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Week 25
Top design and frontend links this week.
Highlights of the week ↘
Why text buttons hurt mobile usability - The usability standards for buttons are higher for mobile apps than desktop apps. With a smaller screen and… -
User experience vs. Customer experience - A common question that I get in my class on Omnichannel UX and Customer Journeys is: Are customer… -
Airline logos - Mid-century airline vibes seem to be all the rage these days, with the new TWA Hotel opening up… -
Design ↘
84 cognitive biases you should exploit to design better products - This one is probably my longest post in my 15 years of blogging, and the result of occasional… -
The product experience playbook - At Automattic Design, we’ve developed a set of principles and processes to help us create the best digital… -
Lean, agile, & design thinking by Jeff Gothelf - Good product development practices are supposed to be built upon alignment and shared understanding, Jeff Gothelf, Author of… -
The designer’s guide to adding animation in UX design - If there is anything most apparent in the rich and long history of animation, it’s that moving graphics… -
Development ↘
Rethinking designer-developer collaboration - Enter design system pros Brad Frost and Dan Mall, long-time collaborators known for their expertise in bridging the… -
Do I really need CSS modules? - You might have heard about PostCSS and CSS modules but you are still recovering from the onslaught of… -
The truth about Web Components and frameworks - Have you noticed that there is a regular community.nextTick() that involves heated discussions around “Web Components vs. Frameworks”… -
The layout instability API - Have you ever been reading an article online when something suddenly changes on the page? Without warning, the… -
Tools and resources ↘
Unapp - Unapp is a human curated directory of minimal and useful single-purpose apps. Made by @vsnthv. -
Meet the new Dropbox - It’s pretty amazing how much technology helps us accomplish at work. Things that used to take days now… -
Theme UI - Build consistent, themeable React UIs based on design system constraints and design tokens. Built for white-labels, themes, and… -
Data Populator: a plugin for Sketch and Adobe XD - A plugin for Sketch and Adobe XD CC to populate your design mockups with meaningful data. Goodbye Lorem… -
CodyHouse Framework 2.0 - A lightweight front-end framework for building accessible, bespoke interfaces. Since the release of v1.0, we've been listening to… -
Inspiration and creativity ↘
The Feynman technique: The best way to learn anything - There are four steps to the Feynman Technique: Choose a Concept Teach it to a Toddler Identify Gaps… -
Personal development ↘
Do what you say you’re going to do - The dishwasher I bought that was supposed to be delivered last week isn’t here yet. I called the… -
Are you a bad designer? - Throughout college and art school, insecurity is one of the biggest hurdles to take as you sprout into… -
Last but not least ↘
Designing life - Cameron is the Founder and Chief Eternal Optimist at Small Works. For the past 20 years he has… -
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