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Framer is rolling out new features that allow users to tailor website content to many languages and regions. Its AI-powered Localization covers text, UI controls, images, and CMS Variables. A video summarizing the new functionality is available.
Google is launching emoji reactions on its Gmail service. The feature can be accessed via a new button next to Reply, Reply All, and Forward. It will first be available to Android users and come to web and iOS users over the next few months.
Canva, as part of its 10th-anniversary celebration, has launched Magic Studio, an AI-powered design suite aiming to make content creation more accessible for everyone. The suite includes features like Magic Switch for effortless design format transformations, Magic Media for text-to-video conversion, and various photo editing tools.
It costs energy to capture and store every email we send. The way to climate-friendly emails is to send less of them, optimize static assets, use AI sparingly, design emails for dark mode, use content delivery networks (CDNs), and measure the carbon footprint of each email.
How information is presented shapes people's perceptions and decisions. Most pricing psychology principles rely on the Framing Effect and its related cognitive biases — anchoring, social proof, default bias, and loss aversion. The same price in a different context can lead to different purchase behaviors.
Although it can be done, text editing on mobile isn't ok. The mobile user experience of manipulating text overloads the tap gesture with a wide range of actions, making it overly complicated and prone to errors. There are workarounds like text handles, magnifiers, text selectors, and popup menus, but none of them offers an equivalent desktop experience.
Charts CSS uses CSS utility classes to style HTML elements as charts. This open-source framework follows a semantic structure, is highly customizable, and is built for responsiveness. Several chart elements are available, like percentage columns, stacked columns, bar charts, and more.
EmojiGen is an AI open-source emoji generator. Type what you need and download a PNG version ready to be used as an emoji.
Higher UX maturity increases customer satisfaction. Loyalty drives higher ROI on digital products, enhances brand reputation, streamlines the decision-making process, attracts and retains talent, increases the time-to-market, improves collaboration, establishes a proactive approach to problem-solving, and future-proofs the organization.
Understanding where automated tests fall short is the first step for planning your efforts to truly cover accessibility. Some of the jobs that need to be handled by humans include focus states, autocomplete, tap target areas, zoomed-in interfaces, animations, and overall confusing UX.
DesignOps lives in the intersection between creativity and scalability. Design operations strategically coordinate people and processes to improve design outcomes while providing the necessary tools, techniques, and collaboration frameworks.
Katie Smith is a master at bringing unique and bold characters to life. In this interview, she shares her process, how to find inspiration, and why illustration is the perfect medium for communicating joy and fun.
Robin Stummvoll, an industrial designer and luthier, just released his newest creation, a Cosmo electric guitar with an innovative, adaptable pickup system. These magnetic pickups effortlessly attach to the guitar's steel body, giving guitar players a whole universe of sonic options as they position them how they prefer.
A practical guide to building sophisticated animations for the web and overcoming three main challenges when doing so.