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Create new colors based on another color's channels and values.

Drawio GitHub Integration

I recently added dark mode support to my website. While doing so I found a neat trick to make SVG images that changes colors depending on if dark mode is active or not.

Geist is a typeface made for developers and designers, embodying Vercel's design principles of simplicity, minimalism, and speed, drawing inspiration from the renowned Swiss design movement.

Der Gesetzgeber fordert ab 2025 von vielen Website-Betreibern, dass sie ihren Online-Auftritt für Menschen mit Behinderung optimieren.

HTML is the language of the Web, there’s a quality standard—expectation—for HTML, but we don’t make use of it, yet if we would, it would come with several advantages, one of them being that it could unite and propel us to master more important challenges, which would be good again for our field and the Web.

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Scrollbars. Ever heard of them? They’re pretty cool. Click and drag on a scrollbar and you can move content around in a scrollable content pane. I love that shit. Every day I am scrolling on my computer, all day long. But the scrollbars are getting smaller and this is increasingly becoming a problem. I would show you screenshots but they’re so small that even screenshotting them is hard to do. And people keep making them even smaller, hiding them away, its like they don’t want you to scroll! “Ah”, they say, “that’s what the scroll wheel is for”. My friend, not everyone can use a scroll wheel or a swipe up touch screen. And me, a happy scroll-wheeler, even I would like to quickly jump around some time.

“Prove your value.” “Justify your presence.” “Demonstrate impact.” Too many organizations have convinced designers that they’re the…

From Wikipedia: Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book written and illustrated by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, originally published in hardcover by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several times, including an a

Considering the availability of modern tools and recent advancements in governance (design systems), one might think designers could relax…

How we made a globally recognisable and scalable icon library.

How designers have succeeded and failed in our daily lives

Let's be clear about this: Accessibility is not a feature. Inaccessibility is a bug. If your software or website is inaccessible, that renders it unusable to the end user. It is broken, in other words. #AccessibilityMatters #AccessibilityIsNotAFeature #DisabilityRights #Accessibility #Disability #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareBug #Web #UX #UXDesign

Include is a tool built to make annotating for accessibility (a11y) easier—easier for designers to spec and easier for developers to understand what is required. The intent is to have accessibility considerations included during the design phase of any project, and to help with the designer-devel...

Advice I gave someone who thought that introducing design thinking might make their organization more UX mature.

I’ve been a fan of Japanese style design since I started my career as a designer. The uniqueness of culture, lifestyle, and relationship…

Rebranding the Wise design system for everyone.

The digital interface landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, with generative AI interfaces leading the charge. These…

I wrote A Modern CSS Reset almost 4 years ago and, yeh, it’s not aged overly well. I spotted it being linked up again a few days ago and thought it’s probably a good idea to publish an updated version. I know I also have a terrible record with open source maintenance, so I thought […]

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I spent 10% of my life contributing to the development of the #VisionPro while I worked at Apple as a Neurotechnology Prototyping Researcher in the Technology Development Group. It’s the longest I’ve ever worked on a single effort. I’m proud and relieved that it’s finally…

Unsure where to start? Use this collection of links to our articles and videos to learn more about accessible and inclusive design.

why consumer software gets worse, not better, over time