The five best design links, every weekday

Thursday05/16

1

apple.com

Apple announces new accessibility features, including Eye Tracking

Apple today announced new accessibility features coming later this year, including Eye Tracking, Music Haptics, and Vocal Shortcuts.

2

frontendmasters.com

The Classic Border Radius Advice, Plus an Unusual Trick

When you nest elements with border-radius, the inner element needs less radius than the outer element.

3

blog.gingerbeardman.com

Emoji history: the missing years

During my research into vintage Japanese drawing software, I came across some devices that had built in sketch or handwritten memo functions.

4

uxmag.com

Why is The World Losing Color?

The age of productivity, minimalism, and monochromatic color schemes.

5

piccalil.li

CSS Masonry

I’m worried about the tabbing behaviour, rather than the syntax and name of CSS masonry.

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Wednesday05/15

1

theverge.com

Google is redesigning its search engine — and it’s AI all the way down

Out: 10 blue links. In: all AI everything.

2

journal.everypixel.com

AI Hallucination Examples and Why They Happen

Easter Eggs of AI: Meme References, Duplicates, Biases, and Other AI Hallucinations

3

perthirtysix.com

The Communal Plot

Interactively respond to a daily poll and see how your responses compare to others in real-time!

4

wired.com

Generative AI Is Totally Shameless. I Want to Be It

What I love, more than anything, is the quality that makes AI such a disaster: If it sees a space, it will fill it—with nonsense.

5

lawsofux.com

Onboarding for Active Users

Onboarding should be designed with active users in mind, making guidance accessible throughout the product experience.

Tuesday05/14

1

tailwindcss.com

Headless UI v2.0 for React

We just released Headless UI v2.0 for React which includes a ton of new stuff.

2

basement.studio

Shipping Ship: Behind the Particle Shader Effect for Vercel’s Conf

See how this ethos came to life in the particle shader effect we created for Vercel Ship.

3

cssence.com

Superior Range Syntax

One more thing about the improved viewport size media queries.

4

2023.stateofhtml.com

State of HTML 2023 Survey Results

The latest edition of the annual survey about the latest trends in the HTML ecosystem is now available.

5

smashingmagazine.com

The Times You Need A Custom @property Instead Of A CSS Variable

Preethi Sam walks through an example that demonstrates where custom properties are more suitable than variables.

Monday05/13

1

openai.com

OpenAI Spring Update

Introducing GPT-4o and making more capabilities available for free in ChatGPT.

2

smashingmagazine.com

The Modern Guide For Making CSS Shapes

In this comprehensive guide, Temani Afif explores different techniques for creating common shapes with the smallest and most flexible code possible.

3

humanewebmanifesto.com

Manifesto for a Humane Web

We need to build a better web. A web by and for humans.

4

joshwcomeau.com

Snappy UI Optimization with useDeferredValue

useDeferredValue is one of the most underrated React hooks.

5

uxdesign.cc

Complicated Sticks

The rise of tools for everything and nothing in particular.

Friday05/10

1

csscade.com

Cool Queries

There’s lots of query-related things that CSS can do that’s pretty neat.

2

uxdesign.cc

The agentic era of UX

The future of digital experience is here — but it’s being minced into microscopic use cases.

3

nubero.ch

The Basics of Legibility

A Short Guide for Non-Typographers.

4

emildziewanowski.com

Flowfields

Complex flowfields without using computational fluid dynamics.

5

endlesstools.io

Endless Tools

No-coding tool to create 3D assets, key visual for social media, identity elements and other marketing and design needs.

Thursday05/09

1

web.dev

Popover API lands in Baseline

The popover API lands in all modern browser engines.

2

simonwillison.net

AI for Data Journalism

I gave a talk last month at the Story Discovery at Scale data journalism conference hosted at Stanford by Big Local News.

3

donmccurdy.com

Emission and Bloom

Explains the relationship between emission and the bloom post-processing effect, and how to use them effectively in realtime 3D scenes.

4

frontendmasters.com

Five Basic Things About JavaScript That Will Help Non JS-Focused Web Designers

Let’s say you don’t know JavaScript. You’re a web designer and you’re focused largely on UI and UX.

5

aisafety.dance

AI Safety for Fleshy Humans: a whirlwind tour

Your one-stop-shop to understand all the core ideas of AI & AI Safety!

Wednesday05/08

1

adrianroselli.com

A Brief Note on Highlighted Text

If you plan to style text highlighted by the browser, you must give it sufficient contrast.

2

uxdesign.cc

The rise of Generative AI-driven design patterns

How Generative AI advances are helping shape the future of feature design, from enhancing content interaction to more informed decision-making.

3

edition.cnn.com

Cicadas rising: A visual guide to 2024’s rare dual appearance

Here’s what to expect as cicadas make their debut in a historic emergence that hasn’t occurred in more than 200 years.

4

evilmartians.com

Keep it together: 5 essential design patterns for dev tool UIs

If you're new to dev tool design, this post provides both real-life UI examples and analysis—so you can get going in record time.

5

blog.tubikstudio.com

Case Study: Serra. Identity and Product Design for Financial App

Creative process on brand identity and user experience design for the financial application Serra.

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