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BGMI 4.3 Update Brings Drag-Style Racing Checkpoints in Classic Modeby Deepti Pathak on February 27, 2026 at 11:02 am
The upcoming BGMI 4.3 update will introduce a new racing-style feature to classic matches, adding an action-packed... The post BGMI 4.3 Update Brings […]
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Contexto Hints & Answers for Today: February 27by Hisan Kidwai on February 27, 2026 at 5:10 am
Word guessing games like Wordle have exploded in popularity recently, simply because they are fun and... The post Contexto Hints & Answers for Today: […]
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Spotle Hints & Answer For Today: February 27by Hisan Kidwai on February 27, 2026 at 5:09 am
Inspired by Wordle, Spotle is a fun puzzle game where, instead of words, you use your... The post Spotle Hints & Answer For Today: February 27 appeared […]
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Wordle Hints & Answer For Today: February 27by Hisan Kidwai on February 27, 2026 at 4:53 am
Wordle is the super fun game from the NYT, where you put your vocabulary to the... The post Wordle Hints & Answer For Today: February 27 appeared first on […]
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Today’s Octordle Hints & Answers for February 27by Hisan Kidwai on February 27, 2026 at 4:51 am
Octordle is a word-hunting game similar to Wordle, where instead of finding just one five-letter word, you... The post Today’s Octordle Hints & Answers […]
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Garena Free Fire (FF) Max Redeem Codes For Today: February 27by Hisan Kidwai on February 27, 2026 at 4:49 am
Free Fire Max is one of the most popular games on the planet, and for good... The post Garena Free Fire (FF) Max Redeem Codes For Today: February 27 appeared […]
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10 Ways to Reduce Cognitive Load Without Turning Your UI Into a Minimalist Ghost Townby Alex Harper on February 26, 2026 at 1:15 pm
Ever feel like some apps are fighting you? That’s cognitive load — tiny moments of friction that drain your brain. Fix those, and your product instantly […]
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Say Cheese! Meet SmashingConf Amsterdam 🇳🇱by hello@smashingmagazine.com (Iris Lješnjanin) on February 26, 2026 at 11:00 am
Meet our brand new conference for designers and UI engineers who love the web. That’s [SmashingConf Amsterdam](https://smashingconf.com/amsterdam-2026), […]
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ASUS 2026 Creator Series Launched: ProArt GoPro Edition, ROG Flow Z13-KJP, TUF A14by Hisan Kidwai on February 26, 2026 at 10:46 am
ASUS gaming laptops have been the cream of the crop for some time now, as evidenced... The post ASUS 2026 Creator Series Launched: ProArt GoPro Edition, ROG […]
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Can You See Who Views Your Instagram Profile?by Deepti Pathak on February 26, 2026 at 6:50 am
Instagram is widely used for sharing photos, videos, and Reels. Many people check others’ profiles out... The post Can You See Who Views Your Instagram […]
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ColorOS 16 February Update Brings PopOut Feature to More OPPO Devicesby Hisan Kidwai on February 25, 2026 at 10:07 am
OPPO has started rolling out its February 2026 update for ColorOS 16, bringing the PopOut feature... The post ColorOS 16 February Update Brings PopOut Feature […]
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Xiaomi 17 Series & Pad 8 Confirmed to Launch in India on February 28by Deepti Pathak on February 25, 2026 at 7:13 am
Xiaomi has officially confirmed that the Xiaomi 17 series will launch on February 28, 2026, at... The post Xiaomi 17 Series & Pad 8 Confirmed to Launch in […]
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AI as Art Director: Can Machines Develop Taste?by Alex Harper on February 23, 2026 at 11:08 am
AI can mimic style but not taste. As machines start acting like art directors, they can generate infinite beauty — yet none of it means anything. This […]
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A Designer’s Guide To Eco-Friendly Interfacesby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Carrie Webster) on February 23, 2026 at 10:00 am
Every high-resolution hero image, autoplay video, and complex JavaScript animation carries a cost. Sustainable UX challenges the era of “unlimited pixels” […]
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How to Use Grok on Mac – Complete Guideby Hongkiat Lim on February 20, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Grok is an AI assistant from xAI (Elon Musk’s company). It’s similar to chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and others. You can ask questions and have […]
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Pixel Nostalgia: Why We Miss the 90s Web (Even If It Was Ugly)by Louise North on February 19, 2026 at 1:04 pm
The 90s web was loud, ugly, and alive — and that’s exactly why we miss it. Before design systems and AI templates, every page had a pulse and a […]
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Auto-Organize Mac Screenshots into Folder and Rename with AIby Hongkiat.com on February 19, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Mac’s built-in screenshot tool has two major issues: Screenshots save to your Desktop by default, creating clutter Filenames are based on timestamps (e.g., […]
