Weekly News for Designers № 413
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Designercize – Random prompt generator for whiteboard design practice.
Scrollama – A modern & lightweight JavaScript library for scrollytelling using IntersectionObserver in favor of scroll events.
10 Free CSS Tooltip Snippets To Save Time On Your Web Projects – If you’re looking for CSS tooltips, then this collection should have something for you.
Lottie – A mobile library for Android and iOS that parses Adobe After Effects animations exported as JSON.
The Pocket Guide to Creativity – Ever been labelled as the ‘creative’ person in the room, but found yourself falling dismally short of anything that feels like an original idea?
How to Use Visual Hierarchy in Web Design – Visual hierarchy is one of the key principles that will make your website effective in accomplishing your goals for it.
Affordance and Its Future In Designing Interfaces – A look at what affordance is and how it relates to design.
Happier HTML5 Form Validation – Native HTML5 form validation in just 6 lines of code.
How to Optimize SQL Queries for Faster Sites – Identify the queries causing bottlenecks, along with quick fixes and other approaches to speed things up.
How to Use CSS Gradients on the Web – Examples, exercises and resources for adding gradients to your designs.
9 Must-Have Extensions To Get You Started With The New Firefox Quantum – A list of useful, Quantum-ready, Firefox add-ons for those looking to make the switch.
Recreating the Apple Watch Breathe App Animation – Using vanilla CSS, the Breathe App animation comes to life on the web.
Weekly Free Photo Bundle – Stocksnap.io’s ten favorite submissions from the previous seven days, conveniently bundled for download.
Luxon – A powerful, modern, and friendly wrapper for Javascript dates and times.
Monitoring unused CSS by unleashing the raw power of the DevTools Protocol – Calculate the real percentage of unused CSS
Bootstrap Magic 4.0 – Live preview, live HTML coding to help you create your Bootstrap 4.0 theme direclty in your browser.
10 Snippets for Creating Split Screen Layouts – Examples of split screen UIs, complete with source code that you can edit to fit your needs.
The Cost Of JavaScript – How a little discipline can improve JS performance on mobile devices.
threed.io – Generate 3D mockups right in your browser.
iOS 11 UI Kit – A free, massive UI kit with meticulously crafted iOS 11 vector assets.
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