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Rethinking Data Visualisation: A UX Approach To Dashboards That Actually Drives Decisionsby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Meriem Benhabiles) on August 26, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Data visualisation sits at the intersection of two disciplines that rarely talk to each other: data and design. Meriem Benhabiles explores what changes when […]
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The Infinite Scroll Was a Design Crime. Now Meta is Paying for It.by Simon Sterne on August 25, 2026 at 11:30 am
The infinite scroll was never a UX feature—it was a slot machine disguised as code. Now, as Meta faces a historic trial over algorithmic addiction, web […]
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Why Your Website Should Never Stop Changingby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Pierre Burgy) on August 25, 2026 at 8:00 am
Every website peaks on launch day and slowly drifts from there, not because it breaks, but because nobody has time to keep it current. Autonomous websites, […]
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Timing Charts: A Blueprint For SMIL Animationsby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Johan Grobler) on August 20, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Discover SMIL, the often-overlooked way to animate SVGs that works inside `` tags and can fully animate everything in an SVG without JavaScript.
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Figma is the New Dreamweaver: How Modern Prototyping Tools are Trapping Us in 2018by Noah Davis on August 17, 2026 at 12:04 pm
Just like Dreamweaver convinced a generation they could ignore HTML and CSS, Figma's perfect canvas may be hiding the messy realities of how the web actually […]
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New EU Guidelines For AI Labellingby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Vitaly Friedman) on August 13, 2026 at 10:00 am
New EU guidelines, why AI sparkles aren’t enough, when AI labels are required, and what the rules mean for AI-powered features and products.
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The Ghost Site Resurrector: How Junior Designers Can Turn Digital Abandonment into Cashby Alex Harper on August 12, 2026 at 11:40 am
Most websites aren’t broken—they’re just abandoned. That forgotten, outdated site sitting on page two of Google could be a $1,500 opportunity hiding in […]
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Building Tactile UX: Honoring Intentional Design With Lottieby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Alexey Kopytin) on August 11, 2026 at 10:00 am
When tasked with building a highly interactive, tactile web experience, the architecture must serve the art direction. In this article, Alexey Kopytin explains […]
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How to Add HTTP Password on an Astro Siteby Thoriq Firdaus on August 7, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Protect an Astro site with HTTP Basic Authentication using middleware, environment variables, and no extra packages. The post How to Add HTTP Password on an […]
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How Baseline Can Help You Ship Less JavaScriptby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Jad Joubran) on August 7, 2026 at 1:00 pm
The gap between “you need a library for this” and “the browser does this” keeps closing. A practical guide to auditing your dependencies and finding […]
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The 2-Second Rule: How to make your website feel like magic in 2026by Louise North on August 4, 2026 at 11:43 am
In 2026, a "pretty" website is no longer enough—if it doesn't feel instant, it's invisible. This guide reveals how the world's top developers are using […]
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Small Joys And Big Adventures (August 2026 Wallpapers Edition)by hello@smashingmagazine.com (Cosima Mielke) on July 31, 2026 at 8:00 am
Whether you’re enjoying some well-earned time off this August or are jumping headfirst into a new project, how about some new desktop wallpapers to accompany […]
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Fresh Resources for Web Designers and Developers (July 2026)by Hongkiat.com on July 31, 2026 at 1:00 am
A fresh batch of developer tools for July 2026, covering AI agents, self-hosted apps, PHP tooling, native Mac utilities, and more. The post Fresh Resources for […]
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The Bull And Bear Case For Digital Design In The Age Of AIby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Andy Budd) on July 29, 2026 at 1:00 pm
As AI reshapes product design, it could give designers greater autonomy or expose the gaps that autonomy makes harder to hide. Exploring both the bull and bear […]
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Why Your Favorite Websites Look Like 2005 (And Why You Secretly Love It)by Alex Harper on July 28, 2026 at 11:30 am
Why are the world's most powerful websites still stuck in the early 2000s? While boutique brands chase "sleek" designs that only end up frustrating users, […]
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Thinking Outside The Box: Digital Design In The AI Eraby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Oleksii Hrzhehorzhevskyi) on July 28, 2026 at 10:00 am
Many of the AI tools we interact with take the form of text boxes. But what if there was a different way to interact with AI? Oleksii Hrzhehorzhevskyi explores […]
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Weaponizing And Defending The React Flight Protocol: Deserialization Sinks In RSCsby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Durgesh Pawar) on July 21, 2026 at 10:00 am