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Designing A Streak System: The UX And Psychology Of Streaksby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Victor Ayomipo) on February 18, 2026 at 3:00 pm
What makes streaks so powerful and addictive? To design them well, you need to understand how they align with human psychology. Victor Ayomipo breaks down the […]
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Which Creative Cloud Plan Fits Your Photoshop Use?by Hongkiat.com on February 16, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Adobe’s plans can be confusing. If you’re only interested in using Photoshop, you might often wonder about the following: Best plan for the price? Am I […]
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How “Liquid Design” Broke the iPhone and Forced Apple’s Great Resetby Noah Davis on February 16, 2026 at 12:42 pm
Apple’s "Liquid Glass" experiment has officially shattered, proving that obsession with aesthetics over usability is a billion-dollar mistake. As iOS 26 […]
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Building Digital Trust: An Empathy-Centred UX Framework For Mental Health Appsby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Kat Homan) on February 13, 2026 at 3:00 pm
Designing for mental health means designing for vulnerability. Empathy-Centred UX becomes not a “nice to have” but a fundamental design requirement. […]
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How to Use OpenClaw with DeepSeekby Thoriq Firdaus on February 13, 2026 at 1:00 pm
OpenClaw is a powerful open-source tool that transforms AI into an autonomous agent. Unlike basic chatbots that are confined to a browser tab or an app, […]
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How to Use the WordPress Abilities API (Register & Execute)by Thoriq Firdaus on February 12, 2026 at 1:00 pm
WordPress 6.9 is shipped with a number of interesting features. Among these is a new API called Abilities API. The Abilities API provides a standardized way […]
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Framer vs. WordPress vs. Webflow: Who Actually Wins in 2026?by Louise North on February 12, 2026 at 12:39 pm
Framer is the future, Webflow is the bridge, and WordPress just refuses to die. In 2026, the web isn’t about picking sides — it’s about knowing which […]
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Designing For Agentic AI: Practical UX Patterns For Control, Consent, And Accountabilityby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Victor Yocco) on February 11, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Autonomy is an output of a technical system. Trustworthiness is an output of a design process. Here are concrete design patterns, operational frameworks, and […]
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A Look into Google Antigravityby Thoriq Firdaus on February 10, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Writing code has come a long way. We started by writing everything from scratch by hand, then moved to frameworks, libraries and boilerplates, and now we’re […]
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Exciting New Tools for Designers, February 2026by Carrie Cousins on February 9, 2026 at 1:52 pm
There are so many new – and good – tools for designers out there right now. From tiny bits of artificial intelligence to icons that delight, there’s […]
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5 Tailwind CSS Essential Tools to Boost Your Productivityby Thoriq Firdaus on February 6, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Tailwind CSS has changed how we build websites by using utility classes like text-center or bg-blue-500 directly in HTML. But as projects get bigger, the huge […]
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Why Designers Secretly Love Constraints (Even When We Complain About Them)by Alex Harper on February 5, 2026 at 1:57 pm
Designers love to complain about constraints — deadlines, budgets, brand rules — but secretly, that’s what makes their best work possible. Total freedom […]
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@scope: An Alternative To Naming Conventions And Heavy Abstractionsby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Blake Lundquist) on February 5, 2026 at 8:00 amPrescriptive class name conventions are no longer enough to keep CSS maintainable in a world of increasingly complex interfaces. Can the new `@scope` rule […]
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12 Best Tools & Resources for Designers and Agencies in 2026 (Fast, Clean, Future-Ready)by Kate Dagli on February 3, 2026 at 1:00 pm
If you want to continually refine your website-building skills and deliver better end products, performance, UX/UI quality, and workflow efficiency all matter […]
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Combobox vs. Multiselect vs. Listbox: How To Choose The Right Oneby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Vitaly Friedman) on February 3, 2026 at 10:00 am
Combobox vs. Multi-Select vs. Listbox vs. Dual Listbox? How they are different, what purpose they serve, and how to choose the right one. Brought to you by […]
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Stop Asking ‘Is This on Brand?’ — It’s Killing Your Creativityby Louise North on February 2, 2026 at 2:01 pm
Modern brands are so obsessed with being “on brand” that they’ve forgotten how to be interesting. In chasing consistency, they’ve killed creativity, […]
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Spring Clean Your Dev Machine and Reclaim Disk Spaceby Thoriq Firdaus on February 2, 2026 at 1:00 pm
