Nov 17 2025

Luis Ouriach - Ten Tips For Aspiring Designer Beginners (Part 1)

I’ve been living and breathing user interface and product design for just over a decade now, and although I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside some incredibly helpful and creative colleagues,

workflow , Portfolios , Inspiration , Career , Design

Nov 17 2025

Drew McLellan - Smashing Podcast Episode 45 With Jeremy Wagner: What Is Responsible JavaScript?

This episode has been kindly supported by our dear friends at Wix, the platform for professionals to build client sites, manage complex projects, and grow businesses online. Thank you! In t

Smashing Events , Events , Smashing Books

Nov 17 2025

Juan Diego Rodríguez - What Removing Object Properties Tells Us About JavaScript

A group of contestants are asked to complete the following task: Make object1 similar to object2. let object1 = { a: "hello", b: "world", c: "!!!", }; let object2 = { a: "hello", b

Techniques , Tools , Javascript

Nov 18 2025

Vitaly Friedman - Usability Pitfalls of Disabled Buttons, and How To Avoid Them

Imagine a world in which every button is disabled by default. Usually it’s grey, subtle and slightly out of focus, often with poor contrast and a subdued text label that’s a bit difficult to deciphe

Design Patterns , ux , Usability , Web Design

Nov 17 2025

Paul Boag - Rethinking The Role Of Your UX Teams And Move Beyond Firefighting

In my experience of building and supporting UX teams, most of them are significantly under-resourced. In fact, the term “team” can often be a stretch, with many user experience professionals finding

workflow , Teams , ux , User Experience