What Should You Do When A Web Design Trend Becomes Too Popular? What Should You Do When A Web Design Trend Becomes Too Popular? Suzanne Scacca 2020-03-31T11:30:00+00:00 2020-03-31T12:34:45+00:00 I read an interesting article on Forbes recently about language saturation. Here’s the problem: Consumers don’t always understand the technicalities of what businesses do or the solutions…
Stay Positive, Stay Creative (April 2020 Wallpapers Edition) Stay Positive, Stay Creative (April 2020 Wallpapers Edition) Cosima Mielke 2020-03-31T09:30:00+00:00 2020-03-31T12:34:45+00:00 In times like these where our everyday life is pausing and we’re trying to find strategies to cope with this situation we all find ourselves in at the moment, little routines can help give us…
Smart Interface Design Patterns Checklists PDF Smart Interface Design Patterns Checklists PDF Rachel Andrew 2020-03-30T09:30:00+00:00 2020-03-30T12:32:05+00:00 Sharing the things we have learned is at the heart of everything we do at Smashing. That goes for the team as well as our authors, and Vitaly has been working on a set of checklists to accompany his…
How To Make Life Easier When Using Git How To Make Life Easier When Using Git Shane Hudson 2020-03-27T11:30:00+00:00 2020-03-27T12:43:43+00:00 Git was released almost 15 years ago. In that time it has gone from underdog to unbeaten champion, git init is often the first command run on a new project. It is undoubtedly an important…
How To Increase Mobile Conversions With Category Page Design How To Increase Mobile Conversions With Category Page Design Suzanne Scacca 2020-03-26T12:30:00+00:00 2020-03-27T12:43:43+00:00 For e-commerce designers, it’s easy to focus on designing the home page, individual product pages as well as the checkout experience because they’re obvious stepping stones along the mobile shoppers’ journey. Based on…
How Should Designers Learn To Code? Git, HTML/CSS, Engineering Principles (Part 2) How Should Designers Learn To Code? Git, HTML/CSS, Engineering Principles (Part 2) Paul Hanaoka 2020-03-25T14:00:00+00:00 2020-03-26T12:35:45+00:00 Literally, tomes have been written on version control. Nevertheless, I will start by sharing a brief explanation and other introductory content to whet your appetite for further…
Smashing Podcast Episode 12 With Paul Boag: What Is Conversion Optimisation? Smashing Podcast Episode 12 With Paul Boag: What Is Conversion Optimisation? Drew McLellan 2020-03-24T05:00:00+00:00 2020-03-24T12:35:34+00:00 In this episode of the Smashing Podcast, we’re talking about the user experience around converting site visitors into customers. Can our selling techniques leave customers feeling cheated? And how…
Announcing Smashing Online Workshops Announcing Smashing Online Workshops Rachel Andrew 2020-03-23T18:00:00+00:00 2020-03-24T12:35:34+00:00 We had to postpone our SmashingConf in San Francisco until 10th–11th November 2020 and, like so many of you, our team will be staying firmly put at home for the next month or more. However, we know that many of you are still…
Creating Sortable Tables With React Creating Sortable Tables With React Kristofer Giltvedt Selbekk 2020-03-20T12:30:00+00:00 2020-03-21T12:35:57+00:00 Table sorting has always been a pretty hard issue to get right. There’s a lot of interactions to keep track of, extensive DOM mutations to do and even intricate sorting algorithms, too. It’s just one of those challenges that are…
A Practical Overview Of CSS Houdini A Practical Overview Of CSS Houdini Adrian Bece 2020-03-19T12:30:00+00:00 2020-03-19T12:37:28+00:00 It takes a long time for a new CSS feature or improvement to progress from an initial draft to a fully-supported and stable CSS feature that developers can use. JavaScript-based polyfills can be used as a substitute for the…
