Heydon Pickering · Jun 9, 2025
Skune: A hand drawn variable font
Skune is a variable font designed to have the jagged, frenetic appeal of lo-fi garage punk
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Heydon Pickering · Jun 9, 2025
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tempertemper · Martin Underhill · Jun 2, 2025
Colour alone can be used to convey meaning, and I don’t like it!
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WebAIM · John Northup · May 30, 2025
Up and Coming ARIA
If you work in web accessibility, you’ve probably spent a lot of time explaining and implementing the ARIA roles and attributes that have been around for years—things like aria-label, aria-labelledby, and role="dialog". But the ARIA landscape isn’t static. In fact, recent ARIA specifications (especially ARIA 1.3) incl.
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Microsoft Design · Microsoft Design · May 30, 2025
Designs for the frontier future
How we rebuilt the Microsoft 365 Copilot app for a new kind of productivity By Jon Friedman Read the full article on our new website here . The new Microsoft 365 Copilot app isn’t your typical redesign. From the introduction of net new experiences like Agents to a fresh look and feel rooted in Chat-based interactions,.
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Microsoft Design · Microsoft Design · May 29, 2025
From paper to pixels: The evolution of ClearType and onscreen reading
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Ethan Marcotte · <name>Ethan Marcotte</name> · May 25, 2025
Responsive web design turns fifteen.
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tempertemper · Martin Underhill · May 25, 2025
Are you sure that table isn’t a list?
We often reach for a tables when a list would be much more user friendly, and avoid potential WCAG issues.
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Adam Silver · May 11, 2025
The problem with good design
Last week I ran a Form Design Mastery live call with the UX team at Multiverse. Various members of the team shared their designs for me to review. Here I’ll show you Jamie’s redesign because it shows how good design leads to more problems. For context, the form allows users to log “off the job” learning. Here’s the or.
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GOV.UK Accessibility Blog · <name>Kelly Clarkson, Senior Accessibility Specialist, Government Digital Services</name> · May 9, 2025
Unlocking Accessibility: Information Architects share their approach to digital accessibility and design with people with disabilities
We asked information architects for advice on prioritising accessibility, educating teams, avoiding pitfalls, and using tools to ensure accessible information architecture.
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tempertemper · Martin Underhill · Apr 29, 2025
Focus priming
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GOV.UK Accessibility Blog · <name>Kelly Clarkson, Senior Accessibility Specialist, Government Digital Services</name> · Apr 25, 2025
Unlocking Accessibility: Frontend developers discuss semantic HTML and accessible code
We asked frontend developers about the importance of semantic HTML, how they ensure code is accessible from the start of a project, and how they make dynamic content accessible.
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A List Apart · by <a itemprop="url" class="author" rel="author" href="https://alistapart.com/author/liam-nugent/">Liam Nugent</a> · Apr 23, 2025
From Beta to Bedrock: Build Products that Stick.
As a product builder over too many years to mention, I've lost count of the number of times I've seen promising ideas go from zero to hero in a few weeks, only to fizzle out within months. Financial products, which is the field I work in, are no exception. With people’s real hard-earned money on the line, user expecta.
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iA · iA Inc · Apr 22, 2025
iA Wins Red Dot Best of Best
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GOV.UK Accessibility Blog · <name>Samantha Merrett, Senior Accessibility Specialist, Ministry of Justice</name> · Apr 4, 2025
Top tips for hosting accessible and inclusive online events
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Ethan Marcotte · <name>Ethan Marcotte</name> · Mar 25, 2025
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tempertemper · Martin Underhill · Mar 22, 2025
How navigation should work for keyboard users
The web is a network of pages that are linked together, with those links often grouped in a navigation. Here’s how keyboard users traverse navigation.
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UX Movement · anthony · Mar 19, 2025
How to Group Your Sidebar Items for Better Findability
When a sidebar contains many items, grouping is necessary to help users find them faster. However, most designers don’t group their sidebar items and force users to scan an entire list. This results in slow navigation times and poor findability. Grouping improves findability by enabling users to spot a group and scan.
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UX Movement · anthony · Mar 19, 2025
How to Make Any Sidebar Menu Easier to Scan
How easy to scan is your sidebar menu? If you haven’t optimized the spacing, users will likely spend more time navigating and finding items. Balancing the spacing in the sidebar can help users navigate faster and easier. A typical mistake designers make is adding too much or not enough space. Both can make scanning fo.
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