With Chromium 86 and now recently Firefox 85 supporting :focus-visible, it’s a good time to refer to this post by Matthias Ott: The :focus-visible pseudo-class lets you show focus styles only when they are needed, using the same heuristic that the browser uses to decide whether to show the default focus indicator. You use :focus-visible …
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Form Validation: You want :not(:focus):invalid, not :invalid
The built-in browser form validation mechanism can be frustrating as it will mark fields invalid while still entering text. Using only CSS this can be circumvented, so that validations happen afterwards.
“Yes or No?” — One Checkbox vs Two Radio Buttons
Great research by Sara Soueidan: If you have a question with a binary Yes/No answer, is it better to use one checkbox or two radio buttons? As per usual: It Depends™. The consensus however seems to be that requiring an explicit “No” is the determining factor to avoid the simple checkbox. Over at CSS-Tricks Chris …
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Avoiding tab styles for navigation
Adam Silver, who works at/with the fine folks at GOV.UK: Tabs should only look like tabs if they behave like tabs otherwise it can be in disorienting and confusing for users. Shown above is the old layout that featured the tabs (which are actually links, here). The new version still has the links in place …
8 Tips to Make Your Website Feel Like an iOS App
Very nice video by Sam Selikoff in which he sets up a web manifest to make his site feel more app-like. Great production quality. There are some tweaks I’d suggest though: Fixate the header using position: sticky; instead of position: fixed;. No need for that extra margin on the content then. Update: See note below …
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HTML Forms: How (and Why) to Prevent Double Form Submissions
When double clicking a form’s submit button your form will be sent twice. With a tad of JavaScript this can be prevented from happening.
Enhancing User Experience With CSS Animations
Great talk by Stéphanie Walter (starting at 39:00): With practical examples, I show why certain animations work better than others and how to find the best timing and duration to build UI animations that “feel right”. I explain how our brain works, why and how animations contribute to improving user experience. And what you need …
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The UX of LEGO Interface Panels
George Cave takes a look at the UX of the LEGO Interface Panels These iconic, low-resolution designs are the perfect tool to learn the basics of physical interface design. Armed with 52 different bricks, let’s see what they can teach us about the design, layout and organisation of complex interfaces. The UX of LEGO Interface …
Web Vitals – Essential metrics for a healthy site
Web Vitals is a new great set of articles on Web.dev (by Google) focussing on delivering a great user experience on the web. To help developers focus on what matters most, they’ve selected a set of metrics which they call “Core Web Vitals”. The metrics that make up Core Web Vitals will evolve over time. …
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Guidelines for text fields design
Text fields are probably one of the most used interface components; contact forms, payment details, account creation, lead generation. Users definitely need to interact with text fields when using your product. The purpose of this post is to highlight some of the key guidelines which I follow when it comes to designing better text fields. …