Articles by Smashing Magazine from September 2017

In March this year, CSS Grid shipped into production versions of Chrome, Firefox and Safari within weeks of each other. It has been great to see how excited people are about finally being able to use ...

  In March this year, CSS Grid shipped into production versions of Chrome, Firefox and Safari within weeks of each other. It has been great to see how excited people are about finally being ...

(This is a sponsored post). What do UX designers do on a daily basis? A lot of things! UX professionals need to communicate design ideas and research findings to a range of audiences. They use deliver...

  What do UX designers do on a daily basis? A lot of things! UX professionals need to communicate design ideas and research findings to a range of audiences. They use deliverables (tangible ...

Summer might be over, but the memories of the places youve visited and the people youve met remain. No matter if you explored an exotic country, packed your car for a road trip or took out the hiking ...

  Summer might be over, but the memories of the places youve visited and the people youve met remain. No matter if you explored an exotic country, packed your car for a road trip or took out...

Two years ago, I decided to start a series of short WebGL experiments on Codepen. Earlier this year, I finally found the time to compile them all together on a single website named “Moments of H...

  Two years ago, I decided to start a series of short WebGL experiments on Codepen. Earlier this year, I finally found the time to compile them all together on a single website named "Moment...

In today’s digital landscape, developers constantly need to be adding new tools to remain competitive and at the top of their craft. If you regularly create new web or mobile applications, then ...

  In today's digital landscape, developers constantly need to be adding new tools to remain competitive and at the top of their craft.If you regularly create new web or mobile applications, ...

(This is a sponsored post). Color is one of the most powerful tools in a designers toolkit. Color can draw attention, set a mood, and influence the users emotion, perception and actions. When it comes...

  Color is one of the most powerful tools in a designers toolkit. Color can draw attention, set a mood, and influence the users emotion, perception and actions. When it comes to the web and ...

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If you’ve ever tried to implement a bulletproof, good-looking file uploader, you might have encountered an issue: uploading an entire folder or folders of files is usually quite a hassle, as fil...

  Some things are either on or off and, when those things arent on (or off), they are invariably off (or on). The concept is so rudimentary that Ive only complicated it by trying to explain ...

  If you've ever tried to implement a bulletproof, good-looking file uploader, you might have encountered an issue: uploading an entire folder or folders of files is usually quite a hassle, ...

Words are the primary component of content for the web. However, until a short while ago, all we had at our disposal were but a few system fonts. Adding to that, those system typefaces werent necessar...

  Words are the primary component of content for the web. However, until a short while ago, all we had at our disposal were but a few system fonts. Adding to that, those system typefaces wer...

Editors Note: Welcome to this months web development update. Its actually the first one that we publish, and from now on, Anselm will summarize the most important things that happened over the past mo...

We love exploring opportunities. While many of us are quite familiar with publications and events surrounding us, we often lack the global perspective on what’s happening in the web industry acr...

  Editors Note: Welcome to this months web development update. Its actually the first one that we publish, and from now on, Anselm will summarize the most important things that happened over...

  We love exploring opportunities. While many of us are quite familiar with publications and events surrounding us, we often lack the global perspective on what's happening in the web indust...

User interface design has changed dramatically in the last few years, as traditional computers have ceded dominance to smaller screens, including tablets, mobile phones, smartwatches and more.As the c...

  User interface (UI) design has changed dramatically in the last few years, as traditional computers have ceded dominance to smaller screens, including tablets, mobile phones, smartwatches ...

  User interface design has changed dramatically in the last few years, as traditional computers have ceded dominance to smaller screens, including tablets, mobile phones, smartwatches and m...

If youre stuck in a job you hate and have dreams of becoming a designer and working in a creative role that fills you with excitement daily, the road to entering this completely new industry can feel ...

  If youre stuck in a job you hate and have dreams of becoming a designer and working in a creative role that fills you with excitement daily, the road to entering this completely new indust...

Design doesnt scale as cleanly as engineering. Its not enough that each element and page is consistent with each other the much bigger challenge lies in keeping the sum of the parts intact, too. And ...

  Design doesnt scale as cleanly as engineering. Its not enough that each element and page is consistent with each other the much bigger challenge lies in keeping the sum of the parts intac...

The way people consume information is constantly evolving. As web designers and developers, we keep up with all of the different screen shapes and sizes, learning to create beautiful, flexible softwar...

  The way people consume information is constantly evolving. As web designers and developers, we keep up with all of the different screen shapes and sizes, learning to create beautiful, flex...

Layout on the web has always been tricky, but with CSS Grid being now supported in all major browsers, most of the hacks that helped to achieve complex layouts have become obsolete. Firefox even has a...

  Layout on the web has always been tricky, but with CSS Grid being now supported in all major browsers, most of the hacks that helped to achieve complex layouts have become obsolete. Firefo...

  Layout on the web has always been tricky, but with CSS Grid being now supported in all major browsers, most of the hacks that helped to achieve complex layouts have become obsolete. Firefo...

We should always look for opportunities to grow and improve. Retrospectives and reflections allow you to codify what youve learned from experience, to document mistakes and avoid future ones, and to i...

  We should always look for opportunities to grow and improve. Retrospectives and reflections allow you to codify what youve learned from experience, to document mistakes and avoid future on...

Recently, there has been a proliferation of virtual reality (VR) web browsers and VR capabilities added to traditional browsers. In this article, well look at the state of browsers in VR and the state...

  Recently, there has been a proliferation of virtual reality (VR) web browsers and VR capabilities added to traditional browsers. In this article, well look at the state of browsers in VR a...

As designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration, and, well, sometimes the best inspiration lies right in front of us. With that in mind, we embarked on a special creativity mission ni...

  As designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration, and, well, sometimes the best inspiration lies right in front of us. With that in mind, we embarked on a special creativit...