part 1, T. Afif @ CSS Challenges explored different CSS techniques to create tooltip shapes. The main challenge was to rely on a single element and create optimized code that we could easily control using CSS variables. Ready for Part 2? Let’s explore more shapes:smashingmagazine.com/2024/03/modern…

🤕“Gatsby headaches” are over. Juan reflects on his decision to stop using Gatsby as his go-to framework. Through a detailed examination of its pros and cons, he provides key insights & alternative options for developers navigating their tooling choices🛠️: smashingmagazine.com/2024/03/end-of…

🔍 Designing Search UX in 2024, a public Google Doc with all slides, examples and a 3.5h-video recording with yours truly:

📸 All slides, examples, videos ↓
docs.google.com/document/d/1EW…

Happy browsing and watching, everyone! 🎉🥳

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