While React Server Components rely on the custom Flight protocol to stream interactive UIs, this same mechanism introduces powerful deserialization sinks that […]
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The “Pixel Police” are Retired: Why AI Agents are the New Mediators of Web Designby Noah Davis on July 20, 2026 at 12:17 pm
The designer-developer handoff is officially dead—and AI just pulled the trigger. Instead of wasting weeks translating pixels into code, teams are now […]
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When It Makes Sense To “Block” The Main Threadby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Victor Ayomipo) on July 17, 2026 at 8:00 am
The common rule of thumb is to never “block” the browser’s main thread when running JavaScript tasks. But is this a hard rule? Victor Ayomipo describes a […]
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No, People Don’t Want More AI In Their Lifeby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Vitaly Friedman) on July 15, 2026 at 10:00 am
Many companies assume everyone craves new AI features. But the reality is that most people don't want more AI — at least not in the way most AI leaders […]
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Facebook’s Design Didn’t Evolve—It Regressedby Louise North on July 14, 2026 at 12:19 pm
Facebook didn’t get worse overnight—it optimized itself into confusion. What started as the clearest social experience on the web slowly became a noisy, […]
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From Kickoff To First Concept: How To Turn Brand Strategy Into Visual Directionby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Anastasia Sycheva) on July 10, 2026 at 1:00 pm
The strongest visual concepts don’t start in Figma. They start with the right questions. Explore the pre-concept phase of brand identity design, where teams […]
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Designing For Distressed Users: Why Mental Health Apps Shouldn’t Follow Every UI Fashionby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Kat Homan) on July 9, 2026 at 3:00 pm
Many UI trends are designed to capture attention and signal innovation, but those goals often conflict with the needs of mental health apps: reducing cognitive […]
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Meet Kirki: WordPress’s First Visual Builder With An Infinite Canvasby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Zareen Tasnim) on July 7, 2026 at 10:00 am
We have been building websites inside boxes for years on WordPress. Let’s take a closer look at [Kirki](https://kirki.com/), the first freeform visual […]
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The “100x Developer” Paradox: Is AI “Brain Fry” Killing the Craft?by Simon Sterne on July 6, 2026 at 12:07 pm
AI promised to turn every developer into a 10x machine—but instead, it’s quietly frying our brains. We’re shipping faster than ever while thinking less, […]
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10 AI Skills to Give Your Coding Agent Real Design Tasteby Thoriq Firdaus on July 3, 2026 at 1:00 pm
AI coding agents write functional code but lack design taste. These 10 installable AI skills teach your agent color theory, typography, and UI principles. The […]
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Users Don’t Need More Tools: They Need Seamless Integrationsby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Vitaly Friedman) on July 3, 2026 at 1:00 pm
A closer look at why users don’t need more tools in their daily lives. What they need are seamless integrations of useful features to match already existing, […]
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10 1Password Features You Should Actually Set Upby Hongkiat.com on July 3, 2026 at 1:00 pm
These 1Password features go beyond saving logins, from Travel Mode and expiry alerts to shared vaults, Wi-Fi QR codes, and emergency access planning. The post […]
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Matching AI Modality To User Intent: Designing The Right Interfaceby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Victor Yocco) on July 2, 2026 at 10:00 am
We’ve fallen into conversational tunnel vision, defaulting every AI capability into a chat-based interface simply because LLMs are trained on dialogue data. […]
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How to Add Animation on React Aria Componentsby Thoriq Firdaus on July 1, 2026 at 1:00 pm
React Aria ships with no animations by default. Here's how to add smooth transitions to Popover, Modal, and Menu using CSS or the Motion library. The post How […]
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10 Ways to Build Radical TRUST in the Age of AI Junkby Noah Davis on July 1, 2026 at 12:15 pm
Everyone can spin up a website in seconds now—so why does everything feel fake? In a world drowning in AI-generated perfection, users are developing a sixth […]
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Fresh Resources for Web Designers and Developers (June 2026)by Thoriq Firdaus on June 30, 2026 at 1:00 pm
June is as good a time as any to highlight new tools and resources for our fellow web developers. This month’s batch covers everything from GPU-accelerated […]
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Why Accessibility Is An Operational Capability, Not A Featureby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Mikhail Prosmitskiy) on June 30, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Teams can generate UI faster than ever, but they still have to guarantee that what they ship is usable, secure, and maintainable. Accessibility as an […]
