The 5 Traits of an Ethical Freelance Web Designer

Ethics are often very personal, and what I find acceptable may not sit so well with you and vice-versa. But there are some general traits that most designers can agree on.
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When to ask for login?

I own an online store for video games and use the Stripe API for handling payments.
This is the current order of events: Add to cart → Checkout → Enter Card Info → Charge → Download Item. To battle piracy, I recently installed a login page…
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8 Free Resources to Help Web Designers with GDPR Compliance

We have a selection of helpful resources that you can use to bring your websites up to GDPR compliance. Remember, GDPR applies to everybody.
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Distinguishing aria-live speech from UI accessible names

We just ran our first user test of an accessible UI prototype with blind and partially-sighted testers. In spite of my efforts to follow the various recommendations and WCAG specifications, there were major issues.
By far the greatest of …
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What do you call tooltips that stay on hover?

I am trying to create a style guide and have two types of tooltips and am having a hard time finding a semantic naming for them.
Type 1 – Stays if you hover over the tooltip, so that you can include links. This type is to include informat…
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Users’ attention to minimized video

We do know autoplaying videos is bad.
When users arrive at a webpage, they don’t appreciate being surprised by video or audio content that begins playing without their consent. Video, and the accompanying audio, can confuse or distract…
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Graph to Represent How Influences Impact Fixed Related Factors in a Measure

What is the best way to represent the following formula as a graph?
Overall Score =
70% × [
50% × Sub-factor A +
20% × Sub-factor B +
5% × Sub-factor C +
25% × Sub-factor D
] +
…
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View/Edit mode used in data tables

I am working on data table for HR managers that implements in-line editing as well as drop-down menu with detailed options. In-line edit is a must as it will be re-used in dashboard for different pop-ups so we chose in-line edit instead of…
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Guidelines for Material Card in Android

If I were to follow elevated card(first one) like here, where should I place the expand more arrow? Also, is it okay to do the same card with image on the left?
Cards displayed are different brands of the same product. So I feel a full ri…
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Sifting Through Design Information Overload

Our line of work boasts guides to absolutely everything. For instance, gurus are there to tell us about every new CSS feature – including why it’s the next big thing…
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