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For a multistep form, planning involves structuring questions logically across steps, grouping similar questions, and minimizing the number of steps and the amount of required information for each ...
Creating An Effective Multistep Form For Better User Experience — Smashing Magazine
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About 15 years ago, I was working at a company where we built apps for travel agents, airport workers, and airline companies. We also built our own in-house framework for UI components and single-p...
Masonry: Things You Won’t Need A Library For Anymore — Smashing Magazine
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As the year is coming to a close, many of us feel rushed, meeting deadlines, finishing off projects, or preparing for the upcoming holiday season. So how about some beautiful, wintery desktop wallp...
Dreaming Of Miracles (December 2024 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
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As the year winds down, many of us are busy wrapping up projects, meeting deadlines, or getting ready for the holiday season. Why not take a moment amid the end-of-year hustle to set the mood for D...
A Sparkle Of December Magic (2025 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
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The groundwork for what we call today “signals” dates as early as the 1970s. Based on this work, they became popular with different fields of computer science, defining them more specifically aroun...
The Hype Around Signals — Smashing Magazine
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The Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA) has become ingrained in internet browsing since personal computers gained momentum in the consumer electroni...
The Accessibility Problem With Authentication Methods Like CAPTCHA — Smashing Magazine
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Design systems have become an integral part of our everyday work, so much that the successful growth and maturation of a design ...
Design System Culture: What It Is And Why It Matters (Excerpt) — Smashing Magazine
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No design exists in isolation. As designers, we often imagine specific situations in which people will use our product. It might be indeed quite common — but there will also be other — urgent, frus...
Designing For Stress And Emergency — Smashing Magazine
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On Thursday, October 10, 2024, I gave my first talk at an international event, the [WordPress Accessibility Day (WPAD) 2024](https://2024.wpaccessibility.day/). Just a few months before, I was a ne...
Why You Should Speak At Events As An Early-Career Professional — Smashing Magazine
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Picture this: you join a new project, dive into the codebase, and within the first few hours, you discover something frustratingly familiar. Scattered throughout the stylesheets, you find multiple ...
Keyframes Tokens: Standardizing Animation Across Projects — Smashing Magazine
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As I sit down to write this article, I can’t help but marvel at the incredible changes sweeping through our industry. For the first time in my career, I feel like we’re no longer limited by our tec...
AI’s Transformative Impact On Web Design: Supercharging Productivity Across The Industry — Smashing Magazine
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This article is a sponsored by [Cloudways](https://www.cloudways.com/en/)
If you build or manage websites for a living, you know the feeling. Your day is a constant juggle; one moment you’re fine-...
From Chaos To Clarity: Simplifying Server Management With AI And Automation — Smashing Magazine
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When you plug in a controller, you mash buttons, move the sticks, pull the triggers… and as a developer, you see none of it. The browser’s picking it up, sure, but unless you’re logging numbers in ...
CSS Gamepad API Visual Debugging With CSS Layers — Smashing Magazine
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This article is a sponsored by [Penpot](https://penpot.app/?utm%5Fsource=Article&utm%5Fmedium=SmashingMag&utm%5Fid=Penpot2.0)
Penpot is a free, open-source design tool that allows true collaborati...
Open-Source Meets Design Tooling With Penpot — Smashing Magazine
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I’ve been in front-end development long enough to see a trend over the years: younger developers working with a new paradigm of programming without understanding the historical context of it.
It ...
Older Tech In The Browser Stack — Smashing Magazine
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Earlier this month, we wrapped up our [SmashingConfs 2024](https://smashingconf.com/conferences), and one subject that kept coming up over and over again — among attendees, between speakers, and ev...
Bundle Up And Save On Smashing Books And Workshops — Smashing Magazine
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This article is a sponsored by [DebugBear](https://www.debugbear.com/?utm%5Fcampaign=sm-10)
[There’s no single way to measure website performance.](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2023/08/running...
Effectively Monitoring Web Performance — Smashing Magazine
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Good technical illustrations and data visualisations allow users and clients to, in a manner of speaking, take time out, ponder and look at the information in a really accessible and engaging way. ...
Alternatives To Typical Technical Illustrations And Data Visualisations — Smashing Magazine
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I explained recently how I use <symbol>, <use>, and CSS Media Queries to develop what I call [adaptive SVGs](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/10/smashing-animations-part-5-building-adaptive-sv...
Magnificent SVGs With And CSS Custom Properties — Smashing Magazine
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For years, “UX strategy” felt like a confusing, ambiguous, and overloaded term to me. To me, it was some sort of a roadmap or a “grand vision”, with a few business decisions attached to it. And loo...
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A Practical Guide To UX Strategy — Smashing Magazine
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This article is a sponsored by [DebugBear](https://www.debugbear.com/?utm%5Fcampaign=sm-6)
We’ve all had that moment. You’re optimizing the performance of some website, scrutinizing every millisec...
Why Optimizing Your Lighthouse Score Is Not Enough For A Fast Website — Smashing Magazine
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This article is a sponsored by [Penpot](https://penpot.app?utm%5Fsource=SmashingMag&utm%5Fmedium=Article&utm%5Fcampaign=Variants)
Since Brad Frost popularized the use of design systems in digital ...
How To Leverage Component Variants In Penpot — Smashing Magazine
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When the days are gray and misty as they are in many parts of the world in November, there’s no better remedy than a bit of colorful inspiration. To bring some good vibes to your desktops this mont...
Ingredients For A Cozy November (2024 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
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November can feel a bit gray in many parts of the world, so what better way to brighten the days than with a splash of colorful inspiration? For this month’s wallpapers edition, artists and designe...
Fading Light And Falling Leaves (November 2025 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
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Every generation is different in very unique ways, with different habits, views, standards, and expectations. So when designing for Gen Z, what do we need to keep in mind? Let’s take a closer look ...
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Designing For Gen Z: Expectations And UX Guidelines — Smashing Magazine
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