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Love it or hate it, we’re living in the subscription era. I’m not just talking about streaming platforms, which have been biting the wallet for years, or newspapers and magazines, which have simply migrated their long-term models to a new digital era. No, I’m talking about everything. Beer, insurance, cinema: just three of the crazy subscriptions that I’ve currently taken out.
After pulling a variant at the start of this year, YouTube Music is rolling out the latest redesign of Now Playing on Android and iOS, adding a comments section. This follows the launch of real-time lyrics last week.
Google is finished rolling out its new SafeSearch feature that blurs explicit imagery, such as violent or sexual photos, by default. The company announced back in February that it would be rolling out the change later this year, and has now confirmed in a blog post that it is available to everyone.
CEO Elon Musk called LinkedIn ‘cringe,’ said X competitor will be ‘cool.’
There are new chat filters at the top that will make managing your chats easier
When I was looking at what looks like the “official” online personality test for Meyers-Briggs when I was spouting off about personality tests, I noticed that their radio button choices were actually kinda cool:
As part of its 2022 brand identity revamp by DesignStudio’s London office, Sofascore – the most powerful sports app for live scores, results and stats – was in need of a bespoke sans serif type family that would act as a recognisable, ownable asset, and tie the brand together.
The standard way that the tech industry typically evaluates whether someone knows their stuff is through the all-powerful Portfolio. There are many definitions of portfolio, but generally, it means “a collection of stuff.”
The turn of the millennium was a major cultural shift, and the Y2Kaesthetic emerged as a visualization of what the future could hold, capturing the zeitgeist of an era eager to move forward while still valuing the colorful tapestry of past decades.
Microsoft’s latest desperate attempts to get people to use Bing are a disgusting overreach.
Arial has served its purpose well over the years, but across this article, we’ll explore some alternative fonts that offer a more diverse range of characteristics, styles, and functionalities – certainly bringing something a little extra and a little special to your typography arsenal. The modern typographic landscape is shifting, and as the design world evolves, it’s time to explore out of your familiar aesthetic comfort zones.
Some ideas for simple on-scroll animations on “connected” grid layouts.
Below, you’ll find a story that this company’s former web designer shared on the Petty Revenge subreddit, detailing a costly business mistake that benefited him, as well as a conversation with the designer and some of the replies amused readers shared.
A few lessons to push your performance to the next level. You’re a few years in, definitely not the junior designer you used to be, and looking for the path to the next level. To get to the next level you’re often asked to “be more strategic” but still expected to execute the day-to-day tactical tasks. These are the things I wished I had known earlier in my career.
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Lighthouse is a website auditing tool that helps developers with opportunities and diagnostics to improve the user experience of their sites. Lighthouse 11 is available immediately on the command line through npm, in Chrome Canary, and in PageSpeed Insights. It will land in Chrome stable in Chrome 118.
The paint isn’t yet dry on the Twitter rebrand to X, but people are gradually accepting that the blue bird logo isn’t coming back. Now one organisation wants to give it a new life. It’s asking Elon Musk to donate the late Twitter logo to a good cause.
No website exists in a vacuum — instead, they are deeply integrated with the tools and processes that businesses need to thrive. Since launching Apps in beta last year, our team has been working to deliver more power and flexibility to this critical component of building and launching a successful site. Here’s what’s new…
In iOS 15, Apple moved mobile Safari’s address and search bar down from the top of the screen to sit right above the keyboard. Now, just two years later, Google has done the same. A bottom bar has one big advantage: it’s way easier to reach with a thumb when typing on your phone, either one- or two-handed. It’s also easier to read what you’re typing, as you don’t have...
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Collected is a web design gallery which shows only eight sites, shuffled on every visit. Some sites may not be online anymore.
Dark mode is popular, but not essential. Users like dark mode but maintain similar behaviors without it. They think about it at the system level, not the application level. If you choose to support dark mode, test your design to avoid common dark-mode issues.
AI art remains hugely controversial, so you might think a company with Amazon’s resources would think twice about using it…. Or at least try to use it well. But fans are appalled that Prime Video’s first teaser poster for the upcoming live-action series Fallout not only looks AI-generated but also looks like nobody bothered to fix the mistakes.
