Freitag 13:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Dropdowns often work perfectly until they’re placed inside a scrollable panel, where they can get clipped, and half the menu disappears behind the container’s edge. Godstime Aburu explains why this happens and offers practical solutions to fix it.
Donnerstag 15:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
How to choose between modals and pages, when to avoid modals, and how to determine the right level of interruption or navigation. Brought to you by Smart Interface Design Patterns, a **friendly video course on UX** and design patterns by Vitaly.
Mat Marquis and Andy Bell have released JavaScript for Everyone, an online course offered exclusively at Piccalilli. This post is an excerpt from the course taken specifically from a chapter all about JavaScript destructuring.JavaScript for Everyone: Destructuring originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Dienstag 10:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Design is about pacing and feelings as much as pixels and patterns. Alan Cohen explores Emotion in Flow and Emotion in Conflict, showing how anime like Dan Da Dan and superhero films like James Gunn’s Superman manage emotional shifts and translating those ideas into practical patterns for product design.
For this issue we have random(), folded clip-path corners, anchored container queries, customizable select, scroll-triggered animations, and more.What’s !important #7: random(), Folded Corners, Anchored Container Queries, and More originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Tailwind is really great for making layouts and there are many reasons why. Zell Liew looks at four specific examples of common use cases.4 Reasons That Make Tailwind Great for Building Layouts originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Freitag 13:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
The way JavaScript handles time has evolved significantly, from the built-in `Date` API to Moment.js and now Temporal. The new standard fills gaps in the original `Date` API while addressing limitations found in Moment and other libraries. Joe Attardi shares practical “recipes” for migrating Moment-based code to the new Temporal API.
Donnerstag 10:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
For years, developers have been hacking around the limitations of `border-radius`, using clip-path, SVG masks, and fragile workarounds just to get anything other than round corners. The new `corner-shape` property finally changes that, opening the door to beveled, scooped, and squircle corners.
How we look at the stacking order of our projects, how we choose z-index values, and more importantly, the implications of those choices.The Value of z-index originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Montag 11:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Many product teams still lean on usability improvements and isolated behavioral tweaks to address weak activation, drop-offs, and low retention – only to see results plateau or slip into shallow gamification. Anders Toxboe updates persuasive design for today’s reality, clarifying what has actually held up over the last decade.
Freitag 8:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
UX design is entering a new phase, with designers shifting from makers of outputs to directors of intent. AI can now generate wireframes, prototypes, and even design systems in minutes, but UX has never been only about creating interfaces. It’s about navigating ambiguity, advocating for humans in systems optimised for efficiency, and solving their problems through thoughtful design.
Donnerstag 20:50 – Eric Karkovack at Speckyboy Design Magazine
If new site projects are slowing down, it is time to expand what you offer. Practical ideas for WordPress agencies, like plugins and dashboards you can sell, client training and courses, and AI-focused services clients will need.
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Sure, we can select the element in CSS with, you know, a simple element selector, html. But what other (trivial and perhaps useless) ways can we do it?The Different Ways to Select in CSS originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Mittwoch 20:20 – Eric Karkovack at Speckyboy Design Magazine
AI site builders are squeezing the low-budget web design market that many new freelancers start in. The race to the bottom is getting tougher. Learn how new designers can still build skills and gain new clients by using AI as a starting point.
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Dienstag 15:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Our newest Smashing Book, “Accessible UX Research” by Michele Williams, is finally shipping worldwide — and we couldn’t be happier! This book is about research, but you’ll also learn about assistive technology, different types of disability, and how to build accessibility into the entire design process. This thoughtful book will get you thinking about ways to make your UX research more inclusive and thorough, no matter your budget or timeline. Jump to the book details or order your copy now.
Dienstag 8:17 – Paul Andrew at Speckyboy Design Magazine
A collection of high-quality DaVinci Resolve transitions, including cinematic, glitch, and smooth effects. Ideal for editors looking to improve flow and visual impact.
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Montag 20:12 – Eric Karkovack at Speckyboy Design Magazine
AI can help WordPress developers extend existing plugins when a feature is missing. Learn how to pick the right plugin, use documentation in prompts, and package changes in a custom plugin for easier maintenance.
