4 New(ish) CSS Properties You Should Start Implementing…and Why
Websites are evolving, have you noticed? Let's take Figma, or Atomic.io, or Gravit Designer for example—would you have ever thought (even 5 years ago) »
Redesigning Password UX: What's the Best Solution?
Passwords suck. They obviously help to keep our accounts secure from hackers (or snooping friends and family), but in an ideal world we wouldn't need to »
5 Smashing Sketch Plugins to Bolster Your Sympli Workflow
If you're a Sympli user that uses Sketch, I won't need to tell you how beautiful the Sympli Plugin for Sketch really is. That feeling when »
How to Lose a Visitor in Those 10 Critical Seconds
Back in 2014, Hubspot discovered that, on average, 55% of website visitors spend only 15 seconds on the websites that they visited. Another study, conducted only »
How to Boost Social Media Engagement with Meta Tags
Last week we took a refined look at which meta tags are required and/or relevant in 2017, what they do, the HTML syntax, and how »
Which Meta Tags Should You Be Using in 2017?
Meta tags are those HTML tags that appear in the <head> section of HTML documents, and they act as behind-the-scenes settings that can be »
How to Build Trust When You're Dealing with Online Payments
Money changes everything. People have a completely different attitude towards products when they're not free, compared to when they are free; they become less tolerant when »
Redesigning the UX of London Buses
London buses are an absolute nightmare. I’ve been using them for more than 20 years, but regardless of how technology has changed the way we »
We Need to Talk About Mental Health for Designers
Mental health is not a laughing matter. According to the World Health Organisation, 1 in 4 individuals around the world suffer from a mental disorder, and »
Punctuation & Grammar: Bridging the Gap Between UX and Copywriting
Punctuation? Grammar? UX design? What? Yes, you heard me! Punctuation and grammar are vital for an optimal reading experience, and in turn, an optimal user experience. »
What Should Designers Do With Their Offline Time?
When we’re bored or stressed, we tend to do things half-heartedly. We rush things, hoping to complete tasks quickly rather than efficiently. But what many »
How to Boost Mobile UX with the Device Camera (With Examples)
Designers and developers are cutting their time and mobile development costs by implementing features that rely on native device hardware. Not only does this save time »
Why is Whitespace in Web Design So Powerful?
Whitespace, also known as “negative space”, is the space in a design occupied by nothing other than a background colour or a faint background image. Not »
New Sympli Feature: Centralise Your Design Review Process
Growth is literally inevitable in design teams. Your workflow evolves. Your team expands. Each and every individual design becomes more elaborate as your team draws closer »
What Came First, the Design or the Content?
A designers role is to carefully combine select shapes and colours, A/B test different layouts, fine-tune animations, and craft user flows with the intention of »