Smashing Magazine

JULY 1, 2021

In this article, I’ll tell you the pitfalls I’ve run into in my career — some of which were my fault. Dodds states in his article on the topic: “You shouldn’t test implementation details.”. Note : This topic is huge, so it would be better dealt with in another article. Instead, test things that a user would notice.

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Smashing Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

If you haven’t heard, INP is replacing the First Input Delay (FID) metric, something you can read all about here on Smashing Magazine as a guide to prepare for the change. observer.observe({ type: "event", buffered: true }); Reporting Long Animation Frames (LoAFs) Let’s build off that last one.

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Composable CSS Animation In Vue With AnimXYZ. Composable CSS Animation In Vue With AnimXYZ. In this article, you will learn how to use the AnimXYZ toolkit to create unique, interactive, and visually engaging animations in Vue.js Note : This article requires a basic understanding of Vue.js Ejiro Asiuwhu. Composable.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2021

Below you’ll find quick jumps to specific plugins and guides you may need. You can take a closer look at the thorough guide and video about the plugin to get started. Animation Editor in Figma. With Figmotion , you have an advanced animation tool right at your fingertips. Table of Contents. Also, take a look at the other.

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

This third kind of testing will be the focus of this article. In this guide, we’ll write some tests together, which I’ve made public for you in a GitHub repository. Explaining this and its advantages and drawbacks would be enough for its own article. You can also make the test wait for animations and API responses.

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

We’ll look at three areas that are particularly helpful when it comes to reading code: skimming , meta guiding , and visual fixation. I’m not going into the details of learning to speed read as others do a way better job at that – whether in articles or through software like Spreeder or Spritz. Subvocalization? That was 400wpm.

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2021

In this article, I will explain how to use Quasar Framework and its state-of-the-art UI (which follows Material guidelines) to build a notes app. At the end of the article, you should have a proper understanding of what Quasar is, how to get started creating apps with Quasar, and also how to use Firebase. Joel Olawanle. src/assets.

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Smashing Magazine

MAY 23, 2022

After reading Louis Lazaris’ insightful article “ Those HTML Attributes You Never Use ”, I’ve asked myself ( and the community ) which properties and selectors are lesser-known or should be used more often. article h2 { padding: 2em; border-bottom: 2px solid currentColor; }.article__title We need to add an article number to each note.

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Copywriting is a unique animal, different from academic, journalistic or literary writing. A welcome break from dull and dry grammar guides. Sixty years after he wrote Plain Words, it’s still a superb and charmingly written guide to clear communication. Understand Style Guides And Brand Voice. Grammar Girl.

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MARCH 29, 2021

Whatever the case and whenever that moment arrives, I usually reach for some of the tools I‘ll cover in the article. You might also want to check out this article by Umar Hansa , who compiled a whole bunch of great DevTool features that released in 2020. This tool is handy when identifying heavy animations and scrolling issues.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This article will dive into everything about the WordPress website builder – Elementor. Motion Effects: Create dynamic and engaging user experiences; add motion effects like entrance animations, sticky elements, and scrolling effects. It is reshaping the way individuals and businesses craft their online presence.

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Need an animated image carousel? Continue reading below ↓ Meet Image Optimization , Addy Osmani’s brand new practical guide to optimizing and delivering high-quality images on the web. We need a way to “fetch” the HTML and CSS for wherever we’re navigating to, and animate it into view using JavaScript. Multi-step form?

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

A Guide To Image Optimization On Jamstack Sites. A Guide To Image Optimization On Jamstack Sites. This article is sponsored by Storyblok. But if you’re worried that you’re not getting the performance you expected because of large, poorly optimized images, don’t worry because that’s what you’re reading this article for!

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2022

Let’s take a look at this list item component: We always have a background that (in our case) could change depending on its state: primary, secondary, accent (plus its custom interaction and animation). This article was written in collaboration with my iOS developer husband. Large preview ). One approach is Variation. More after jump!

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In this article, I’ll explain how to build an accessible expandable gallery with a few tips and tricks along the way. The transition is enabled by default, but if the user does not prefer transitions and animations, we can use the prefers-reduced-motion media query and set the transition-duration property to 0s.

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Speed Curve

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

A quick guide to interpreting this panel: The width of each cell in the call stack represents the elapsed time it (and its children) executed. My other guiding view is to focus on what's most important from a user perspective and optimize that. The dark yellow, magenta, and green cells represent internal browser work.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

In this article, we’ll explain how a proper email testing workflow can help you improve email sending efficiency. With this article, you will enhance your testing workflows by covering all the important aspects, and saving time and stress with suitable email testing methods and tools. Let’s talk email testing! Email template.