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Choosing between Popover API and Dialog API is difficult because they seem to do the same job, but they don’t! After a bit lots of research, I discovered that the Popover API and Dialog API are wildly different in terms of accessibility and we’ll go over that in this article.Popover API or Dialog API: Which to Choose? originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Montag 10:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
What happens if you rebuild a single tooltip using the browser’s native model without the aid of a library? The Popover API turns tooltips from something you simulate into something the browser actually understands. Opening and closing, keyboard interaction, Escape handling, and much of the accessibility now come from the platform itself, not from ad-hoc JavaScript.
Montag 4:00 – Paul Andrew at Speckyboy Design Magazine
Typewriter fonts can bring a unique style to your creative projects. Their worn-out letters and subtle ink blots replicate those characteristics you associate with vintage typing machines. They are great…
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Sonntag 11:15 – Paul Andrew at Speckyboy Design Magazine
With these free Photoshop actions, you will be able to save time editing photos, freeing you up for your real work – being creative.
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Sonntag 7:46 – Eric Karkovack at Speckyboy Design Magazine
A collection of fantastic plugins that will take your standard WordPress installation and transform it into an educational powerhouse.
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Samstag 9:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Do you need a little inspiration boost? Well, then our new batch of desktop wallpapers is for you. Designed by the community for the community, the wallpapers in this collection are the perfect opportunity to get your desktop ready for spring — and, who knows, maybe they’ll spark some new ideas, too. Enjoy!
Despite what’s been a sleepy couple of weeks for new Web Platform Features, we have an issue of What’s !important that’s prrrretty jam-packed. The web community had a lot to say, it seems, so fasten your seatbelts!What’s !important #6: :heading, border-shape, Truncating Text From the Middle, and More originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Freitag 14:40 – Juan Diego Rodríguez at CSS-Tricks
TL;DR: We can center absolute-positioned elements in three lines of CSS. And it works on all browsers!Yet Another Way to Center an (Absolute) Element originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Freitag 10:17 – Paul Andrew at Speckyboy Design Magazine
A collection of the best free to download PowerPoint (PPT) templates to help creatives and designers quickly create stunning slide presentations.
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Donnerstag 11:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Meet our brand new conference for designers and UI engineers who love the web. That’s [SmashingConf Amsterdam](https://smashingconf.com/amsterdam-2026), taking place in the legendary Pathé Tuschinski, on April 13–16, 2026.
Read an explanation of the recent CVE-2026-2441 vulnerability that was labeled a „CSS exploit“ that „allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.“An Exploit … in CSS?! originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Browsers don’t just let you bookmark web pages. You can also bookmark JavaScript, allowing you to do so much more than merely save pages.A Complete Guide to Bookmarklets originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Let’s get nuanced in this article and discuss the capabilities of both SVG and raster imaged so that you can make informed decisions in your own work.Loading Smarter: SVG vs. Raster Loaders in Modern Web Design originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Montag 10:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Every high-resolution hero image, autoplay video, and complex JavaScript animation carries a cost. Sustainable UX challenges the era of “unlimited pixels” and reframes performance as responsibility. In 2026, truly sophisticated design is defined not by how much it adds, but by how thoughtfully it reduces its footprint.
Danny has several ideas for how we could use :near(), a proposed pseudo-class that detects when the pointer is near an element.Potentially Coming to a Browser :near() You originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
The distinction between „components“ and „utilities“ seems clear at first glance, but gets a little blurred when working with them in Tailwind.Distinguishing “Components” and “Utilities” in Tailwind originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Mittwoch 15:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
What makes streaks so powerful and addictive? To design them well, you need to understand how they align with human psychology. Victor Ayomipo breaks down the UX and design principles behind effective streak systems.
Lee accepts a challenge: arranging text in a spiral that animates as a vortex on scroll… all in CSS.Spiral Scrollytelling in CSS With sibling-index() originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Montag 20:22 – Eric Karkovack at Speckyboy Design Magazine
Automation and AI can help agencies run lean, but they can also create distance with clients. Learn how to keep supporting humans, avoid bot-written newsletters, and use tech in ways that build trust.
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Freitag 15:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Designing for mental health means designing for vulnerability. Empathy-Centred UX becomes not a “nice to have” but a fundamental design requirement. Here’s a practical framework for building trust-first mental health products.
Mittwoch 13:00 – at Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Autonomy is an output of a technical system. Trustworthiness is an output of a design process. Here are concrete design patterns, operational frameworks, and organizational practices for building agentic systems that are not only powerful but also transparent, controllable, and trustworthy.