Chances are your website might outlive you, the WordPress execs who put this together, and possibly the company itself.
Trends in website design right now are offering a bit of a glimpse into the future with elements that are part of full website aesthetics, not small changes as we’ve seen a lot of recently. From monochromatic color palettes to magazine-style layouts to a shift in the way navigation is designed, there’s a lot to digest this month.
Yahoo has announced a new AI-enabled “Shopping Saver” feature for its Mail app that keeps track of unused gift cards, vouchers and store credit lying in user’s email inboxes to help them save money.
From August 25, major tech platforms must comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA). The European Union’s landmark Digital Services Act (DSA) takes effect today, imposing stringent regulations on 19 of the largest digital service providers operating in the region. The new rules are aimed at tackling illegal content, disinformation, and giving users more control over social media algorithms.
Enhance your website’s user experience and reduce its bounce rate by integrating external content into your site with a dynamic overlay.
Meta recently conceded that in-app behavioral advertising in the EU can no longer be opt-in by default, marking the end of an era. The regulators won, at least for now.
Bézier curves have been a recurring theme in my frontend engineering career. I have used them extensively in my work – in animations and SVG paths of illustrations and icons. However, I only recently took an interest in understanding the underlying logic that governs their behaviour.
Twenty-five years ago this month, Apple fans began unboxing the first iMacs. At the time, computers were beige boxes wired to other beige boxes, toyed with by people in beige sweater vests. Amidst the mundanity, the iMac felt like a revolution. For many of us, that first experience of an iMac was transformative; it created a vision of a technological world that wasn’t all about work. Suddenly, tech was cool.
A brand new default theme will be featured with the next WordPress 6.4 release: Twenty Twenty-Four. The idea behind Twenty Twenty-Four is to make a default theme that can be used on any type of site, with any topic. Because of that, and contrary to past years, it has no single topic. I
AI will inevitably play a huge role not only in the broader development of the nascent metaverse but also in regulating and democratizing it.
The so-called “Double Diamond” is a great way of visualizing an ideal design process, but it’s just not the way most companies deliver new projects or services. Andy Budd proposes a new “Double Diamond” idea that better aligns with the way work actually gets done and highlights the place where design has the most leverage.
This website meticulously designed by exo ape boasts amazing micro interactions and a minimal, unique design with a perfect harmony. Our pick this week.
A new analysis shows that “open source” AI tools like Llama 2 are still controlled by big tech companies in a number of ways.
Review card is a design element that appears on websites and applications to highlight feedback about a product, service or experience. A review card displays user feedback in a compact, visual format on digital platforms. It’s a familiar UI pattern that presents a user’s evaluation—often accompanied by a rating, comments, and sometimes user-related information.
Midjourney, one of the startups at the bleeding edge of generative AI imagery, debuted a generative infill feature that users have already dubbed a potential game-changer, putting it in more direct competition with Adobe Photoshop’s Generative Fill.
Have you seen claims and rumors that WordPress is dying or about to be replaced by some newer website builder or software? You may be wondering if the rumors are true. Maybe you are even questioning whether it’s worth using WordPress at all.
Yes, it took the melodramatic change of one app for me to clock the pervasiveness of this trend, but now I can’t unsee it: we’re in a colorless era. I’ve always been interested in the theoretical design pendulum of trends shifting from one extreme to another, but I never thought that black and white design would displace color.
Code Llama is state-of-the-art for publicly available LLMs on coding tasks. It has the potential to make workflows faster and more efficient for developers and lower the barrier to entry for people who are learning to code.
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Within the following article, I venture into the intricate process of auditing and transforming a Design System’s colour palette, a journey that seeks to marry the qualities of harmony, accessibility, and consistency. This journey not only entailed rigorous testing but also embraced the utilisation of instrumental tools to forge a palette that seamlessly marries aesthetics with inclusivity.
Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and other online publishing tools, is offering a glimpse into Tumblr’s future — the blogging site Automattic acquired from Verizon in 2019. On the Evening Standard’s “How to be a CEO” podcast, the WordPress founder offered a vision of Tumblr’s future direction, including its embrace of open source, plans for algorithmic choice, and use of AI technologies, among other things.
