Sanding UI(blog.jim-nielsen.com)

1216 points by roosgit 2 years ago | 371 comments

Jim Nielsen blog post on "sanding" UI: repeatedly clicking around and tweaking an interface during development until it feels finished.

Airfoil (2024)(ciechanow.ski)

508 points by brk 9 months ago | 59 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive article explaining how airfoils generate lift by examining the forces created by airflow around aircraft wings.

Airfoil(ciechanow.ski)

2422 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 280 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive article explaining how airplanes fly by examining the forces generated by airflow around wings and airfoils.

Airfoil(ciechanow.ski)

4 points by gronky_ 2 years ago | 0 comments

Gears (2020)(ciechanow.ski)

124 points by mhb 3 years ago | 5 comments

How to make websites that will require lots of your time and energy(blog.jim-nielsen.com)

275 points by OuterVale 1 year ago | 225 comments

A website that lists websites to submit your website to(submission.directory)

391 points by azeemkafridi 4 months ago | 86 comments

A curated directory of sites where you can submit a website, startup, or product, such as launch platforms, startup directories, and backlink sources.

The negative impact of mobile-first web design on desktop(nngroup.com)

680 points by skadamat 3 years ago | 414 comments

Nielsen Norman Group article arguing that mobile-first web designs cause usability problems on desktop through 'content dispersion': oversized images, text, and white space.

Someone at BrowserStack is leaking users' email addresses(shkspr.mobi)

329 points by m_km 6 months ago | 88 comments

Blog post by Terence Eden describing how a unique email address he gave BrowserStack ended up with a third party via Apollo.io, implying a leak.

Google is killing the open web, part 2(wok.oblomov.eu)

326 points by akagusu 11 months ago | 280 comments

Blog post criticizing Google's move to deprecate XSLT in browsers and its proposed JavaScript polyfill replacement, framed as harming the open web.

Don't use custom CSS scrollbars(ericwbailey.website)

338 points by Twixes 3 years ago | 210 comments

Blog post by Eric Bailey arguing against styling custom scrollbars with CSS, citing accessibility and usability concerns.

Web development is fun again(ma.ttias.be)

444 points by Mojah 9 months ago | 544 comments

Mattias Geniar's blog post reflecting on how web development felt simpler in the PHP 4 and jQuery era and arguing it has become fun again.