Emails from sender «Smashing Magazine».
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- #444: UX Writing — 2024-02-20
Words matter. The way they are spoken matters, too.
- #443: UX Research — 2024-02-13
Poor UX research is a recipe for disaster. Without research, companies merely rely on assumptions, hunches and strong opinions.
- #442: Sustainable Front-End and UX — 2024-02-06
When we think about digital sustainability, we usually think about image compression and network payload. However, sustainable experiences g…
- #441: Legacy Systems and UX Migration — 2024-01-30
Legacy isn’t the most exciting matter in front-end or UX. We often speak about shiny new things, yet most products around run on legacy syst…
- #440: Interface Design — 2024-01-23
Interface design matters. A well-functioning product will get people through their tasks, but it’s also well-designed, people might stay wit…
- #439: Accessibility and Inclusive Design — 2024-01-16
When we think of accessibility, we often think of the usual suspects: color contrast, font sizes, keyboard navigation, mark-up, and screen r…
- #438: Free Books and Guides — 2024-01-09
Roll up your sleeves! In this newsletter, we’ve put together a few useful books, guides, templates and resources to help you get started in…
- #437: New Ways of Working in 2024 — 2024-01-02
So 2024 is here. With it come new hopes and new goals, new challenges and achievements and perhaps new and better ways of working together.
- #436: State of Front-End, AI and UX 2024 — 2023-12-19
A new year is always a reminder to rethink, review and reimagine.
- #435: Figma — 2023-12-12
How do you organize a Figma component library? How do you optimize large and slow Figma files used across teams?
- #434: Magical Front-End Features — 2023-12-05
The web is a magical place. In the busyiness of our daily work, we often forget that it’s also a place where lovely communities come togethe…
- #433: Dashboards, Maps & UX — 2023-11-28
Complex interfaces come in different forms and shapes. Often we explore design patterns for structured data — with data tables, filters and…
- #432: Design Systems — 2023-11-21
How do you organize a design system with 900 components and 25 designers? How do you design a UI component from scratch?
- #431: Lovely Little Websites — 2023-11-14
The web is a miracle. In the busy daily routine, we often forget about all the fine little things we can do online.
- #430: UX Guides, Templates and Career Ladders — 2023-11-07
UX has become incredibly complex and multi-faceted over the years.
- #429: Front-End Accessibility — 2023-10-31
With WCAG 2. 2 released in October, we now have 6 new success criteria for level A + AA, and 3 new success criteria for Level AAA.
- #428: Useful Front-End Tools — 2023-10-24
What are some of the most useful little tools and resources that you’ve discovered recently?
- #427: Design Systems — 2023-10-17
SmashingConfs 2024, design systems, how to organize design tokens, best practices, design documentation and how to decide on new design syst…
- #426: Data Visualization & Dashboards — 2023-10-10
It’s another exciting week here at Smashing! This time, the SmashingConf is taking place in the Netherlands — in Antwerp, to be exact.
- #425: Designing for Mobile — 2023-10-03
What’s the optimal font size on mobile? Do 44×44px target sizes achieve optimal accessibility on mobile devices?
- #424: Design Inspiration and Eye-Candy — 2023-09-26
Inspiration is everywhere around us. But sometimes it’s valuable to stumble upon the unexpected and explore day-to-day challenges from an un…
- #423: Front-End — 2023-09-19
What’s going on in frontend these days? In this newsletter, we look into some of the new challenges and new features on the web platform.
- Smashing Newsletter — 2023-09-12
SmashingConf Antwerp is coming 🇧🇪 — it’s just a matter of weeks now!
- #421: Lovely Little Website Gems — 2023-09-05
It’s an exciting week here at Smashing! The SmashingConf is taking place in our hometown Freiburg, Germany (check the conference photos), wh…
- #420: Inclusive Design and Accessibility — 2023-08-29
Accessibility isn’t easy to get right. There are many myths and assumptions, from colorblindness to older adults — and often it’s difficult…
- 🍫 Meet SmashingConf Design & UX (Antwerp, Oct 9–11, 2023) — 2023-08-23
Last tickets for SmashingConf Design & UX in Antwerp, Belgium — for interface designers, UX designers and UI engineers.
