Yesterday evening I was working on some documentation pages. The page layout is quite classic, as it consists of a content pane on the left and a sidebar navigation on the right. Looking for a way to make the page less dull I decided to add a few small things to it: Smooth Scrolling when […]
Tag Archives: ux
Pure CSS Scroll Shadows (Vertical + Horizontal)
A long time ago (2012!), Lea Verou shared a way on how to add scrolling shadows to containers that needs scrolling. Using those shadows in a scroll container is a great UX thing, as they visually tell the user that the content is scrollable. 🐛🍏 The technique doesn’t play that nice on iOS though, due […]
Building Better Interfaces, a talk by Hakim El Hattab
At CSS Day 2019, I was fortunate to see Hakim El Hattab bring his talk Building Better Interfaces. A recording of his talk – and all other talks – are available on YouTube: This session is a deep-dive into the areas of interface design that Hakim has specialized in for over a decade—interactivity and animation. […]
An HTML attribute potentially worth $4.4M to Chipotle
Jason Grigsby: I recently found myself racing to fill out Chipotle’s online order form before my mother could find her credit card. In the process, I discovered a bug that could cost Chipotle $4.4 million annually. The form didn’t play nice with autocomplete and therefore would not get sent … The culprit? A JS library […]
Button Placement in Forms
Button placement on forms is often ignored or prioritised based on what looks good. But button placement can make or break a form, and a form can make or break a user’s experience. That’s why it’s essential to get it right. Here I’ll explain where to put buttons across a range of different forms based […]
Hierarchic Indeterminate Checkboxes with JavaScript (Vanilla)
Earlier today Chris Coyier tweeted that he was in the process of rewriting one of his pens without jQuery: Been trying to re-write this without jQuery: https://t.co/xvsZMKsfvL I’m like 70% there but haven’t quite gotten it. jQuery is doing so much helpful DOM traversal here it’s a pain in the ass without it. — Chris […]
Paint Holding in Google Chrome
One of the features that shipped with Chrome 76 is “Paint Holding”. It’s a technique that removes the “flash of white” – e.g. the white page you briefly see while the browser is loading the next page – when navigation between two pages on the same origin, thus delivering a smoother experience to the user. […]
Reducing motion with the <picture> element
Great trick by Brad Frost, in which he combines prefers-reduced-motion? with the <picture> element <picture> <source srcset="no-motion.jpg" media="(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)"></source> <img src="animated.gif alt="brick wall" /> </picture> Yes, that actually works! Reducing motion with the <picture> element → 💫 When taking prefers-reduced-motion into account in your CSS code, it becomes really powerful when combined with CSS Variables
Beyond the interface – The Sameness of Apps and Websites
Friend Thomas Byttebier – Digital Director at Base Design – has written a very insightful post on the sameness of apps, websites, subway maps, and coffee shops. Why do all apps look the same nowadays? Why do all websites look the same? What can brands do to create more memorable digital experiences? And also: how […]
Building Better Forms™ by not taking away affordances
Don’t fiddle too much with your forms‘ look and feel. A small innocent-looking piece of CSS, even when combined with semantically correct HTML, could leave you with a degraded User Experience and make your forms less Accessible. Yesterday I went to see Girl at Kinepolis. Whilst ordering tickets I ran into an issue though: after […]