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Smashing Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

In this article, we will look into five optimization tricks that will make your app feel more responsive. It’s a common mistake to use a launch screen as a splash screen to show branding or to add a loading animation. From Apple’s article : “They expect your app to be in the same state as when they left it. Large preview ).

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This article will help decision-makers choose the right tech stack for their project. Walmart – Improved user expertise by building sleek in-app animations similar to native functionality. User interface : Animation support and vector graphics have problems in rendering on time. A guide for the reader. Cons of a flutter.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2021

In this article, we’ll look into common usability issues with disabled buttons, how to fix these issues and when disabling buttons actually makes sense. If we keep a button focusable even in a disabled state, we can communicate what errors cause the button to be disabled, and guide users to a solution. Mock-up by Jordan Moore.

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Smashing Magazine

MAY 17, 2021

This led us to eliminate or replace a number of react-spring powered animations with simpler CSS transitions: We used BundlePhobia to help track down big dependencies that we could live without. If you’re interested in reading more deeply into this topic, here’s a great guide on the topic. Large preview ).

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JUNE 18, 2019

We’ve written tons of articles giving you step-by-step advice on how to make your website faster – but not everyone wants to go through lots of steps. “Images are still the number one cause of bloat on the web” Recently Addy Osmani of Google Chrome released a guide covering essential image optimization.

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Smashing Magazine

MAY 6, 2021

Thankfully, Tobias Ahlin has a fantastic guide on some of the quick conversions away from jQuery. jQuery is a way of using CSS-like selectors and developer-friendly syntax for things like animations and Ajax requests. Remove Handlebars.js, as our templating needs were way too small for such a large package.

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Smashing Magazine

MARCH 25, 2021

A related practice is to convert animated GIFs to videos. For more insight, see this Web.dev article. See the great tips in the article Optimizing Video For Size And Quality. A performance budget doesn’t guide your decisions about what content should be displayed. Serve the right size.

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Smashing Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Continue reading below ↓ Meet “TypeScript in 50 Lessons” , our shiny new guide to TypeScript. If you split your application into dynamic parts — for example, if you have a large library for animations that only needs to load when the animation is needed — this is an asynchronous chunk. More after jump!

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2019

A Guide To Optimizing Images For Mobile. A Guide To Optimizing Images For Mobile. This is a sponsored article. ) GIFs are the animated counterpart of PNGs and use lossless compression as well. Suzanne Scacca. 2019-10-22T12:30:59+02:00. 2019-10-22T13:06:35+00:00.

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Plant Guides, From A To Z. Continue reading below ↓ Meet Image Optimization , Addy Osmani’s brand new practical guide to optimizing and delivering high-quality images on the web. Based on the short story by Nam Le, “The Boat” combines animation, audio, and ink and charcoal drawings into a powerful, interactive graphic novel.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

Alternatively, you can also check David Gossage’s article on How to review Core Web Vitals scores in bulk , in which he shares the scripts and how to get an API key to run the script manually without any external tools or services. The CLS debugger generates a GIF image with animations showing how the viewport elements shift.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 2, 2021

These shifts of content are very annoying, making you lose your place in an article you’ve started reading or, worse still, making you click on the wrong button! In this article, I’m going to discuss some front-end patterns to reduce CLS. All modern browsers support this now, though didn’t until recently as covered in my article.

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

So, my goal with this article is to raise awareness on some of the newest features in Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox and Safari. Continue reading below ↓ Meet “TypeScript in 50 Lessons” , our shiny new guide to TypeScript. It’s a shame though, as some of them can make us much more productive. More after jump!

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

This guide has been kindly supported by our friends at LogRocket , a service that combines frontend performance monitoring , session replay, and product analytics to help you build better customer experiences. Lara Hogan’s guide on how to approach designs with a performance budget can provide helpful pointers to designers.

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Animation support may be required for some images on the web (e.g., It does not support transparency in images, animation, depth maps, or overlays. Continue reading below ↓ Meet Image Optimization , Addy Osmani’s brand new practical guide to optimizing and delivering high-quality images on the web. Large preview ).

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

To get a good first impression of how your competitors perform, you can use Chrome UX Report ( CrUX , a ready-made RUM data set, video introduction by Ilya Grigorik and detailed guide by Rick Viscomi) or Treo Sites , a RUM monitoring tool that is powered by Chrome UX Report. RAIL , a user-centric performance model. Large preview ).

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Lara Hogan’s guide on how to approach designs with a performance budget can provide helpful pointers to designers. For high-pressure points like animation, it’s best to do nothing else where you can and the absolute minimum where you can't. RAIL , a user-centric performance model. milliseconds) — preferably under 10 milliseconds.

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