Building Tactile UX: Honoring Intentional Design With Lottie
When tasked with building a highly interactive, tactile web experience, the architecture must serve the art…
How to Hide WordPress Blocks Based on Device
Responsive controls are a long-sought-after feature for the WordPress Block Editor. Changing a page’s design or…
When It Makes Sense To “Block” The Main Thread
The common rule of thumb is to never “block” the browser’s main thread when running JavaScript…
Quick Tip: How To Use WordPress Block Notes
The WordPress Block Editor is great for creating custom layouts. There are plenty of core and…
8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Adding Scroll Effects to Your Website
Scrolling is among the most boring necessities of digital design. Or is it? It’s easy for…
The UX Designer’s Nightmare: When “Production-Ready” Becomes A Design Deliverable
In a rush to embrace AI, the industry is redefining what it means to be a…
Dropdowns Inside Scrollable Containers: Why They Break And How To Fix Them Properly
Dropdowns often work perfectly until they’re placed inside a scrollable panel, where they can get clipped,…
Building Dynamic Forms In React And Next.js
Some forms stay UI, while others quietly become rule engines. Here’s why these two different approaches…
Say Cheese! Meet SmashingConf Amsterdam 🇳🇱
Meet our brand new conference for designers and UI engineers who love the web. That’s SmashingConf…
A Designer’s Guide To Eco-Friendly Interfaces
Every high-resolution hero image, autoplay video, and complex JavaScript animation carries a cost. Sustainable UX challenges…
CSS @scope: An Alternative To Naming Conventions And Heavy Abstractions
Prescriptive class name conventions are no longer enough to keep CSS maintainable in a world of…
Rethinking “Pixel Perfect” Web Design
Amit Sheen takes a hard look at the “Pixel Perfect” legacy concept, explaining why it’s failing…