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Now, it’s time for the next step. I’m happy to announce the launch of Modyfi’s public beta, which grants free access to thousands of designers, creatives, art directors, marketing professionals, artists, agency teams and content creators (and maybe some thirteen year olds).
The company is reportedly also considering adding AI capabilities to default Microsoft apps akin to what iOS and Android phones already have.
When it comes to UX design, there’s an ongoing clash between two opposing forces: dark patterns and nudging. Dark patterns cleverly trick users into certain actions, while nudging gently guides them towards desired outcomes that are good for society as a whole.
WordPress 6.4 is set to be released on November 7, 2023, with new features aim to be added, like font management and a new default theme, and gaps filled in current functionality, like more tooling to go further with designs.
This article delves deeper into the creation of test cases from a technical perspective, detailing what should be included in each test and what to avoid. Essentially, you’ll learn the answer to the age-old questions of “What to test” or “What not to test”.
The Foundry Program was created to help independent foundries like you reach a broader audience and grow your business. Joining the program will give millions of creatives access to your designs across all our e-commerce sites and our font subscription service, Monotype Fonts.
Edge users in the US can now access Microsoft Designer from the browser’s sidebar.
Pornhub is concerned that the logo of Döner Haus in Lower Manhattan could “cause confusion” with its own rather notorious brand. It’s certainly not one of the best new logos, but the takeout joint says it won’t take the online giant’s threats lying down.
YouTube is rolling out rounded edges on the main video player you see on YouTube.com, spokesperson Allison Toh confirmed. They’re coming to all users, so if you’re not seeing them now, you should be seeing them soon.
Search millions of high-quality stock photos, videos, and vectors from popular online media services: Unsplash, Pexels, Giphy, and Pixabay from one convenient interface. Also includes AI-generated images from OpenAI.
Creative marketplace to buy and sell design resources and graphics. Source for design & development inspiration. Opportunity for creators to earn money.
Tired of using the same popular UI kits and our app looking the same as everyone else? Browse through ReactDemos to discover new demos. Discover simple yet delightful components for every kind of UI you can want, from text fields to accordions sliders.
Sydney-based Relume started as a component library for web design giants Webflowand Figma providing over a thousand components, which are customizable blocks that contain content, nav bars footers, and other elements that can be easily reused across a website. When ChatGPT became a global sensation late last year, the Relume team, like many other productivity tools out there, began to contemplate how AI could enhance its features.
Intel’s open-source monospace font (imaginatively titled ‘Intel One Mono’) has been updated. Font updates aren’t that exciting, granted. But Intel One Mono was created specifically for developers (which means it’s also ideal for terminals, which I know a lot of you use on the regular, thus making this post relevant).
A coast-coast yet short manual for designers and stakeholders to provide feedback, receive it and make sense of it, for better design and healthier design process.
The era of generic, uninspiring call-to-action (CTA) phrases has come to an end. Today, a CTA is not merely a button but an invitation to a meaningful interaction.
I’m not the only concerned citizen. Other users have left the platform for the likes of Mastodon and Threads. I created accounts on those services – but haven’t used them. I’ve stuck with Twitter – even through the awkward rebrand. But what about the many niche web design communities? Will they survive the turmoil?
Before you settle on basing design decisions on a handful of strict breakpoints, make sure you consider the vast fragmentation of screen sizes and browser viewports.
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Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri said that the web browser was experiencing some bugs, but that it should be released soon.
Dr. Warnock, who retired as CEO of Adobe 2000, co-founded the company in 1982, and his business went on to create a staggering footprint across multiple industries with its professional software.
Vzy uses AI to automate your website design process. Just tell Vzy what your business is about, and watch it get to work! You can create a stunning website effortlessly, even without coding or design skills. Best of all, you can manage multiple websites on one account and use your custom domains. It’s perfect for freelancers, small businesses, landing pages, and portfolios.
Are.na can be explained in many ways. To me, it's a platform for saving visual bookmarks. It launched over 12 years ago and it's fully supported and funded by its humble community.
