Alternatives To Typical Technical Illustrations And Data Visualisations Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers hello@smashingmagazine.com (Thomas Bohm)

Good technical illustrations and data visualisations allow users and clients to, in a manner of speaking, take time out, ponder and look at the information in a really accessible and engaging way. It can obviously also help you communicate certain categories of information and data. The aim of the article is to inspire and show … Read more

Why Optimizing Your Lighthouse Score Is Not Enough For A Fast Website Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers hello@smashingmagazine.com (Geoff Graham)

This article is a sponsored by DebugBear We’ve all had that moment. You’re optimizing the performance of some website, scrutinizing every millisecond it takes for the current page to load. You’ve fired up Google Lighthouse from Chrome’s DevTools because everyone and their uncle uses it to evaluate performance. After running your 151st report and completing … Read more

Ingredients For A Cozy November (2024 Wallpapers Edition) Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers hello@smashingmagazine.com (Cosima Mielke)

When the days are gray and misty as they are in many parts of the world in November, there’s no better remedy than a bit of colorful inspiration. To bring some good vibes to your desktops this month, artists and designers from across the globe once again tickled their creative ideas and designed unique and … Read more

Designing For Gen Z: Expectations And UX Guidelines Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers hello@smashingmagazine.com (Vitaly Friedman)

Every generation is different in very unique ways, with different habits, views, standards, and expectations. So when designing for Gen Z, what do we need to keep in mind? Let’s take a closer look at Gen Z, how they use tech, and why it might be a good idea to ignore common design advice and … Read more

CSS min() All The Things Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers hello@smashingmagazine.com (Victor Ayomipo)

Did you see this post that Chris Coyier published back in August? He experimented with CSS container query units, going all in and using them for every single numeric value in a demo he put together. And the result was… not too bad, actually. See the Pen Container Units for All Units [forked] by Chris … Read more

It’s Here! How To Measure UX & Design Impact, With Vitaly Friedman Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers hello@smashingmagazine.com (Vitaly Friedman)

Finally! After so many years, we’re very happy to launch “How To Measure UX and Design Impact”, our new practical guide for designers and managers on how to set up and track design success in your company — with UX scorecards, UX metrics, the entire workflow and Design KPI trees. Neatly put together by yours … Read more

Using Multimodal AI models For Your Applications (Part 3) Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers hello@smashingmagazine.com (Joas Pambou)

In this third and final part of a three-part series, we’re taking a more streamlined approach to an application that supports vision-language (VLM) and text-to-speech (TTS). This time, we’ll use different models that are designed for all three modalities — images or videos, text, and audio( including speech-to-text) — in one model. These “any-to-any” models … Read more

Build A Static RSS Reader To Fight Your Inner FOMO Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers hello@smashingmagazine.com (Karin Hendrikse)

In a fast-paced industry like tech, it can be hard to deal with the fear of missing out on important news. But, as many of us know, there’s an absolutely huge amount of information coming in daily, and finding the right time and balance to keep up can be difficult, if not stressful. A classic … Read more

How A Bottom-Up Design Approach Enhances Site Accessibility Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers hello@smashingmagazine.com (Eleanor Hecks)

Accessibility is key in modern web design. A site that doesn’t consider how its user experience may differ for various audiences — especially those with disabilities — will fail to engage and serve everyone equally. One of the best ways to prevent this is to approach your site from a bottom-up perspective. Understanding Bottom-Up Design … Read more

Interview With Björn Ottosson, Creator Of The Oklab Color Space Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers hello@smashingmagazine.com (Philip Jägenstedt)

Oklab is a new perceptual color space supported in all major browsers created by the Swedish engineer Björn Ottosson. In this interview, Philip Jägenstedt explores how and why Björn created Oklab and how it spread across the ecosystem. Note: The original interview was conducted in Swedish and is available to watch. About Björn Philip Jägenstedt: … Read more

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