Articles by Web Designer Depot from January 2018

Dark UX patterns help companies maximize profits, but at the expense of the most vulnerable, and by damaging the web for everyone....

Sometimes design trends are tough to see, even when you are looking for them. This month is no exception with trends that include use of circles in design, split screen layouts, and dark backgrounds w...

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep tr...

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...

For years now, Ive spent a lot of time trying to figure out the best way to go about investing in myself. As an individual focused and working professionally in the tech industry, up-skilling is part ...

Data Import & Notifications is the 5th Part of The Ultimate UX Design Guide to SaaS Customer On-Boarding SaaS Customer On-boarding is the process that users have to experience while initiating the...

Side projects are the wellspring of many a creative career. Industry changing concepts, technology leaps, companies, entire communities, have all sprung from a simple idea developed in a designers spa...

To err is human. We all make mistakes from time to time, and your users are no exception. How can you design products that allow for mistakes?...

Analytics are all the rage. But all those numbers can get overwhelming fast. Here are five website metrics that you can’t ignoretraffic sources, keywords, visitors, top 10 pages, exit pagesand d...

You can build some crazy things with UI animations on the web. This is quickly becoming the norm for modern websites where user engagement is a big deal. If you look around youll find plenty of code g...

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep tr...

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...

Today wed like to demonstrate how to build an interactive HTML5 banner ad. This was a project we did for Carlsberg a while back, which we think can be useful for designers and programmers interested i...

With more and more designers going freelance, it could be time you followed. Here are six tips to make sure the move is a happy one....

Gather round, ladies, gents, and children. Lo, before your very eyes, we shall reveal several freaks of the Internet! Behold! Websites that dont need JavaScript to display their god-given content! Oh,...

The web is a diverse platform, but that diversity impacts usability and user experience. We explore the case for an open source design system for the entire web....

Start 2018 by deleting some of those old tools from your computer that you never use in favor of some fresh, new options. While old favorites can be great for a while, there are so many great new elem...

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep tr...

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...

Gamification as a concept has been around just long enough for a number of experts to come out of nowhere. There was a brief moment where everybody wrote an article or five about it, and then it more ...

An online shops shipping methods or rates have a significant impact on decreasing cart abandonment rates and driving up additional sales. Customers are just as attracted by low shipping rates, fast sh...

Using a living style guide (LSG) to drive development is a practice that is gaining a lot of popularity because it has many advantages, including code efficiency and UI consistency. But, how can you c...

And its here! January 2018 has arrived in all its cold, cold glory, and I just spent the first few days of it looking at portfolio sites. I do it all for you, dear Readers. I do it all for you. This m...

Setting up an e-Commerce site? Or looking for some high-quality icons to give your shopping a professional look. From the fine folks atIcons8we’re offering this awesome set of40 different iOS 11...

If you are bored with everything youve been toying with in design projects, the start of a new year is a great time to try something new. While the end of the year, can be a slow season when it comes ...

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep tr...

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...

From simply ordering food to booking appointments, hiring services, and or even making bids, customers use online shopping as a friendly, and efficient way to shop. Establishing an online store as uni...

Come one, come all! There are new(ish) top level domains for sale, and were here to tell you all about them! Okay, for the uninitiated, top level domains are basically those little bits at the end of ...

If youre like most talented designers, you have an eye for aesthetics. You understand beauty, design, and symmetry at an almost fundamental level. Its not just a nice-to-have, its an essential compone...

A design guide is more than just a document that comes with a new website or brand identity. A good design guide is a work of art in itself and has practical application in everyday design work. It sh...

Happy New Year! At this time every January we try to predict whats going to happen in our industry over the next 12 months. I hope that 2018 will be a great year for inclusive design, for standards-co...

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep tr...