So that got me thinking: what would happen if all creatives united to ask for better working environments, or fair and level pitching grounds? One potential result could be that creative agencies would get invited to participate or compete only in projects where their credentials, expertise, and costs are in line with what the client is looking for— in other words, projects they can actually win.
Users were shocked to find that all of their images and links posted before December 2014 were broken.
Frontify is a software offering a holistic approach to brand management. Helping organisations to ensure consistent experiences, it supports brands in creating brand guidelines that suit their needs and message. With 2.5 million users including the likes of Oglivy, Trainline and Volkswagen, the software has reached new heights in recent years.
The ruling is the first in the country to establish a boundary on the legal protections for AI-generated artwork, which has exploded in popularity with the rise of products like OpenAI Inc.’s ChatGPT and DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion.
At this point, social media has become so prevalent that most, if not all, brands have a social media presence and strategy. But as the landscape becomes pay to play, making organic reach less obtainable, brands’ push for engagement has seemingly led to a trend in social: The Funny Brand Voice.
By adopting a strategy of representing these values incongruously (using physically larger numbers on the page when they’re attached to lower-calorie options), Prof. Cai believes restaurant businesses can successfully “nudge” customers toward healthier dietary choices.
AiPassportPhotos works like a real magician to blur the background in any picture. Create a blur effect as good as DSLR cameras by applying the advanced tech of AI.
As any web designer will attest, tiny design choices have a huge impact on usability and accessibility. A pixel out of place or, more realistically, a button out of place, can transform the viewer’s experience. Which might explain why Amazon’s new star rating design is causing such controversy.
Photoshop wears several hats, but what if you only need one or two of them and don’t want to pay for the others? If you don’t actually need every feature Photoshop boasts (and almost no one needs all of them) then there are some very attractive alternatives.
Adobe is committed to being a truly open developer platform. We want to make it possible to build integrations that help users collaborate better and create custom workflows. With the Creative Cloud developer platform, we laid the foundation for an incredible extensibility ecosystem that puts user and developer innovation, creativity, and safety front and center.
Guillaume Azadian’s portfolio is a delightful example of design that effortlessly brings a smile to your face. The undulating layout, complemented by charming animations, exudes a truly exceptional and inspiring vibe! Our pick this week.
Inside the collaborative approach a content designer used to get a UX organization of hundreds on the same page.
A new WhatsApp feature allows users to send higher-quality images, and soon, it will do the same thing for videos.
PostScript Type 1 fonts are decades old, but apps supported them until recently.
Google last updated its logo in 2015 following the Alphabet reorganization. Some people now think they’ve spotted a new design in testing, but Google is not getting a new look. According to Search Engine Roundtable, it was discovered as such: “This was spotted by Christian Kunz who found it via Marco Look, Christian Kunz posted about it on his German blog.”
So, you need to build a website, and your budget is all but non-existent. Fear not; it is possible to get online for nothing using a site builder. Sure, you’re not going to win any awards, and forget about scalability. But if you need to get a website online fast, site builders are a no-brainer.
The French government is working on a law that could threaten the free internet. The so-called SREN bill (‘Projet de loi visant à sécuriser et réguler l’espace numérique’) would require web browsers – like Mozilla’s Firefox – to block websites in the browsers themselves. It would set a dangerous precedent, providing a playbook for other governments to also turn browsers like Firefox into censorship tools.
Help make the next releases of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS and HomePod software our best yet. As a member of the Apple Beta Software Program, you can take part in shaping Apple software by test-driving pre-release versions and letting us know what you think.
Craft hyper-realistic synthetic humans in a click. Create even another version of yourself with a click. For ads, games, media, and other creative projects. Maximum diversity. Various ages, poses, and looks. All ethnicities. All skin-tones. 100% worry-free.
If you haven’t been paying attention, the CSS-Tricks website hasn’t published anything in more than four months (the last post was April 12, 2023), which happens to be around two months after Geoff Graham was laid off.
The Paris 2024 Organising Committee has revealed its Cultural Olympiad programme for 2023, with the unveiling of a series of artistic posters for the Games celebrating the values of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements.
