The personality of a personal website
A personal site is a reflection of whoever you want to be. It could be the complete you, one of the many versions of you, or even an aspirational you. Just be comfortable in your digital home. It’s all...
View ArticleNavigation patterns in mobile applications
Navigation is the heart of any mobile application. The success of an application may depend on how intuitive, efficient, and user-friendly its navigation is.
View ArticleWhat I’d put in an interface design museum
Here are some things from the history of interface design that I think are important or interesting. I have not tried to be comprehensive.
View ArticleDesign tool canvas handles
Design tools often pack a lot of functionality around the bounding box of selected objects. Some of this functionality is represented by handles or icons, but a lot of it is hidden.
View ArticleTop 10 UX articles of 2023 on NN/g
The following user-experience articles published in 2023 were the ones our audience read the most.
View ArticleDemo culture
The process does not equate to progress, but a demo-based process invokes progress. The demo shows that what you aim to achieve can be done and how far (or close) you are away from it.
View ArticleFigma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger
Fifteen months into the regulatory review process, Figma and Adobe no longer see a path toward regulatory approval of our proposed acquisition.
View ArticleGood design is subjective, contextual, and intentional
Urban planners have been designing for human experiences for nearly 200 years, and UI/UX designers can learn from this.
View ArticleHeroicons Micro
We just released Heroicons v2.1 which includes a brand new micro style — a full set of almost three hundred 16×16 icons designed for tighter, higher density UIs.
View ArticleTo worry is to work
I’ve found that the amount of worry is inversely proportional to the time spent on hands-on work.
View ArticleView Transitions
Animating DOM state changes no longer requires a mountain of code thanks to the new View Transitions API.
View ArticleDynamic pictograms for design systems
Pictograms are vector graphics illustrations that are more complex than icons. They can include multiple color variations, different background colors, accent colors, and various skin colors.
View ArticleLet’s talk about AI
AI is everywhere today. And it’s all just the beginning. It’s impossible to ignore and I can already say as much now, it will be with us for a very long time to come.
View Article2023 was a bad year for UX, but the future is bright
Jakob Nielsen’s message to all designers (past, present and future).
View ArticleGetting started with Web Performance
Web performance can often be overlooked, and that’s generally a big mistake.
View ArticleBaseline 2023
In this post learn about the integration, and also discover some of the features that became part of Baseline in 2023.
View ArticleTheme Builder 2.0
Celebrating two years of MTB with a major update including Color Match.
View ArticleSystems, math and explosions
Systems are complex at baseline because they’re not just about collections of things, they’re also about connections of things.
View ArticleWhy I use Astro
I’ve been thinking about writing this since a few months ago when some prominent people in the industry were battling “why I use Next.js” vs “why I use Remix”.
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