As we kick off the new year, I think it’s a great time to take a fresh look at your development machine. Over months of developing projects, testing, and […]
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Short Month, Big Ideas (February 2026 Wallpapers Edition)by hello@smashingmagazine.com (Cosima Mielke) on January 31, 2026 at 9:00 am
Let’s make the most of the shortest month of the year with a new collection of desktop wallpapers that are sure to bring a smile to your face — and maybe […]
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Practical Use Of AI Coding Tools For The Responsible Developerby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Stefan Kaltenegger) on January 30, 2026 at 1:00 pm
AI coding tools like agents can be valuable allies in everyday development work. They help handle time-consuming grunt work, guide you through large legacy […]
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Vertical vs. Horizontal Cards: The UX Tradeoffs That Shape Modern Interfacesby Alex Harper on January 29, 2026 at 1:30 pm
Every interface you use is built on a quiet but crucial choice: vertical or horizontal cards. This hidden decision shapes how we see, scroll, and interact with […]
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Unstacking CSS Stacking Contextsby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Gabriel Shoyombo) on January 27, 2026 at 10:00 am
In CSS, we can create “stacking contexts” where elements are visually placed one on top of the next in a three-dimensional sense that creates the […]
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Density vs. Clarity: The Core Tension in Modern UI Designby Noah Davis on January 26, 2026 at 1:52 pm
Modern UI design is torn between two opposing forces: clarity and density. Minimalism promised calm, but often hides complexity—while dense interfaces like […]
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Beyond Generative: The Rise Of Agentic AI And User-Centric Designby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Victor Yocco) on January 22, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Developing effective agentic AI requires a new research playbook. When systems plan, decide, and act on our behalf, UX moves beyond usability testing into the […]
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Why Webflow Isn’t the Future — Yetby Noah Davis on January 22, 2026 at 11:03 am
Webflow promised a no-code future where designers could build anything—but the reality is slower, heavier, and less accessible than it looks. Behind the […]
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Rethinking “Pixel Perfect” Web Designby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Amit Sheen) on January 20, 2026 at 10:00 am
Amit Sheen takes a hard look at the “Pixel Perfect” legacy concept, explaining why it’s failing us and redefining what “perfection” actually looks […]
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What Figma Got Wrong About Design Systemsby Noah Davis on January 19, 2026 at 1:31 pm
Figma sold us the dream of perfect consistency — but what we got was 'design by spreadsheet'. See how design systems turned from creative tools into […]
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8 Top WordPress Plugins for 2026 (Build Faster, Keep It Simple)by Kate Dagli on January 16, 2026 at 1:00 pm
8 WordPress plugins for 2026: builder, booking, data tables, animations, maps, grids, and forms. Updated tools that speed setup and keep sites easy to […]
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Why Designers Are the New Bureaucratsby Noah Davis on January 15, 2026 at 12:26 pm
Modern designers aren’t creating anymore—they’re managing frameworks, meetings, and Figma files like corporate clerks. Creativity’s been replaced by […]
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Smashing Animations Part 8: Theming Animations Using CSS Relative Colourby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Andy Clarke) on January 14, 2026 at 10:00 am
CSS relative colour values are now widely supported. In this article, pioneering author and web designer [Andy Clarke](https://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/) shares […]
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Exciting New Tools for Designers, January 2026by Carrie Cousins on January 12, 2026 at 1:20 pm
New year … and so many new tools to be happy about. This month’s list is teeming with fun options as well as things to help speed up or enhance your […]
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UX And Product Designer’s Career Paths In 2026by hello@smashingmagazine.com (Vitaly Friedman) on January 12, 2026 at 10:00 am
How to shape your career path for 2026, with decision trees for designers and a UX skills self-assessment matrix. The only limits for tomorrow are the doubts […]
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Your Brand Just Evolved: The Rise of AI-Generated Identitiesby Alex Harper on January 8, 2026 at 1:09 pm
What if your favorite brand could change its logo, colors, and voice in real time — just for you? Generative branding is turning static identities into […]
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Penpot Is Experimenting With MCP Servers For AI-Powered Design Workflowsby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Daniel Schwarz) on January 8, 2026 at 8:00 am
[Penpot](https://penpot.app/?utm_source=SmashingMagazine&utm_medium=Article&utm_campaign=MCPserver) is experimenting with MCP (Model Context Protocol) […]