In recognition of World Calligraphy Day, we’re taking a moment to celebrate YouTube’s calligraphy community.
Photoshop is a powerhouse all on its own, but you can level it up with the top plug-ins we’ve tested.
Press spacebar, enter a hexcode or change the HSL values to create a custom color scale
Twenty-five years ago, Apple released the computer that would save it from bankruptcy and pave the way for Apple to become the most important technology company ever.
So what’s new? One word: grunge. The app icon on users’ home screens has changed again, with the addition of ‘distressed’ white marks atop the black background.
The technology that powers much of the web has never been easier to learn. Blocks allow you to visually interact with any piece of content, with or without code—fueling rich layouts, interactive onboarding, and endless extensibility. As powerful for design as they are for development, but still intuitive enough for newcomers.
Opera’s web browser app for iOS is getting an AI assistant. The company announced today that Opera for iOS will now include Aria, its browser AI product built in collaboration with OpenAI, integrated directly into the web browser, and free for all users.
Adobe Express now utilizes Adobe’s Firefly generative AI model to create custom images and text effects for your social media and marketing graphics.
People probably didn’t like the change in the position of the end call button because they might be used to tap that part of the screen to end a call without looking.
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Let’s dive in and see what’s new for developers in Chrome 116. The Document Picture-in-Picture API makes it possible to open an always-on-top window that can be populated with arbitrary HTML content.
We’ve kept track of some AI image statistics and facts and tried to estimate (at least roughly) how much content has been created since text-to-image algorithms took off last year. Read on to learn more about how we arrived at this number and how some of the most prominent algorithms contribute to it.
Graphic designer Neville Brody has collaborated with Nike to create a typography for the England women’s football kit that references the original Wembley Stadium’s art deco origins. The lettering and numbers are an updated version of the typeface that Brody createdprior to the 2014 World Cup for the England men’s team football kits.
In the case of the product I work for, the decision to redesign was triggered by all three of those factors at once. So the team had to pack many things in a new product design. This experience proved to me once more the importance of perceiving redesign as a responsibility and an opportunity.
Google has taken a bold step by announcing a global ban on all independent media from its search results. This move, made in collaboration with global entities like the UN and WHO, has sent shockwaves throughout the digital community.
If you’re into trying out new stuff before everybody else, we’ve got good news: owners of Samsung Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+ and Galaxy S23 Ultra can now join the One UI 6 Beta program.
If you’ve used basically any social media app lately, you’ll be familiar with this interface.
The SGE beta will also highlight certain words of AI-generated text offering expanded definitions straight from Wikipedia and other sites.
Various math animations & visualizations by Freya Holmér
This article explores three popular approaches designers can use when creating gradients — the Figma native toolset, Figma plugins, and online tools.
Some inspiration for scroll-driven animations on column and row items.
Here’s a visual guide to the most popular CSS selectors. This guide serves as your map, detailing and visualizing these essential selectors.
ChatGPT may be tricking people into thinking it’s smarter than it is. Researchers found programmers often prefer ChatGPT’s (wrong) answers on coding questions. That’s because ChatGPT sounds “articulate,” they said.
Use the power of Artificial Intelligence to generate intimate, thoughtful, and beautiful letters. Featuring tone control, letter scheduling, social media integration, Ai Handless Writing and correspondence auto-piloting.
Reclaiming the true essence of MVP and five ways to facilitate a ‘Lean’ development journey.
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All four original members of Kiss — Stanley, Frehley, Gene Simmons and Peter Criss — have credited Frehley for coming up with the original concept for the Kiss logo in various books. The consensus seems to be that Frehley crafted the initial sketch, and Stanley later perfected it.
The monumental task of overhauling WordPress’ aging admin design is coming into focus, as contributors kicked off explorations of some initial mockups this week. Gutenberg’s Phase 3 is focused on Collaboration and this admin revamp is part of that road map.
Steven Spielberg’s movie reminded us of how far AI will bring us. UX/AI designers will remind us of our humanity in the designs of the future
In UI design, every change needs to be justified. Even the smallest tweak can throw people, especially after years of regular use. So many people are wondering why, after a decade and a half, Apple has suddenly decided it needs to move the End Call button on the iPhone.
