It’s the start of a new year, and product designers are already launching thousands of new apps, tools, and resources. In January’s edition of our monthly roundup of the most exciting new downloads for designers and developers, there’s everything from…
There is a strange ritual that web developers around the world have been perpetuating from the dawn of computers to modern days. This ritual is the implementation of authentication. This article is Eric Burel’s attempt at making this ritual less…
You may have an excellent business plan together with a good product or service to sell. But, the look and feel of your digital storefront doesn’t perfectly represent your brand. Then it simply isn’t going to contribute all that much…
In this article, Sara Dholakia breaks down the most common visualization types to help guide you through selecting the best choice for your specific needs and shares her tips for creating a stellar data visualization.Data visualizations are everywhere; from the…
Meet “Understanding Privacy”, our brand new Smashing Book to make sense of privacy, and learn how to create inclusive, safe and privacy-aware digital experiences. eBook now available, print shipping in early December. Jump to details and get the book.To many…
Welcome to our annual guessing game of what the next twelve months will bring. As ever, the design world isn’t isolated from the world in which it exists, so when events shape our lives, they impact our work, the work…
In this article, Patrick Brosset gives an update on the most impactful new features that are now available in DevTools, across Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Edge.I can’t believe it’s already been nine months since I last wrote about the new…
That’s how people behave on the web in 2023. Some observations from real usability testing on what people do and what they don’t do on the web. From disabled copy-paste to magic link sign-in.Many projects start with assumptions. We assume…
In this article, Sacha Greif tries to anticipate future CSS trends and takes a look at some far-fetched and futuristic CSS features that might one day make their way to the browser.I run the yearly State of CSS survey, asking…
The annual survey for anyone who writes CSS, State of CSS, is nearing the end of its response period for 2022. The survey is available in many different languages and all questions are optional. Join in the survey — it…