Articles by Smashing Magazine from February 2017

Typography is a primary element of composition. Being a designer, I pay a lot of attention to its quality. Operating Photoshop is easy for me; however, to level up my skills, I am always learning to w...

  Typography is a primary element of composition. Being a designer, I pay a lot of attention to its quality. Operating Photoshop is easy for me; however, to level up my skills, I am always l...

Phew, what a week! Due to an HTML-parsing bug, Cloudflare experienced a major data leak, and the first practical collision for SHA-1 was revealed as well. We should take these events as an occasion to...

  Phew, what a week! Due to an HTML-parsing bug, Cloudflare experienced a major data leak, and the first practical collision for SHA-1 was revealed as well.We should take these events as an ...

Besides the user’s needs, what’s another vital aspect of an app? Your first thought might be its design. That’s important, correct, but before you can even think about the design, yo...

  Besides the user's needs, what's another vital aspect of an app? Your first thought might be its design. That's important, correct, but before you can even think about the design, you need...

(This is a sponsored post). When you examine the most successful interaction designs of recent years, the clear winners are those who provide an excellent functionality. While functional aspect of a d...

  When you examine the most successful interaction designs of recent years, the clear winners are those who provide an excellent functionality. While functional aspect of a design is key to ...

JavaScript module bundling has been around for a while. RequireJS had its first commits in 2009, then Browserify made its debut, and since then several other bundlers have spawned across the Internet....

  JavaScript module bundling has been around for a while. RequireJS had its first commits in 2009, then Browserify made its debut, and since then several other bundlers have spawned across t...

The mobile app market is growing faster than a beanstalk. The industry is huge and growing daily, and there is no end in sight. Expectedly, the mobile developer population has boomed, and the number o...

  The mobile app market is growing faster than a beanstalk. The industry is huge and growing daily, and there is no end in sight. Expectedly, the mobile developer population has boomed, and ...

As web developers, we need to rely on our knowledge, and choosing solutions were already familiar with is often the most convenient approach to solving a problem. However, not only technology is evolv...

Have you ever dreamt of exploring the deep sea and getting up close to its fascinating, weird creatures? Or maybe you’ve dreamt of boarding a spacecraft to experience the beauty of our planet fr...

  As web developers, we need to rely on our knowledge, and choosing solutions were already familiar with is often the most convenient approach to solving a problem. However, not only technol...

  Have you ever dreamt of exploring the deep sea and getting up close to its fascinating, weird creatures? Or maybe you've dreamt of boarding a spacecraft to experience the beauty of our pla...

  Have you ever dreamt of exploring the deep sea and getting up close to its fascinating, weird creatures? Or maybe you've dreamt of boarding a spacecraft to experience the beauty of our pla...

Theres a technique for improving ones user interface design skills that is the most efficient way I know of expanding ones visual vocabulary but that Ive rarely heard mentioned by digital designers.Wh...

  Theres a technique for improving ones user interface design skills that is the most efficient way I know of expanding ones visual vocabulary but that Ive rarely heard mentioned by digital ...

For luxury companies and upscale lifestyle service providers, excellence in experience is an essential component of the value delivered. Conceptually different from the mass market, the luxury domain ...

  For luxury companies and upscale lifestyle service providers, excellence in experience is an essential component of the value delivered. Conceptually different from the mass market, the lu...

Ive been thinking a lot about speech for the last few years. In fact, its been a major focus in several of my talks of late, including my well-received Smashing Conference talk Designing the Conversat...

The sharing spirit in the design community is remarkable. Designers spend countless hours on side projects, and without asking for anything in return, they share their creations freely with the commun...

  Ive been thinking a lot about speech for the last few years. In fact, its been a major focus in several of my talks of late, including my well-received Smashing Conference talk Designing t...

  The sharing spirit in the design community is remarkable. Designers spend countless hours on side projects and without asking for anything in return, they share their creations freely with...

Many criticize gestural controls as being unintuitive and unnecessary. Despite this, widespread adoption is underway already, and the UI design world is burning the candle at both ends to develop solu...

  Many criticize gestural controls as being unintuitive and unnecessary. Despite this, widespread adoption is underway already, and the UI design world is burning the candle at both ends to ...

Everyone here can have a big impact on a project, on someone else. I get very excited about this when I read stories like the one about an intern at Google who did an experiment that saves tons of tra...

  Everyone here can have a big impact on a project, on someone else. I get very excited about this when I read stories like the one about an intern at Google who did an experiment that saves...

Creating a clock in Sketch might not sound exciting at first, but we’ll discover how easy it is to recreate real-world objects in a very accurate way. You’ll learn how to apply multiple la...

  Creating a clock in Sketch might not sound exciting at first, but we'll discover how easy it is to recreate real-world objects in a very accurate way. You'll learn how to apply multiple la...

The first set of screens with which users interact, set the expectations of the app. To make sure your users don’t delete your app after the first use, you should teach them how to complete key ...

  The first set of screens with which users interact, set the expectations of the app. To make sure your users don't delete your app after the first use, you should teach them how to complet...

As JavaScript developers, we often forget that not everyone has the same knowledge as us. Its called the curse of knowledge: When were an expert on something, we cannot remember how confused we felt a...

  As JavaScript developers, we often forget that not everyone has the same knowledge as us. Its called the curse of knowledge: When were an expert on something, we cannot remember how confus...

The virtual realm is uncharted territory for many designers. In the last few years, we’ve witnessed an explosion in virtual reality (VR) hardware and applications. VR experiences range from the ...

  The virtual realm is uncharted territory for many designers. In the last few years, we've witnessed an explosion in virtual reality (VR) hardware and applications. VR experiences range fro...

With great power comes great responsibility. This week I found some resources that got me thinking: Service Workers that download 16MB of data on the users first visit? A Bluetooth API in the browser?...

If it’s still snowy where you live, then you’re probably tired of the cold weather by now. Winter may be in full swing but that shouldn’t stop us from hunting for inspiration. While ...

  With great power comes great responsibility. This week I found some resources that got me thinking: Service Workers that download 16MB of data on the users first visit? A Bluetooth API in ...

  If it's still snowy where you live, then you're probably tired of the cold weather by now. Winter may be in full swing but that shouldn't stop us from hunting for inspiration. While the gr...

In a recent sales meeting for a prospective healthcare client, our team at Mad*Pow found ourselves answering an all-too-familiar question. We had covered the fundamental approach of user-centered desi...

  In a recent sales meeting for a prospective healthcare client, our team at Mad*Pow found ourselves answering an all-too-familiar question. We had covered the fundamental approach of user-c...

  Chat bots, virtual reality and conversational design are just a few of the hot topics that are about to change the way we craft digital experiences. So, it's a good time to rethink current...

Time flies by! February is already here and artists and designers from across the globe have once again diligently created a potpourri of unique wallpaper calendars to freshen up your desktop. This mo...

  Time flies by! February is already here and artists and designers from across the globe have once again diligently created a potpourri of unique wallpaper calendars to freshen up your desk...

  Time flies by! February is already here and artists and designers from across the globe have once again diligently created a potpourri of unique wallpaper calendars to freshen up your desk...