What makes advertising attractive is that it’s a 100% margin product that can subsidize the lower margin core business.
And, as a result of that, Stack Exchange has seen a material decline in usage. The first sign was the most ominous Google Trends graph I’ve ever seen:
Electronic signature has become table stakes for companies involved in document storage and management. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Google announced an open beta of its new-ish eSignature capability in Google Workspace today. The new feature will be available specifically for Google Docs and Google Drive for individual and various group accounts.
Microsoft’s Office apps are getting a new color palette, styles, and updated default line weights.
Welcome to our monthly round-up of what’s good on the web. This month we’re bringing you designs featuring inspiring uses of positive colors, large type, retro elements, illustrations, and so much more.
Good typography is good design. This collection of plugins for Figma will help you to improve the typography in your design.
Over time, some of your content may become outdated, irrelevant, or inaccurate. This can lead to a bad user experience and a drop in your site’s SEO rankings. In this article, we will discuss whether it’s better to keep or delete old posts in WordPress.
A vibrant design with nice scroll animations and lovely details. Our pick this week!
Some digital marketers don’t consider the user experience they offer their visitors. However, a reliable and user-friendly experience means your customers don’t just find what they are looking for but come back time and time again.
Open roles across UX disciplines are harder to find, and the rest of the tech industry faces similar opportunity dips.
Like all clichés, the timeworn phrase “lost in translation,” carries a grain of truth. Every language lacking proper typefaces becomes muted or even silenced in the worldwide conversation. As globalization makes the world feel ever more homogenized, it’s vital to preserve authentic scripts and languages that carry details and nuances of centuries-old cultures.
You know how it is — you’re browsing online, not even thinking about work, and then bam, there it is, a gorgeous typeface. You just have to have it!
A free and open source variable font with French attitude and British mannerisms across 3 axis: weight, width & optical size
The new Air India livery has “AIR INDIA” written in bold letters both across the fuselage, and on the underbelly. On top of that, both engines and the underbelly are now painted red, with gold stripes. The tail has also been completely redesigned, and features a bit of purple, presumably as a nod to Vistara, which will be integrated into Air India.
Google says deleting old pages to bamboozle Search is “not a thing!” as CNET erases its history.
Geoff Graham evaluates the data of different tools for measuring page speed performance and looks specifically at DebugBear, a commercial offering, that pulls together the best metrics for not only measuring performance, but monitoring it over time as well.
This guide serves as an introduction to some of the most important terms in the world of graphic design, providing a helpful reference for beginners and a useful refresher for more seasoned designers.
Discover the redesigned Google Arts & Culture app now live on Android. Send an AI-generated postcard to a friend this summer with Poem Postcards.
How do you improve your conversion rates? Get a free design review from us. We have already reviewed 750+ and helped many to improve conversions. How we do this? We have built our own semi-automated system that helps us to make the right design decision.
We’re back with Part 2 of Alexey Kulakov’s longread about design and automation, where he argues about the possibility of AI taking over designers’ work.
Google’s AI mining-by-default proposal to the Australian government comes a month after the company declared it would scrape all the internet’s data.
“Lionel” marks a major chapter in the evolution of WordPress as a tool for expression. It’s the culmination of years of work from hundreds of contributors, bringing a more powerful and cohesive editing experience for crafting websites with blocks. It continues the quest of making web publishing approachable for everyone—so it’s also just a new beginning!
A carefully selected compilation of websites with really good web designs that have caught our attention over the past few weeks.
The Salesforce-owned platform is getting a redesign to make your messages—and new features that go beyond chat—easier to find.
Generative Fill lets you combine two completely dissimilar images together seamlessly. Let’s walk you through the process.
ColorHub is a site where you can seamlessly flow and test colors with ease, helping you find the right one to pick no matter what you need it for!
Oh, CSS, without you, life on the web would be dull, unstyled, unengaging, and simply boring ð´. How would we live in a world of raw HTML, with no colours ð, no shapes ðµðº, or layouts to please our eyes ð and strike our imaginations?
