5 Web Design Trends for 2021
Design & UX
By SitePoint Sponsors,
Web design trends come and go. 2020 was no exception. Web designers will see some familiar trends replaced by safer and more dependable design choices.
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Meet Flipsnack, An Easy Design Tool for Incredible Magazines
Design & UX
By SitePoint Sponsors,
Flipsnack is a design/layout tool similar to InDesign and Affinity Publisher that helps you easily create professional layouts online.
How to Use Bannersnack to Generate Amazing Banners in Seconds
Design & UX
By Gal Shachar,
Gal Shachar introduces Bannersnack, an online, drag-and-drop interface that lets you design banner ads quickly and efficiently, saving time and money.
How to Speed Up Your UX with Skeleton Screens
Design & UX
By Chris Lienert,
Delivering a speedy UX isn't all about code and servers – it's about how things feel. Chris shows you how to use 'skeleton screens' to speed up your UX.
Designing Form Layout: Color
Design & UX
By Jessica Enders,
Human beings are sensitive to color. We process it without us even realizing, and we can’t help noticing differences. This is useful in form design.
Designing Form Layout: Spacing
Design & UX
By Jessica Enders,
Human beings see things that are close to each other as being related. Conversely, things that are not related usually have some space between them.
Designing Form Layout: Alignment
Design & UX
By Jessica Enders,
Create a straight, unobstructed, vertical path to completion. Now it's faster for your form to be filled out, and it looks neater and simpler too.
How to Prototype Interactions with Adobe XD
Design & UX
By Daniel Schwarz,
The following is a short extract from our book, Jump Start Adobe XD, written by Daniel Schwarz, a highly practical tutorial.
UX: What Can We Prototype? What Can’t We Prototype?
Design & UX
By Dan Goodwin,
In this article, we'll look at some of the uses for prototypes -- and also some of the things that you shouldn't use prototypes for.
How to Use Adobe XD’s Smart Guides
Design & UX
By Daniel Schwarz,
Smart guides illustrate how objects align to one another — they can display the distance between layers, or whether a layer has snapped to another.
3 Overlooked Tweaks to Optimize Website Usability
Design & UX
By Pius Boachie,
Boachie Pius talks about analysis paralysis and three of the most overlooked website usability optimizations, and shows us how to fix them.
UX Lessons from Amazon: 4 Hacks Guaranteed to Boost Conversions
Design & UX
By John Stevens,
John Stevens talks about how Amazon is breaking records when it comes to conversions, and what you can do about your own UX to mirror their success.
5 Fast Tools For Generating Polished Product Mockups
Design & UX
By Alex Walker,
Product mockups are used to showcase web/app designs in a device frame, but can we accomplish this without Photoshop? Yes, and today, Alex shows us how!
How to Master Nostalgia Marketing in Web Design
Design & UX
By Suzanne Scacca,
Suzanne explains the user psychology behind nostalgia and how we can utilize nostalgia marketing in web design for higher conversions.
Can AI Solve Your UX Design Problems?
Design & UX
By Mukund Krishna,
It's easy to think of AI as the stuff of abstract computer science, but, increasingly, we're beginning to seeing Artificial Intelligence in UX design.
6 Free Material Design CSS Frameworks for 2017 Compared
Design & UX
By Giannis Konstantinidis,
Giannis Konstantinidis lists some great Material Design CSS frameworks and compares them to make it easier for you to choose what best fits your needs.