Articles for category: News

RyanArnold

Voice Content and Usability

We’ve been having conversations for thousands of years. Whether to convey information, conduct transactions, or simply to check in on one another, people have yammered away, chattering and gesticulating, through spoken conversation for countless generations. Only in the last few millennia have we begun to commit our conversations to writing, and only in the last ...

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🗞 Easily improve your Web Design with AI

Hey Designers! 👋   This week we have: balanced web design sustainable websites 5 css tips easier layouts and more… Symmetry is the simplest way to achieve balance, but balance and symmetry and not the same things! Matt Brunton encourages you to stop centering everything, and shows you why and how to create asymmetrical layouts. ...

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The Forgotten Art Of Developing Web Apps For Feature Phones

Learn why flip phones still matter in 2025, and how you can build and launch web apps for these tiny devices. Flip phones aren’t dead. On the contrary, 200+ million non-smartphones are sold annually. That’s roughly equivalent to the number of iPhones sold in 2024. Even in the United States, millions of flip phones are ...

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Sustainable Web Design, An Excerpt

In the 1950s, many in the elite running community had begun to believe it wasn’t possible to run a mile in less than four minutes. Runners had been attempting it since the late 19th century and were beginning to draw the conclusion that the human body simply wasn’t built for the task.  Article Continues Below ...

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🗞 Easily improve your Web Design with AI

Hey Designers! 👋   This week we have: balanced web design sustainable websites 5 css tips easier layouts and more… Symmetry is the simplest way to achieve balance, but balance and symmetry and not the same things! Matt Brunton encourages you to stop centering everything, and shows you why and how to create asymmetrical layouts. ...

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Design Patterns For AI Interfaces

Designing a new AI feature? Where do you even begin? From first steps to design flows and interactions, here’s a simple, systematic approach to building AI experiences that stick. More design patterns in our Smart Interface Design Patterns, a friendly video course on UX and design patterns by Vitaly — from complex data tables and ...

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Design for Safety, An Excerpt

Antiracist economist Kim Crayton says that “intention without strategy is chaos.” We’ve discussed how our biases, assumptions, and inattention toward marginalized and vulnerable groups lead to dangerous and unethical tech—but what, specifically, do we need to do to fix it? The intention to make our tech safer is not enough; we need a strategy. Article ...

RyanArnold

🗞 Easily improve your Web Design with AI

Hey Designers! 👋   This week we have: balanced web design sustainable websites 5 css tips easier layouts and more… Symmetry is the simplest way to achieve balance, but balance and symmetry and not the same things! Matt Brunton encourages you to stop centering everything, and shows you why and how to create asymmetrical layouts. ...

RyanArnold

Design Guidelines For Better Notifications UX

As always in design, timing matters, and so do timely notifications. Let’s explore how we might improve the notifications UX. More design patterns in our Smart Interface Design Patterns, a friendly video course on UX and design patterns by Vitaly — from complex data tables and nested filters to FAQs and error messages. In many ...

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A Content Model Is Not a Design System

Do you remember when having a great website was enough? Now, people are getting answers from Siri, Google search snippets, and mobile apps, not just our websites. Forward-thinking organizations have adopted an omnichannel content strategy, whose mission is to reach audiences across multiple digital channels and platforms. Article Continues Below But how do you set ...