Following last month’s announcement, Google Calendar for Android is now rolling out a Material You redesign of its two homescreen widgets. Starting with the list that is the “Calendar schedule,” there are no changes to widget sizing. As such, this list view can be as small as 2×2, which is a popular configuration, or take up your entire homescreen.
The Tata-backed Full Service Carrier (FSC) has recently rebranded its website from AirIndia.in to AirIndia.com. Subsequently, they will soon reveal the New livery, which according to our source, will be the same as shown in this article.
Brilliante is a versatile new typeface with personality, perfect for designers who demand creative freedom. A two-axis design opens up the possibilities for projects with moods ranging from meticulous to flamboyant. Across the collection of 15 styles, Brilliante’s curves add refinement and grace, while sharp, short serifs deliver an edge.
Tata Group-owned Air India is likely to change its livery colours, which is likely to be revealed at an event on August 10. The current logo of Air India, in use since 2014, shows a red swan with the orange Konark Chakra image on it. It is also displayed on the tail of Air India’s aircraft.
A collection of Figma plugins for everyday design tasks — from finding good font pairs to creating responsive design. Most plugins in this list are available for free.
Project IDX is a browser-based development experience built on Google Cloud and powered by Codey, a foundational AI model trained on code and built on PaLM 2. It’s designed to make it easier to build, manage and deploy full-stack web and multiplatform applications, with popular frameworks and languages. Project IDX is also built on Code OSS, so it should feel familiar no matter what you’re building.
This article is based on Marcel’s Into Design Systems live titled “The Power of Design, Code & Ai in Design Systems.” We have summarized Marcel’s talk into its key points, but you can watch the entire 3-hour webinar here.
LinkedIn is currently beta-testing the integration of Microsoft Designer into its website. The tool allows users to generate unique graphic designs and visual posts straight from LinkedIn.
WordPress now accepts their Binance Pay for the payment of e-commerce services. Previously, the crypto exchange announced the integration of Binance Pay on the website development platform.
Pamera uses an object identifier and GPT-4 to generate poems based on photos in a matter of seconds. We tested it out on pics of a day in New York City.
While the launch of Threads has gotten a lot of attention in recent weeks, there’s been a broader trend of moving away from large social networks and towards smaller, more private communities over the past several years.
What makes an email design transparent and intuitive for subscribers? What reinforces an overall impression with strong messaging? What allows companies to send regulation-compliant emails? The answer to these questions is the email footer.
Months after YouTube launched an enhanced bitrate 1080p option for Premium subscribers on mobile, the platform is now bringing the video quality to the web. The company rolled out the higher-quality 1080p on iOS devices in April after an initial experiment in February.
Here are the five main reasons Google Maps has become a cluttered, frustrating mess—and why I find myself turning to Apple Maps more often.
Altering the normal pace or direction of scrolling can contradict user expectations, control, and freedom. If businesses adopt the pattern, they can minimize usability risks by weighing it against functional value, cognitive load, and user efficiency.
Even the most extensive toolbox needs a refresh from time to time, so we’ve rounded up a selection of new tools for you to try.
WordPress.com offers to pay domain transfer fees for first 1 million Google Domains customers plus rock bottom pricing on domain registrations
In 2023, typography promises to kindle dialogue and action from us. Graphic design history has been written primarily by straight, white men of European descent for so long. “This idea of empathetic type is very real,” says artist, designer, and educator Jon Key. “As people who are more diverse and have different backgrounds start to get more power in various institutions, there will be narrative change, of course.”
The aim? To streamline your interaction with our website and get you back to coding faster, equipped with the insights you were looking for. We’re excited for you to try AI Help and look forward to your feedback on this new feature!
Rebranding Twitter to X removed the last bit of joy from this platform by butchering its visual identity. Is the new logo only a Unicode symbol, or probably just taken from an actual font? In this post, and video, I’ll dive into the details, while showing you what you should pay attention to, when choosing a font for your next logo.
Two separate data analysis firms say the Twitter killer from Instagram has unraveled even as Meta has rushed to add highly requested features.
