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GitHub Blog

When chat is the wrong UI

What is a developer to do when they need something more tangible than a chat box? Enter canvases. The post When chat is the wrong UI appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Read on GitHub Blog ↗ Sep 24, 2026

Smashing Magazine

Stop Treating CSS Container Queries Like Traditional Media Queries

Despite broad browser support, container queries remain surprisingly underused and frequently misunderstood. Let’s look at how they differ from media queries, when to reach for each, and how container queries help reusab

Read on Smashing Magazine ↗ Sep 16, 2026

Smashing Magazine

Building A UX ROI Case That Survives The Boardroom

Strong UX ideas do not secure investment on their own. Through a worked example, Alex Williams breaks down how to define business value, calculate costs, test causality, and build a credible case for the return on a desi

Read on Smashing Magazine ↗ Sep 11, 2026

Smashing Magazine

The Death Of The Button: Why The Best Interface Is No Interface

TThe web is evolving beyond menus, forms, and endless clicks toward experiences shaped around human intent. For UX designers, understanding this shift means re-evaluating their role, moving from designing visible interfa

Read on Smashing Magazine ↗ Sep 9, 2026

CSS-Tricks

Let’s Use the Emergent CSS random() Function in all the Browsers

The journey to create a polyfill for the upcoming CSS random() function that works in all browsers. Let’s Use the Emergent CSS random() Function in all the Browsers originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-

Read on CSS-Tricks ↗ Aug 31, 2026

CSS-Tricks

What’s !important #18: , Syntax ::highlight()ing, named-feature(), and More

Well, that’s a wrap. No, not a flex-wrap, but rather today marks a new day, week, month, season, aaaand new edition of What’s important (#18), bringing you the best content that developers have produced over the last cou

Read on CSS-Tricks ↗ Aug 31, 2026

Smashing Magazine

The Many Faces Of September (2026 Wallpapers Edition)

Could there be a better way to welcome the new month than with a new collection of desktop wallpapers? Whether you’re holding tightly onto summer or eagerly awaiting autumn, we’ve got some eye-catching designs to make yo

Read on Smashing Magazine ↗ Aug 31, 2026

CSS-Tricks

Creating Web Widgets Using the Document Picture-in-Picture API

The general idea is that we create a Document Picture-in-Picture window (DPIP window), and then we put HTML, CSS, and JavaScript into it. Creating Web Widgets Using the Document Picture-in-Picture API originally handwri

Read on CSS-Tricks ↗ Aug 27, 2026

CSS-Tricks

animation-trigger

The CSS animation-trigger property allows you to delay the start of a CSS animation until a specific trigger occurs. animation-trigger originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get

Read on CSS-Tricks ↗ Aug 26, 2026

Smashing Magazine

Rethinking Data Visualisation: A UX Approach To Dashboards That Actually Drives Decisions

Data visualisation sits at the intersection of two disciplines that rarely talk to each other: data and design. Meriem Benhabiles explores what changes when you bring structured UX thinking to dashboards and data present

Read on Smashing Magazine ↗ Aug 26, 2026

CSS-Tricks

MicroLighter: Syntax Highlighter

Syntax highlighting for code blocks without the complicated markup, spans, classes, and bloated JavaScript, courtesy of Uncle Dave. MicroLighter: Syntax Highlighter originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-

Read on CSS-Tricks ↗ Aug 25, 2026

CSS-Tricks

WordPress PHP-Only Block Registration

Seven and half years after blocks arrived in Core, WordPress introduces a way to build blocks without React annd build pipelines. All you need is PHP. WordPress PHP-Only Block Registration originally handwritten and pub

Read on CSS-Tricks ↗ Aug 24, 2026