Articles by Smashing Magazine from December 2015

If you do any kind of development for the web, then you know how important tools are, and you like finding tools that make your life easier. Developing and testing new browser features, however, takes...

  If you do any kind of development for the web, then you know how important tools are, and you like finding tools that make your life easier. Developing and testing new browser features, ho...

A company proves that it has a strong creative process by developing successful products repeatedly. We see this in companies like Apple, BMW and Google. Founders such as Steve Jobs formed a corporate...

  A company proves that it has a strong creative process by developing successful products repeatedly. We see this in companies like Apple, BMW and Google. Founders such as Steve Jobs formed...

React is one of todays most popular ways to create a component-based UI. It helps to organize an application into small, human-digestible chunks. With its re-render the whole world approach, you can a...

  React is one of todays most popular ways to create a component-based UI. It helps to organize an application into small, human-digestible chunks. With its re-render the whole world approac...

While the growing adoption of responsive images cannot be ignored, it can be very difficult to employ the functionality under the constraints of a large CMS like WordPress. Although it is entirely pos...

Whats going on in the industry? What new techniques have emerged recently? What insights, tools, tips and tricks is the web design community talking about? Anselm Hannemann is collecting everything th...

  While the growing adoption of responsive images cannot be ignored, it can be very difficult to employ the functionality under the constraints of a large CMS like WordPress. Although it is ...

  Whats going on in the industry? What new techniques have emerged recently? What insights, tools, tips and tricks is the web design community talking about? Anselm Hannemann is collecting e...

The past few months have been challenging for me. I have taken on a host of new responsibilities at work and juggling that added workload has proven to be difficult.Like many web professionals, my fir...

  The past few months have been challenging for me. I have taken on a host of new responsibilities at work and juggling that added workload has proven to be difficult.Like many web professio...

Product teams in startups and mid-sized and large companies are all implementing usability testing and prototyping as a way to de-risk product development. As the focus shifts from engineering to prot...

  Product teams in startups and mid-sized and large companies are all implementing usability testing and prototyping as a way to de-risk product development. As the focus shifts from enginee...

What is the difference between a web page and a web application? Though we tend to identify documents with reading and applications with interaction, most web-based applications are of the blended var...

  What is the difference between a web page and a web application? Though we tend to identify documents with reading and applications with interaction, most web-based applications are of the...

It’s Christmas time, and we’re happy to release a brand-new freebie today, just for you! A set of 110 Christmas icons and illustrations that you can you use for sending your Christmas gree...

Whats going on in the industry? What new techniques have emerged recently? What insights, tools, tips and tricks is the web design community talking about? Anselm Hannemann is collecting everything th...

  It's Christmas time, and we're happy to release a brand-new freebie today, just for you! A set of 110 Christmas icons and illustrations that you can you use for sending your Christmas gree...

  It's Christmas time, and we're happy to release a brand-new freebie today, just for you! A set of 110 Christmas icons and illustrations that you can you use for sending your Christmas gree...

  Whats going on in the industry? What new techniques have emerged recently? What insights, tools, tips and tricks is the web design community talking about? Anselm Hannemann is collecting e...

  Whats going on in the industry? What new techniques have emerged recently? What insights, tools, tips and tricks is the web design community talking about? Anselm Hannemann is collecting e...

  I am a user experience designer. But you wouldnt recognize me as one. I dont often use Photoshop, Skitch or any other graphics package. You will rarely find me designing hero banners or ca...

Scalable Vector Graphics (or SVG) lend developers an incredible ability to display crisp, beautiful graphics at any size or resolution. SVG can also be animated using various techniques. In combinatio...

  Scalable vector graphics (or SVG) lend developers an incredible ability to display crisp, beautiful graphics at any size or resolution. SVG can also be animated using various techniques. I...

A users account on a website is like a house. The password is the key, and logging in is like walking through the front door. When a user cant remember their password, its like losing their keys. When...

  A users account on a website is like a house. The password is the key, and logging in is like walking through the front door. When a user cant remember their password, its like losing thei...

