Category: Web development

When we look closely, inspiration can lie everywhere. In the leaves shining in the most beautiful colors in many parts of the world at this time of year, in a cup of coffee and a conversation with a friend, or when taking a walk on a windy October day. Whatever your secret to finding new […]

As designers, we want to design optimal experiences for the diverse range of people a product will serve. To achieve this, we take steps in our research and design decisions to minimize the risk of alienating product-relevant social identities, including but not limited to disability, race/ethnicity, gender, skin color, age, sexual orientation, and language. According […]

This article is a sponsored by Wix What should you focus on when designing your security strategy? This question becomes more and more tricky as your organization grows and matures. At an initial stage, you might be able to make due with a periodic penetration test. But you will soon find that as you scale […]

It is exciting how websites are being optimized. Localization, A/B testing, and cross-domain campaign tracking contribute to your bottom line. But why stop there? The customer experience is not determined by your website alone. Take the next step and start to include your telephony in the optimization span. And it is a relatively easy step […]

When it comes to performance, you shouldn’t be stingy. There are millions of sites, and you are in close competition with every one of those Google search query results. Research shows that users will abandon sites that take longer than three seconds to load. Three seconds is a very short amount of time. While many […]

We’re so happy to be back after all these years! Let’s brush up our front-end and design skills, together — at the wonderful SmashingConf New York, with plenty of practical sessions and hands-on workshops all around design systems, UX, CSS, JavaScript, performance and accessibility. And it’s not just about the content: it’s inclusive environment, memorable […]

In the quarter-century I’ve been a product designer, design has matured. We’ve developed tools and practices that allow us to work faster, better, and more in concert with engineers and product managers. Things are a lot less chaotic than they used to be. But with that change comes the process. I’ve written elsewhere about the […]

I’ve been using Angular since version 2, and it has come a long way since those days to what it is right now. I’ve worked on various Angular projects over the years, yet I keep finding new things. It goes to say how massive the framework is. Here are some things I wish I had […]

Undoubtedly, there are major advantages of inline validation. We validate input as users type, and so as people move from one green checkmark to another, we boost their confidence and create a sense of progression. If an input expects a particular type of content, we can flag errors immediately, so users can fix them right […]

In this episode of The Smashing Podcast, we’re talking about HTML email. Do we still have to design like we would for IE5? Vitaly talks to expert Rémi Parmentier to find out. Show Notes Rémi Parmentier on Twitter Can I Email? Weekly Update Meet “Smart Interface Design Patterns Checklists” written by Vitaly Friedman Making Sense […]