Lyft Design · Namika Varma-Chang · Jun 11, 2026
While expanding my typography knowledge, what stood out to me was how little of it is actually new. When I started studying typography more deeply as part of Lyft’s rebrand work, I expected to dive straight into learning modern best practices like accessibility guidelines, responsive type scales, and variable fonts. I.
Smashing Magazine · hello@smashingmagazine.com (Kate Kalcevich) · Jun 10, 2026
Findings from an exploratory user research study highlighting the unique insights and practical UX recommendations shared by participants with cognitive disabilities.
MeasuringU · Jim Lewis, PhD and Jeff Sauro, PhD · Jun 9, 2026
Should the sample size n be greater than 30? If you’ve taken any introductory statistics course or an AP statistics class (or helped your child with it), you’ve encountered the n ≥ 30 rule. The “magic number 5” rule we’ve written extensively about applies (with its important caveats) to problem discovery for usability.
GOV.UK Design Notes · <name>Alex Robertson – Lead Content Designer, MOJ</name> · Jun 9, 2026
The content design skills in the Digital and Data Capability Framework were updated at the end of May. This post sets out what's changed and why, and how members of the content community came together to work on it.
Adam Silver · Jun 7, 2026
Last week I wrote about the problem with using the accept attribute for uploading files. As a quick reminder: When you use the accept to specify which file types will be allowed like this: …the dialog will disable invalid types like this: This is bad because: - The disabled files are greyed out making them hard to rea.
Jeffrey Zeldman · L. Jeffrey Zeldman · Jun 4, 2026
Look back in anchor tags: a partial review of my site’s 31-year visual history before diving into the new design. The post Remembrance of zeldman.coms past appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents .
GOV.UK GDS Blog · <name>Dan Hesse, Senior Product Manager</name> · Jun 4, 2026
Good AI starts with good data. We partnered with The National Archives to explore how data maturity can prepare legal data for AI use. Here's what we found.
Smashing Magazine · hello@smashingmagazine.com (Vitaly Friedman) · Jun 3, 2026
Practical guide on how to reduce drifts, minimize mistakes, maintain context, and improve the quality of AI-generated prototypes. Brought to you by Design Patterns For AI Interfaces , **friendly video course on UX** and design patterns by Vitaly.
Adam Silver · Jun 3, 2026
I recently read a blog post claiming that web components can make your design system framework agnostic. But this is down to the false dichotomy between engineers who: - love React (or the current popular thing) - hate React (or the current popular thing) React is probably a bad choice for your design system. But that.
Webflow Blog · Jun 3, 2026
Explore the best mega menu examples. Learn how to improve website navigation so visitors can compare options, find high-intent pages, and browse faster.
CSS Wizardry · Jun 1, 2026
The TBT Window is the FCP-to-TTI interval used to calculate Total Blocking Time. If FCP or TTI moves, TBT can change even when long tasks do not.
Adam Silver · May 31, 2026
Last week I posted about why the accept attribute on file inputs is bad UX. The accept attribute lets you specify which file types an input will accept. For example, if users need to upload a receipt, you can do this: That means users can only select those file types. All other files are disabled: This sounds good bec.
WebAIM · John Northup · May 28, 2026
The Department of Health and Human Services recently announced a one-year extension of the compliance dates for web content and mobile app accessibility requirements under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The requirements themselves are not new in substance: covered recipients of HHS federal financial assistance.
Smashing Magazine · hello@smashingmagazine.com (Durgesh Pawar) · May 28, 2026
Seventy percent of websites still fail basic WCAG contrast checks in 2025. After years of design system tooling, accessibility linters, and JavaScript libraries, nothing moved the needle. We didn’t need better libraries. We needed better CSS. `contrast-color()` is that better CSS.
Slack Design · andyacevedo · May 27, 2026
For most of my design career, Figma was where the real work happened. I’d design screens, build prototypes, then hand off the designs for someone else to build. If something felt slightly wrong in production, we’d go back and forth trying to articulate what “it should feel like” in words. This process worked well enou.
Adrian Roselli · Adrian Roselli · May 25, 2026
Just in time for Google I/O, the Chrome for Developers site announced Modern Web Guidance (MWG): Modern Web Guidance is a set of evergreen and expert-vetted skills that guide your AI coding agents across many common use cases to build modern web experiences that are accessible, performant, and secure. Build…
Smashing Magazine · hello@smashingmagazine.com (Eric Joseph L.) · May 25, 2026
There’s a moment in almost every usability session where a participant pauses at the login screen, types something, and glances up: checking whether they’re “doing it right.” That pause is a clear sign. They’ve already clocked that this isn’t a real app, and every data point collected after that moment is filtered thr.
Jeffrey Zeldman · L. Jeffrey Zeldman · May 24, 2026
Cameron Cummins-Smith’s grand unifying theory connects the far right’s seemingly disparate obsessions—from trans panic and great replacement theory to anti-feminism and white birth-rate anxiety—into a single ideological system fueled by pornographic narratives: In physics there is this idea of a theory of everything:.
Smashing Magazine · hello@smashingmagazine.com (Vitaly Friedman) · May 22, 2026
What people say, feel, think, and do are often very different things. To understand the underlying reasons for user behavior, it helps to look beyond the surface and explore hidden motivations, root causes, and the different layers of reality that shape how people act. Brought to you by Measuring UX Impact , **friendl.
Manuel Matuzovic · May 22, 2026
The title already tells most of the story, but here's why you must avoid labeling generic elements like divs or spans using aria-label or aria-labelledby . Looking at the ARIA spec, you'll find section "5.2.8.6 Roles which cannot be named (Name prohibited)" . It lists all roles that cannot be named. It includes “gener.