Flexbox has become one of the most popular tools for creating website layouts. Susy is another layout tool that has gained popularity with the Sass community over the last few years.Many developers Iv...

  Flexbox has become one of the most popular tools for creating website layouts. Susy is another layout tool that has gained popularity with the Sass community over the last few years.Many d...

Ive been a web developer for 15 years, but Id never looked into accessibility. I didnt know enough people with (serious) disabilities to properly understand the need for accessible applications and no...

Whats going on in the industry? What new techniques have emerged recently? What insights, tools, tips and tricks is the web design community talking about? Anselm Hannemann is collecting everything th...

  Ive been a web developer for 15 years, but Id never looked into accessibility. I didnt know enough people with (serious) disabilities to properly understand the need for accessible applica...

  Whats going on in the industry? What new techniques have emerged recently? What insights, tools, tips and tricks is the web design community talking about? Anselm Hannemann is collecting e...

  Whats going on in the industry? What new techniques have emerged recently? What insights, tools, tips and tricks is the web design community talking about? Anselm Hannemann is collecting e...

When technical performance optimizations reach certain limits, psychology and perception management might help us to push the limits further. Waiting can consist of active and passive phases; for the ...

  When technical performance optimizations reach certain limits, psychology and perception management might help us to push the limits further. Waiting can consist of active and passive phas...

WordPress 4.4 introduced term meta data which allows you to save meta values for terms in a similar way to post meta data. This is a highly anticipated and logical addition to the WordPress system.So ...

  WordPress 4.4 introduced term meta data which allows you to save meta values for terms in a similar way to post meta data. This is a highly anticipated and logical addition to the WordPres...

Having spent over two years making it, we just pressed the Ship button on the new Hawaiian Airlines website. It has been the biggest project of my career, and Ive worked with the most talented team Iv...

  Having spent over two years making it, we just pressed the Ship button on the new Hawaiian Airlines website. It has been the biggest project of my career, and Ive worked with the most tale...

The development of CSS, like all languages, is an iterative process. With every major release, we get new features and syntaxes that help us write our styles. CSS Level 3 introduced features that enab...

  The development of CSS, like all languages, is an iterative process. With every major release, we get new features and syntaxes that help us write our styles. CSS Level 3 introduced featur...

Whats going on in the industry? What new techniques have emerged recently? What insights, tools, tips and tricks is the web design community talking about? Anselm Hannemann is collecting everything th...

  Whats going on in the industry? What new techniques have emerged recently? What insights, tools, tips and tricks is the web design community talking about? Anselm Hannemann is collecting e...

  Whats going on in the industry? What new techniques have emerged recently? What insights, tools, tips and tricks is the web design community talking about? Anselm Hannemann is collecting e...

  Whats going on in the industry? What new techniques have emerged recently? What insights, tools, tips and tricks is the web design community talking about? Anselm Hannemann is collecting e...

Get out of the deliverables business has become quite a mantra in the lean startup and UX movements. Theres much to love in that sentiment after all, for every wireframe you make, youre not shipping ...

  Get out of the deliverables business has become quite a mantra in the lean startup and UX movements. Theres much to love in that sentiment — after all, for every wireframe you make, ...

I first discovered the calc() function more than four years ago, thanks to CSS3 Click Chart, and I was absolutely delighted to see that basic mathematical computations addition, subtraction, multipli...

  I first discovered the calc() function more than four years ago, thanks to CSS3 Click Chart, and I was absolutely delighted to see that basic mathematical computations — addition, su...

The incredible growth of mobile and the proliferation of mobile devices has made the UX designers job more challenging and interesting. It also means that user-testing mobile apps and websites is an e...

  The incredible growth of mobile and the proliferation of mobile devices has made the UX designers job more challenging and interesting. It also means that user-testing mobile apps and webs...

Since seven years, our monthly desktop wallpapers post is a Smashing favorite that wouldnt be possible without the tireless efforts of designers and artists from across the globe. Each month, we chall...

  Since seven years, our monthly desktop wallpapers post is a Smashing favorite that wouldnt be possible without the tireless efforts of designers and artists from across the globe. Each mon...