Articles by Noupe from March 2018

The supply of premium fonts is increasing constantly. Aside from the big suppliers, such as Linotype and MyFonts, lots of new foundries with new, mostly unknown designers come to life. Although the pr...

Microinteractions are your website’s most important UI elements. Tooltips are a part of that, but they require even more diligence in terms of conception and realization. In the end, the microin...

You find creating explainer videos tempting, but don’t think you can do it? Well, you’re a web designer, and I’m sure you’ve already madea few animated design elements come to ...

Web performance is a ranking factor. Thus, you need to connect an appealing layout with high-speed delivery. Latency is your enemy. There’s a whole bunch of measures for that purpose. Today, we ...

Plugins are an important topic for every WordPress user. Before, we have presented new plugins every now and then. But we have never shown what our own installation runs with. Today, we want to catch ...

Before starting your descent into the depths of the SEO business, you should know that your design itself has a massive impact on the search engine viability. You’ll always fall short of an opti...

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could get all essential WordPress services besides the actual hosting from one provider? The rather new solution by 10web offers just that. WordPress: Much Light, But ...

Just scribble down an icon real quick. What’s so hard about that? Well, it’s definitely not easy. We’ll show you what you need to look out for when starting with icon design. Why do ...

Just yesterday, I got my hands on a design suggestion with text passages that were filled with dummy text from the ipsum spectrum. Lorem ipsum is still alive. The most interesting dummy text generator...

Humans make mistakes, a lot of mistakes. Thus, designs of all kinds have to expect mistakes and react with forgiveness. No matter how hard you try, you won’t always be able to prevent people fro...

Never underestimate psychology. After all, it explains pretty much all our actions.Take the following principles of design psychology to your heart. Psychology for Designers: An Aspect That Mustn̵...

It’s spring of 2018. This is the year where progressive web apps are expected to finally establish themselves. If you have yet to look into the topic, it’s about time you do so. We’l...

Is the browser as we know it today a phase-out model? Can we use the web without it? The answer to the second question is a clear yes. Will headless browsers kill web design? Headless Browser: UI With...

Everyone is talking about content marketing. Many of us even create content “en masse.” Some hire so-called influencers for that. Way too often, the effect fades away quickly, as the mater...

If you, as a page owner, think you didn’t have to care about typography, you’re wrong. The legibility of your texts also depends on the typography. Thus, in the following article, I want t...

It doesn’t matter whether you call it prototyping, design draft, mockup, or proposal. It’s the same topic. The customer wants to see what his digital product will look and work like as soo...

Of course, to some extent, a design is a matter of taste. The bigger share, however, is solid craftsmanship. It is subject to rules that you can’t just knock over because you think you’re ...

You think the big picture is what counts? You’re right, but only as long as it differentiates itself sufficiently. Today, the small UI elements and features are far more important. Thus, microin...