The web design marketplace has never been more flooded with choices for consumers. Whether we're competing with other talented designers or DIY services that promise the moon (all for one... The post Convincing Clients to Invest in a Custom Website appeared first on Speckyboy Web Design Magazine.

Introduction The majority of the Rails custom software development work we do here at NextLink Labs deals with rehabilitating older projects that are overwhelmed with technical debt from years of development without refactoring. The software problems in these websites are never introduced maliciously. Instead, these problems tend to build up gradually over months and years after many rushed deadlines, strict client demands that don't allow for refactoring, and inexperienced Rails developers trying their best but getting overwhelmed by "Rails magic."

This week's Designer News (No 465) includes Five Mistakes in Designing Mobile Push Notifications, Intention-Based Design, The Current State of Styling Scrollbars, Free Optician Sans Font, How to Design an Icon Set, CSS Animation 101 eBook, The Problem with Invisible Branding and much more. The post Weekly News for Designers No 465 appeared first on Speckyboy Web Design Magazine.

Here is a very valuable selection of 20 free Photoshop tutorials on Phlearn you should check out. These tutorials demonstrate some neat tricks that are useful for both experienced and beginner designers. Adobe Photoshop is a very popular image editing software that gives you all the tool you need to create professional photos. By knowing many […] The post Roundup: 20 Awesome Photoshop Tutorials on Phlearn appeared first on Line25.

Recently I faced up to the fact that my cell phone's camera wasn't very good. Indeed, none of the cell phones I've owned over the years have had a very... The post The Trouble with Convenience in Web Design appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

This week's Designer News - No 524 - includes Tiny Helpers for Your Projects, BEM Methodology In CSS: A Quick Start Guide, The Role of Animation and Motion in UX, a Design System Checklist, Motion App for Creating Animated Icons, Magical Rainbow Gradients with CSS Houdini and React Hooks and much, much more! The post Weekly News for Designers No 524 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

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After 10 months of being released as WordPress’s new default editor, Gutenberg is still shrugged off by a sizable amount of people from the web development community, who frequently cite as reasons to disregard it its lack of accessibility support (even though major accessibility improvements have taken place), how slow it is (even though it is running much faster now), and several other grievances. This pessimistic reaction to Gutenberg is most evident in online articles demonstrating Gutenberg’s capabilities which, instead of eliciting a positive reaction from the readers, they mostly attract contempt (as reflected in a stream of negative comments).

Etsy has been the go-to marketplace of people wanting to sell or buy handmade products and craft supplies for many years. It provides you with features specifically created for... The post 5 Best Etsy Alternatives (with Market Overview) appeared first on Onextrapixel.

Some sites look good and some sites function well, but there are some interactive websites that do both with an extra sense of magic. These websites engage us on a deeper level, command our attention, and take root in our imagination. They draw us into their world and make us forget our own -- if The post Engaging, interactive websites and what you can learn from them appeared first on Studio by UXPin.