A cool futuristic design with so many interesting details and animations that will make you enjoy every bit you scroll.
Email is Dead will include inflatable displays, time capsules and an personality test that uncovers just what sort of emailer you really are.
Unleash your imagination with a custom mobile wallpaper and make Opera Browser your own. Showcase your wallpaper for a chance at a cash prize from a pool of $10,000 USD
Naming a font is not unlike naming a child. It requires equal parts strategy and intuition.
Microsoft Designer, a Canva competitor, will allow users to generate unique visual posts right on LinkedIn.
Color plays a fundamental role in our lives. It sets the tone, evokes emotions, and influences our mood. Consequently, the colors you use for a website can have a tremendous impact on how a brand is perceived. Today, we will delve into the world of positive colors, their effect on web design, and how they can infuse your design with a sense of optimism.
Infinitely scrolling down alternative feeds is getting us nowhere. To reinvent social media, we must imagine new socials.
Three lifelines to call on when you’re feeling stuck creatively
In the past couple of weeks we have been exploring a lot of scroll-based animations. Especially layouts with images are super interesting when changed on scroll. Today I’d like to share yet another on-scroll exploration with you and this time, we add another dimension! It is inspired by the 3D grid animation seen on Inflection designed by Obys.
Liran Cohen and the team at Bookaway, a travel booking service, dramatically improved their site’s performance by auditing Core Web Vitals. In this article, Liran shares his team’s process for auditing and monitoring Web Vitals and the effort it took to dramatically improve Bookaway’s performance — and the benefits that came with it.
It’s in beta now with an official release coming this fall.
An Apple TV series might share a little more of its rocky past than it would like, but WeWork is still around today. We look at Franklyn’s new design refresh for the brand and the backstory behind it.
Zero UI represents a fresh approach to user interface design aimed at reducing reliance on conventional graphical user interfaces (GUIs). Instead, Zero UI enables users to interact with devices and applications using instinctive and natural methods, such as voice commands, gestures, and haptic feedback.
Ever feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of video editing options available to you? You’re not alone: beginners demand simplicity, professionals crave advanced features, and businesses need budget-friendly apps.
Wix Studio offers freelancers and agencies the opportunity to scale their businesses and take on more clients
I kept thinking that we got it all wrong. The things we teach wannabe Content Designers make up so little of the day-to-day work. Instead of concise copy, shouldn’t we talk about understanding product orgs and finding allies? Instead of voice and tone, shouldn’t we teach how to document successes in a way that keeps you your job?
A new Big Brother logo? What? How? Why? Well, incredibly, the reality TV series that started it all is somehow still going in the age of streaming services, with a 20th season soon to start in the UK. That means that the traditional Big Brother eye logo has come in for a revamp. And fans are aghast.
Since 2012, Wonderbly has carved a name for itself in personalised publishing. Now, Lovework simplifies its crown logo and makes it more “attractive and visible”.
Our two-day virtual conference last month brought together Adobe teams and imaginative developers to discuss priorities, trends and future plans. So what’s on the horizon?
Personas aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. But in the spirit of starting with the conclusion, here are some lightweight proto-personas for web3 users…
Wix Studio marks a significant evolution in web creation for agencies, delivering a revolutionary platform that combines AI-powered features, the latest design and development capabilities and seamless workflows for multi-site management to help agencies create projects with greater quality and velocity
I signed up to experience the future of generative AI and got an unpleasant blast from the past instead.
Over the decades, different OSes have added different tools and workflows to deal with these issues, including workspaces, taskbars, and switchers. However, the basic primitives have not changed since the 70s and, as a result, the issues have never gone away.
Reddit is rolling out a number of updates to its website for logged-out users, including improved performance, a more helpful search results page and better communities and related post suggestions.
A company in crisis went back to basics to deliver a viral hit. But can Adam Mosseri’s bare-bones Twitter clone reinvigorate an aging tech giant?
“Designing a typeface is really just a scavenger hunt for problems, especially if you’re trying to realise something a bit unconventional.”
In this article, Carie Fisher outlines which CSS media features are available for detecting user preferences and how they are used to design and build more inclusive user experiences.
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