Posted September 25th, 2024
✨ HTML Secrets, UX Research Gems & CSS Performance Hacks (5-min read)
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Why HTML has both <b / i> and <strong / em>?
The b and i tags are from HTML’s past, focusing on appearance. The strong and em tags represent HTML’s present and future, focusing on meaning.
HTML was the original web technology, and the fact that it’s more relevant than ever three decades later is kind of amazing.
🎨 Design
Dev tools have heavily influenced web design trends over the last few years. First it was Stripe, then it was Linear, and now there are dozens of extremely high quality websites all offering their take on a mostly consistent aesthetic
Use this curated set of free NN/g templates and guides for inspiration and to accelerate your product development activities and UX career.
Death of the persona: Embracing AI-driven personalization
In the evolving landscape of product design, the rise of AI-driven personalization challenges the traditional use of personas.
My favorite UX research books & why I love them
The article concentrates mainly on books about qualitative research, but of course using quantitative data is equally important.
💭 Fun Fact
The First Webcam Was Used to Monitor a Coffee Pot – In 1991, researchers at the University of Cambridge set up a webcam to monitor the coffee pot in their office. This “Trojan Room Coffee Pot” became an early example of the Internet of Things (IoT), allowing people to remotely check if there was fresh coffee available.
💻 CSS
Improving rendering performance with CSS content-visibility
Interesting performance bug on emoji-picker-element: I’m on a fedi instance with 19k custom emojis […] and when I open the emoji picker […], the page freezes for like a full…
Logical Properties in Size Queries
Media queries now support a new range syntax. Instead of writing min-width or max-width, we can use the “greater than” or “less than” operators (> and ) =”” p=””>
The card being hovered has an effect where is appears to move toward you in 3D. Not only that, the two cards after the hovered card have their own unique effects, enhancing the 3D.
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