Ask HN: Why are toggle switches replacing checkboxes? Isn't on/off less obvious? | Hacker News
A rare good discussion on Hacker News; folk pondering the issues of toggle switches vs checkboxes.
Penumbra - colour scheme
Penumbra is a mathematically balanced colour scheme constructed in a perceptually uniform colour space with base colours inspired by the shades of colour occurring in nature due to the light of the sun and the sky. It cleanly separates the perceptual properties of colours while optimally utilizing the available colour space of typical displays.
Introduction to auto layout on iOS (XCode)
Very useful introduction on auto layout of iOS apps as built with XCode.
Favicon generator
Very handy favicon generator. Covers all the useful bases.
Media Queries Level 5
Some detail on the CSS query that lets you detect of someone has their OS set to prefer dark mode rather than light.
Here’s what I didn’t know about “content” - Manuel Matuzović
Deepish dive into what the content property can do in CSS.
A set of free MIT-licensed high-quality SVG icons for UI development.
Handy set of svg-based icons, ideal for websites and web-based apps.
User Inyerface - A worst-practice UI experiment
Really rather funny exploration of some of the worst design elements you can find on the Web.
The Pitfalls of Boolean Trap
Good little article about the pitfalls of using boolean values as parameters for a function. Not the first time I've seen this sort of thing (I'm sure I read a similar article years before, and a similar thing in a coding book even earlier).
Still good advice.
At least it's a little better in languages with keyword arguments.