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10Oct

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Weekly News for Designers № 613

Xplorer – This cross-platform file explorer software works via web technologies. Changing Hands: Should You Worry When a WordPress Plugin Has a New Owner? – Why a change in ownership can be a reason for cautious optimism. Flowrift – Check out this library made of beautifully designed Tailwind CSS UI blocks. Using Modern Image Formats: AVIF And WebP – A compression and performance comparison of old-school and modern image formats. Access Guide – Bookmark this friendly resource that walks you through various accessibility guidelines. What’s the right font size in web design? – Things to consider when setting the size of your type. 10 Free InDesign Templates for Creating Professional Resumes – Stand out from the competition by using one of these excellent resume templ...

2Oct

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Weekly News for Designers № 612

Microcopy – A collection of click-to-copy short text for use on your website. Theatre.js – A GUI-based JavaScript animation library. Dot HQ – Concerned about online privacy? Give this new web browser a try. Motion One – This animation library promises “huge” performance while keeping a tiny file size. Navigating Harsh Judgements and Self-Worth in Web Design – Some advice for tuning out the darkest parts of the web design community. Menu and Thumbnail Stack Animation – Learn the process behind this unique menu animation. The Future of CSS: Cascade Layers – Find out how this new CSS feature can help designers take control of the cascade. 8 Best WordPress Plugins for Providing Customer Support – Add a variety of custo...

7Aug

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Weekly News for Designers № 604

A framework for building Open Graph images – A look at GitHub’s new Open Graph image generator. There Is No Such Thing As A CSS Absolute Unit – Learn why CSS units aren’t so absolute after all. UI patterns & design inspiration from real products – Browse this curated library of screenshots & interaction patterns from the world’s best digital products. Learn How to Determine Website Project Requirements Like a Pro – Strategies that can help you paint a clearer picture of what a website project will require. uxbullshit – Read some not-so-recommended UX quotes. Image optimisation: the ultimate guide – Learn the ins and outs of getting the best performance from your images. The State of Developer Ecosystem 2021 – Annual look at the latest trends in the tech industry, as well as in...

26Jul

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Weekly News for Designers № 602

Pattern Collect – Browse this curated gallery of patterns from around the web. Designing for the Unexpected – Thoughts on designing for situations and devices you didn’t anticipate. GradientArt – Give this feature-packed, web-based CSS gradient editor a try. The Current State of Homepage UX – 8 Common Pitfalls – A look at how well various eCommerce sites are doing, along with things to avoid in your own projects. Refactoring CSS: Introduction (Part 1) – Dive into the process of analyzing your code, identifying weaknesses and creating solutions. gridless.design – Interesting thoughts on moving beyond grid-based design. Is It Time for Web Designers to Retire the Slider? – The slider was once a catch-all solution. But perhaps it has outlived its usefulness? inLine – Use this free JavaScr...

3Jul

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Weekly News for Designers № 599

User Inyerface – Can you navigate through this game of really bad UI? Building Generative Grid Layouts With Quadtrees – Learn how to create super versatile generative/random grid layouts in just a few lines of JavaScript. Wordmark – Use this online tool to find the perfect font for your project. 15 Free HTML Templates for Creating Resumes – Use one of these fantastic templates to create your resume, then customize to make it your own. CSS Selectors: The Full Reference Guide – Get the lowdown on CSS selectors with this in-depth resource. Fabius – Free Resume WordPress Theme – A free one-page resume WordPress theme which would be perfect as the personal portfolio of any digital professional. Serving sharp images to high density screens – A guide to making your images crystal clear on Hi...

22May

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Weekly News for Designers № 593

Building a Personal [Origami] Website in 2021 – Useful tips for those who want to create their own personal website. Storybook addons for CSS – Tools that streamline the CSS debugging process. Iconoir – A free, open-source collection of 900+ SVG icons to use in your projects. UX Lex – Stay up-to-date with this evolving, interactive glossary of UX research terms. Breakpoints – Use this Figma plugin to preview your responsive page layouts. Signflow Free WordPress Theme – A free startup & technology WordPress theme that could be used for building startup web sites, web services, businesses, internet services, and so much more. As a Freelance Designer, What Is Your Unique Selling Point? – How designers can harness the power of a USP (Unique Selling Point). 5 steps to faster web fonts ...

1May

By Paul AndrewNo Comments

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Weekly News for Designers № 590

FigJam Simple Wireframe Templates – A free library that adds missing wireframing components to Figma’s new online whiteboard FigJam. Why Web Designers Should Learn Multiple CMS – A few reasons why we think learning multiple CMS can be a good thing for every web designer. Profiling Site Speed – This article explains how to use the Chrome DevTools Performance tab to profile your site and interpret the results. The Making (and Potential Benefits) of a CSS Font – This is “just” HTML controlled with CSS, but still, it is software and it gets the message through. Yoome Free WooCommerce Theme – A free WooCommerce WordPress theme for creating stunning online shopping stores. Checklist to Starting Your Freelance Graphic Design Business – To help set you up for success, Dribbble have shared a c...

