Articles by Smashing Magazine from January 2023

Developers often feel discouraged from editing SVG markup and experimenting with SVG animations, thinking its a significant time investment or they need to use a complex animation library to do so. In...

In this article, Rachel walks you through various ways that product teams can utilize to build relationships with customers. She will share some tips and tricks from her experience that have helped he...

Managing our colors can truly help people to access our content. In this article, Brecht de Ruyte takes a deep dive into how we can create a high-contrast system while maintaining a balance between de...

According to recent data from Mazes Continuous Research Report, 57% of product professionals say that product research has a positive effect on customer satisfaction. 55% say it improves product and f...

How do we design effective reviews and ratings? With a distribution chart, decimal scores, tags, recommendation score and unedited product photos....

In this article, Peter Ramsey shares his vision on how to effectively take inspiration from others without losing that magic spark, including some handy dos and donts of building familiar-feeling prod...

Striking the right balance between inspiration and innovation might be hard. Lets explore how to effectively get inspiration from others without losing that magic spark, including some dos and donts a...

In this episode, we ask whether technology is making us redundant; will we all soon be replaced with AI? Vitaly Friedman talks to Tejas Kumar to find out....

The CSS relational selector :has() allows selecting elements in combinations that were previously impossible without the assistance of JavaScript. Well review how to combine :has() with core CSS selec...

In this article, Daniel Yuschick demonstrates that building selfish components is the key approach to avoiding different pitfalls on the way to good component design....

In this article, Pratik Joglekar explores the typical traits of introverts and uses them to make parallels and categorize digital experiences that can stand out without being loud....

In this article, Pratik Joglekar explores the typical traits of introverts and uses them to make parallels and categorize digital experiences that can stand out without being loud....

In this article, Pratik Joglekar explores the typical traits of introverts and uses them to make parallels and categorize digital experiences that can stand out without being loud....

Get better at your craft and support the people in Ukraine — thats the idea behind our Figma Auto Layout Masterclass with Christine Vallaure. **We are donating all proceeds** from the online wor...

Writing code documentation can be overwhelming when theres no smooth process in place. Streamlining best practices and setting automation in your favor works a long way toward getting permanently up-t...

Largest Contentful Paint (or LCP) is a major web performance KPI which is still a new concept for many web developers since it became a ranking factor just recently. In this article, Elose Martin prov...

Who doesnt love a good front-end tool? In this roundup, youll find a nice list of useful front-end tools that were popular last year but are still bound to help you speed up and enhance your developme...

Captioning can be much more than text. Lets explore some design patterns for better UX around subtitles and closed captioning. Get ready to be challenged and surprised....

Captioning can be much more than text. Design patterns for better UX of subtitles, captions, video players, transcripts and on-screen text....

Recently UXPin has extended its powerful Merge technology by adding npm integration, allowing designers to sync React component libraries without requiring any developer input. This new step aims to i...

This article is Eric Burels attempt at making the implementation of authentication less obscure. Youll learn about tokens, authorization, CORS, credentials, HTTP headers, and such....

In this article, Sara Dholakia breaks down the most common visualization types to help guide you through selecting the best choice for your specific needs and shares her tips for creating a stellar da...

Thats how people behave on the web in 2023. Some observations from real usability testing on what people do and what they dont do on the web. From disabled copy-paste to magic link sign-in....

Thats how people behave on the web in 2023. Some observations from real usability testing on what people do and what they dont do on the web. From disabled copy-paste to magic link sign-in....

Lets start into the new year with a little inspiration boost: wallpapers created with love by the community for the community. Happy 2023!...