- #419: JavaScript — 2023-08-22
What’s going on in JavaScript these days? How do we write better asynchronous code?
- #418: UX Writing and Microcopy — 2023-08-15
Words matter. Sometimes we rely on labels and calls to action that appear to be obvious and self-explanatory.
- #417: Inclusive Design — 2023-08-08
Accessibility is not just ticking off checkboxes. It’s a part of respectful, inclusive design — and in this newsletter, we look into some us…
- #416: Figma Tools and Workflow — 2023-08-01
It’s Figma time! Indeed, many design teams these days use Figma, yet sometimes it’s difficult to figure out just the right way to use it for…
- #415: UX Workflow — 2023-07-25
We often look for the perfect design process for our teams. Yet whatever workflow we use, too often design process takes a life of its own.
- #414: CSS — 2023-07-18
It’s CSS time, everyone — with some useful articles, tools and resources that might come in handy when you want to better structure your CSS…
- #413: UX Motion and Animation — 2023-07-11
For a very long time, I was absolutely clueless about animation. What’s the right timing?
- #412: Accessibility and Inclusive Design — 2023-07-04
Accessibility isn’t about compliance. It’s not about ticking off checkboxes in an accessibility checklist.
- #411: Sustainable Design — 2023-06-27
With sustainability checklists, Figma kit, ethical design, sustainability-related nudges in design and useful resources all around prioritiz…
- #410: Design KPIs — 2023-06-20
How do we measure the quality of our design work? What about design system health?
- #409: Web Performance — 2023-06-13
This newsletter takes a crack at helping you create a culture of performance on your team.
- #407: Web Typography — 2023-05-30
Typically I’d start by designing a fluid, responsive type scale in greyscale, trying to find a magical spot for font size, line length and l…
- #406: State Of The Web 2023 — 2023-05-23
It can be quite challenging to keep track of what’s new on the web these days. What are some of the new features in CSS and JavaScript?
- #405: UX and Interface Design — 2023-05-16
Designing complex interfaces has its own rules and conventions.
- #403: Advanced CSS In 2023 — 2023-05-02
I can vividly remember the first time I encountered CSS back in the day. I would spend hours trying to understand why it’s possible to float…
- #402: Useful Figma Plugins and Tools — 2023-04-25
It’s Figma time! Many of us design in Figma every day, but there are always those little tools, plugins and templates that can make our work…
- #401: Web Performance — 2023-04-18
What should we focus on when boosting web performance today? Surely we’ve heard about Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse scores, but is it enoug…
- #400: Useful Templates For UX Designers — 2023-04-11
You don’t have to start from scratch every time you need to run a good round of usability testing or present your UX research findings to a…
- #399: Web Accessibility — 2023-04-04
Accessibility used to be an afterthought. But it’s almost impossible to imagine a competitive product that hasn’t at least considered access…
- #398: Knowledge Hubs For UX Designers — 2023-03-28
There are so many wonderful resources around us! But why is it that when we need something very specific, it’s always difficult to find anyt…
- #397: Sustainable Design Toolkits 🌱 — 2023-03-21
With sustainability checklists, Figma kit, ethical design, sustainability-related nudges in design and useful resources all around prioritiz…
- #396: Web Typography — 2023-03-14
I vividly remember reading Web Design is 95% Typography by Oliver Reichenstein almost 20 years ago.
- #395: UX and Design Process — 2023-03-07
How do you design animation? How do you choose your UX research methods?
- #393: Useful CSS Techniques — 2023-02-21
We have a little surprise coming up for you tomorrow.
- #392: Design Inspiration From Remote Corners Of The Web — 2023-02-14
Today’s newsletter is quite an inpirational journey, so fasten your seatbelts as we explore a network of science, take a roundtrip through t…