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- Recovering Deleted Files From Your Git Working Treeby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Oluwasanmi Akande) on December 1, 2023 at 10:00 am
Git is designed to assure us that we can track a project’s files at different points in time. But it doesn’t assure us that those files are always safe along the way. For […]
- Cold Days, Shining Lights (December 2023 Wallpapers Edition)by hello@smashingmagazine.com (Cosima Mielke) on November 30, 2023 at 9:30 am
Could there be a better way to welcome the new month than with a collection of desktop wallpapers? We’ve got some eye-catching designs to sweeten up the last few weeks of […]
- Crafting A Killer Brand Identity For A Digital Productby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Sasha Denisova) on November 28, 2023 at 10:00 am
In this article, Sasha guides you through crucial processes and factors to achieve a consistent brand presence across platforms. She offers an overview of the entire brand […]
- A Few Ways CSS Is Easier To Write In 2023by hello@smashingmagazine.com (Geoff Graham) on November 24, 2023 at 8:00 am
We’re living in somewhat of a CSS renaissance with new features, techniques, experiments, and ideas coming at us to an extent we haven’t seen since “CSS3”. It’s […]
- An Introduction To Full Stack Composabilityby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Facundo Giuliani) on November 23, 2023 at 8:00 pm
A well-designed composable system should not only consider the technical aspects but also take into account the nature of the content it handles. To help us with that, we can […]
- CSS Responsive Multi-Line Ribbon Shapes (Part 2)by hello@smashingmagazine.com (Temani Afif) on November 22, 2023 at 10:00 am
In Part 1 of the series, Temani Afif demonstrated how creating ribbon patterns in CSS has evolved with the availability of new CSS features. In this second installment of […]
- Creating And Maintaining A Voice Of Customer Programby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Victor Yocco & Dana Daniels) on November 21, 2023 at 12:00 pm
Product teams benefit from knowing their users’ needs and how they respond to product updates as they build out the roadmap of a product. This article covers Voice of […]
- An Efficient Design-to-Code Handoff Process Using Uno Platform For Figmaby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Matthew Mattei) on November 17, 2023 at 10:00 am
Effective collaboration between designers and developers is vital to creating good user experiences. However, bridging the handoff between design and development with the […]
- CSS Responsive Multi-Line Ribbon Shapes (Part 1)by hello@smashingmagazine.com (Temani Afif) on November 15, 2023 at 10:00 am
Ribbons have been used to accent designs for many years now. But, the way we approach them in CSS has evolved with the introduction of newer features. In this article, Temani […]
- Designing Web Design Documentationby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Frederick O’Brien) on November 13, 2023 at 1:00 pm
Words alone aren’t enough to safeguard best practices in the world of web design and development. Web design documentation must be like its medium — interactive and […]
- Creating Accessible UI Animationsby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Oriana García) on November 10, 2023 at 10:00 am
Animation and accessibility are often seen as two separate powers at odds with one another. How is it possible to strike a balance between elements that move and the possible […]
- WordPress Playground: From 5-Minute Install To Instant Spin-Upby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Ganesh Dahal) on November 9, 2023 at 12:00 pm
WordPress Playground began as an experiment to see what a self-hosted WordPress experience might look like without the requirement of having to actually install WordPress. A […]
- Addressing Accessibility Concerns With Using Fluid Typeby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Maxwell Barvian) on November 7, 2023 at 6:00 pm
The CSS `clamp()` function is often paired with viewport units for “fluid” font sizing that scales the text up and down at different viewport sizes. As common as this […]
- In Search Of The Ideal Privacy Iconby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Preethi Sam) on November 2, 2023 at 3:00 pm
Icons are capable of enhancing the content that surrounds them, but they have to be self-explanatory for that to happen. We have icons for things we like (a thumbs up), […]
- Answering Common Questions About Interpreting Page Speed Reportsby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Geoff Graham) on October 31, 2023 at 4:00 pm
Take a closer look at how various performance tools audit and report on performance metrics, such as core web vitals. Geoff Graham answers a set of common questions that pop […]
- Tales Of November (2023 Wallpapers Edition)by hello@smashingmagazine.com (Cosima Mielke) on October 31, 2023 at 9:45 am
November is just around the corner, and with it, a new collection of desktop wallpapers to celebrate the beginning of the month. Designed by creatives from all across the […]
- Passkeys: A No-Frills Explainer On The Future Of Password-Less Authenticationby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Neal Fennimore) on October 30, 2023 at 10:00 am
Passkeys are beginning to make their way into popular apps, from password managers to multi-factor authenticators, but what exactly are they? As this new technology promises […]
- What I Wish I Knew About Working In Development Right Out Of Schoolby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Victoria Johnson) on October 27, 2023 at 3:00 pm
Victoria Johnson began a career in front-end development upon graduating from college. Now, roughly one year later, she reflects back on the decisions she made to crack into […]
- An Actionable And Reliable Usability Questionnaire With Only 7 Items: Inuitby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Maximilian Speicher & Johanna Jagow) on October 26, 2023 at 10:00 am
Inuit (short for “**In**terface **U**sability **I**nstrumen**t**”) is a new questionnaire you can use to assess the usability of your user interface. It has been designed […]
- The Fight For The Main Threadby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Geoff Graham) on October 24, 2023 at 6:00 pm
Having access to a free reporting tool like Lighthouse in DevTools is a great start for diagnosing performance issues by identifying bottlenecks on the main thread. Even […]