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Snapshots Of Summer (July 2026 Wallpapers Edition)by hello@smashingmagazine.com (Cosima Mielke) on June 30, 2026 at 11:00 am
July is just around the corner, and that means... It’s time for some new desktop wallpapers! As every month, the wallpapers in this collection were created […]
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Moving Beyond UX: The Rise of the Agentic Experience (AX) Designerby Alex Harper on June 23, 2026 at 12:41 pm
As AI agents quietly take over workflows, a new discipline is emerging: AX (Agentic Experience) Design. The designers who thrive in the next decade won't just […]
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Designing With Uncertainty: How AI Supercharges Probabilistic Thinkingby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Pratik Joglekar) on June 16, 2026 at 3:00 pm
In a world where AI is informing more design choices, it’s easy to mistake predictions for certainties. This article introduces Probabilistic Design, a […]
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The Digital Renaissance: Why 2026 is the Most Exciting Year to be a Web Creatorby Noah Davis on June 15, 2026 at 11:43 am
The industry isn't dying—it’s undergoing a high-speed "Hard Reset" that is promoting developers from manual laborers to digital architects. While some are […]
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The Impact Of Humanoid Robots On Humanityby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Carrie Webster) on June 12, 2026 at 8:00 am
We have officially moved past the era of humanoid robots as mere public relations stunts. As they become increasingly lifelike, society may soon face profound […]
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The “Vibe Coding” Crisis: Is Web Design Becoming a Commodity?by Alex Harper on June 10, 2026 at 12:10 pm
We are entering the era of "Vibe Coding," where AI generates the average of everything we’ve ever built, leaving the web beautiful but soulless. To survive, […]
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The Benefits Of Cognitive Inclusion In UX Researchby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Kate Kalcevich) on June 10, 2026 at 10:00 am
Findings from an exploratory user research study highlighting the unique insights and practical UX recommendations shared by participants with cognitive […]
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How To Make Your Design System AI-Readyby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Vitaly Friedman) on June 3, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Practical guide on how to reduce drifts, minimize mistakes, maintain context, and improve the quality of AI-generated prototypes. Brought to you by Design […]
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UX Hierarchy: How Users Actually Scan Pages in 2026by Noah Davis on June 1, 2026 at 12:17 pm
The F-pattern is officially dead: in 2026, users don’t just read your page—they "sift" it through AI overlays and interact with "liquid glass" interfaces […]
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June Is For Exploring (2026 Wallpapers Edition)by hello@smashingmagazine.com (Cosima Mielke) on May 31, 2026 at 8:00 am
Let’s kick off June — and the beginning of summer — with some fresh inspiration! Artists and designers from across the globe once again tickled their […]
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Algorithmic Theming Engines: Building Self-Correcting Color Systems With `contrast-color()`by hello@smashingmagazine.com (Durgesh Pawar) on May 28, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Seventy percent of websites still fail basic WCAG contrast checks in 2025. After years of design system tooling, accessibility linters, and JavaScript […]
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10 DuckDuckGo Features Worth Using Beyond Private Searchby Hongkiat.com on May 26, 2026 at 1:00 pm
DuckDuckGo does more than private search. These settings and shortcuts make it cleaner, faster, and more useful every day. The post 10 DuckDuckGo Features […]
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Why Ghost Buttons are the Ultimate Conversion Killerby Louise North on May 26, 2026 at 12:04 pm
The era of the "ghost button" was a massive mistake that prioritized minimalist purity over actual usability, effectively hiding the most important part of […]
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Chrome May Be Quietly Storing a Multi-GB AI Model on Your Computerby Hongkiat.com on May 25, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Chrome's on-device AI features can use several gigabytes of storage. Here's how to check the model and remove it if you do not use it. The post Chrome May Be […]
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Your Prototype Is Not Being Honest With Your Users (And Here’s How To Fix It)by hello@smashingmagazine.com (Eric Joseph L.) on May 25, 2026 at 12:00 pm
There’s a moment in almost every usability session where a participant pauses at the login screen, types something, and glances up: checking whether […]
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Four Levels Of Customer Understandingby hello@smashingmagazine.com (Vitaly Friedman) on May 22, 2026 at 1:00 pm
What people say, feel, think, and do are often very different things. To understand the underlying reasons for user behavior, it helps to look beyond the […]
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Everything You Need to Know About Gemini Omniby Hongkiat.com on May 22, 2026 at 10:00 am
Gemini Omni is Google's new multimodal creation model, starting with video generation and prompt-based editing through Gemini, Flow, and YouTube tools. The […]