28Mar

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Weekly News for Designers № 585

100 underline/overlay animations | The ultimate CSS collection – Use this collection to find the perfect CSS animation for your project. Why Thinking Ahead Is Crucial in Web Design – Learn how to design websites with the future in mind. Charts.css – Check out this modern CSS framework that styles HTML elements as charts. Conditional animations with CSS properties – Make your website more accessible by loading animations based on a user’s “reduced motion” OS settings. Evergreen CSS Flex Layouts With Live Demos – A collection of common layouts that you can copy and paste right into your own site. 5 Common WordPress Myths Debunked – Some of the things you read about WordPress just aren’t true. This post will set the record straight. Foont. – How well do you know fonts? This quick game wi...

6Feb

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Weekly News for Designers № 578

Pika – Download this easy to use, open-source, native color picker for macOS. Luxa CSS – A minimalist CSS framework to help you design and build quickly. KTRZ Monokai – Coders, check out this minimal Visual Studio Code theme with the Monokai color scheme. Where Two-Factor Authentication Falls Short – 2FA’s dependence on a mobile device can cause all sorts of problems. Uniwidth typefaces for interface design – Examples of how to implement this handy type technique. Measuring, Defining and Improving Productivity: The Design Productivity Blueprint – An inside look at Spotify’s tool for measuring designer productivity. How to avoid layout shifts caused by web fonts – Real-world solutions to keep typography from causing large shifts in page layout. Are High-Quality Free WordPress Themes a ...

30Jan

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Weekly News for Designers № 577

Video Tutorial: How to Create a Stained Glass Window Effect – Craft a stunning effect in Adobe Illustrator with this tutorial. The State of Design in 2021 – A survey of over 1,000 designers, asking them how they work, what they value, and what kinds of challenges they’re facing. 8 Examples of Icon-Based Navigation, Enhanced with CSS and JavaScript – Some interesting examples of how icons can improve website navigation. VISIWIG Vector Pattern Generator – Create seamless patterns and export them to your favorite editing software. Doing Away With Bad Design Ideas and Moving on to the Good Ones – A few strategies creative professionals can use to quickly do away with all those bad design ideas, and move on to the good ones. On-Scroll Letter Animations – A small set of ...

3Jan

By Paul AndrewNo Comments

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Weekly News for Designers № 573

Our 50 Favorite CSS Libraries, Frameworks and Tools from 2020 The Rules of Margin Collapse – Joshw Comeau unravels the mystery that is known as “margin collapse.” 50 Best Websites of 2020 – Here’s a collection of the websites that Webdesigner Depot loved in 2020. Typography Principles – The Obys Agency shares some of their typography principles that help improve your experience. Reducing Motion in Animations – This article will demonstrate how to use the prefers-reduced-motion media feature in both CSS and JS to offer alternative interactions for users. Infinite Scroll: What Is It Good For? Uisual – A collection of minimally designed free HTML & CSS (no JS) landing page templates for startups. Deadlines – A simple, offline deadline tracker made with Vue...

27Dec

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Weekly News for Designers № 570

Why it’s good for users that HTML, CSS and JS are separate languages – Separating structure, styles and interactivity isn’t so bad, after all. Viral – A free typeface that bills itself as a “recipe for quarantining in 2020”. Download it, if you’re into that sort of thing. Atkinson Hyperlegible – This free font provides greater legibility for low vision readers. Examining the Evolution of the Typical Web Design Client – A look at how clients have changed since the early days of web design. Native Aspect Ratio Boxes in CSS thanks to aspect-ratio – Learn how to define a preferred aspect ratio for your design elements. Avoiding ‘Wasteful’ CSS in Your Projects – Tools and techniques that will help rid your site of unused CSS styles. Time to Say Goodbye to Google Fonts –...

26Dec

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Weekly News for Designers № 571

How to Help Your Clients with Website Content Strategy – How to get the processes of creating and organizing content moving in the right direction. Devbook – A new kind of search engine made just for developers. What Makes CSS Hard To Master – Thoughts on what frustrates some developers about CSS. The Grumpy Designer Looks Ahead to 2021 – The definitive tongue-in-cheek look at how the new year will impact the web design community. 10 new rules of design – Leading experts say that it’s time to move past “Eurocentric” ideas. Do you agree? Adobe just released the last Flash update ever – The last update for the venerable app. Official support will stop at the end of 2020. Horizontal Smooth Scroll Layouts – Some ideas for horizontal smooth scrolling layouts powered by L...

26Dec

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Weekly News for Designers № 572

2020 Web Design Year in Review – A look back at some important and interesting developments that impacted web designers this past year. Search Engine Optimization Checklist (PDF) – Use this handy reference to solve your most tedious SEO issues. Wavelry – Create your own custom wave graphics with this browser-based tool. You can export your work in either PNG or SVG format. Radix UI – An open-source UI component library for building high-quality, accessible design systems and web apps. 8 Ways for Bringing Creativity to Hyperlinks with CSS & JavaScript – Dress up your links for better user experience and accessibility. Sticky CSS Grid Items – Learn the technique behind making an element sticky within a CSS Grid layout. Fluent Icons – Grab this huge library of ope...