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Design doesn't scale as cleanly as engineering. It's not enough that each element and page is consistent with each other -- the much bigger challenge lies in keeping the sum of the parts intact, too. And accomplishing that with a lot of designers involved in the same project. If you're working in a growing startup or a large corporation, you probably know the issues that come with this: The big-picture falls from view easily as everyone is focusing on the details they are responsible for, and conceptions about the vision of the design might be interpreted differently, too. What we need is a set of best practices to remove this friction and make the process smoother. A strategy to scale design without hurting it.The post UX At Scale 2017: Free Webinars To Get Scaling Design Right appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

If you are in the business of developing software and your team lacks the skills to or resources to maintain a server – or that work becomes a hindrance and interrupts the development process – you may want to consider looking into Serverless computing. Another consideration is that your competitors may be progressing their work […] The post What is Serverless Computing? appeared first on Developer.com.

The need for speed. Although the quote is something typically associated with cars, the web also has a need for speed. Users do not only demand that sites load quickly, many users report they start getting annoyed when a site takes more than 3 seconds to load. If your site takes more than 8 seconds of react to the input of a user, they will abandon the site, never to return. You will have lost a client forever. Besides the user experience of the user, there's another visitor which demands that your website is fast – Google. Website loading speed … Continue reading →Visit us at InstantShift.com

This week's Designer News - No 557 - includes Beyond Media Queries: Using Newer HTML & CSS Features for Responsive Designs, Blade UI Kit, Component Driven User Interfaces, The Ancient Art of UX, lookup.design Design Library, What is CC:SS? and much, much more! The post Weekly News for Designers No 557 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

Catch up on what's been cookin' at Smashing and explore some of the most popular community resources featured in our newsletter over the past few weeks. Spoiler: there are also new workshops, front-end & UX audits and truly smashing podcast episodes.

One of the most difficult parts of being a freelancer is learning how to deal with different types of clients. You'll run into just about every personality type along the... The post When Has a Client Gone Too Far? appeared first on Speckyboy Web Design Magazine.

I started out as a web developer, and that's now one part of what I do as a full-stack developer, but never had I imagined I'd create things for the desktop. I love the web. I love how altruistic our community is, how it embraces open-source, testing and pushing the envelope. I love discovering beautiful websites and powerful apps. When I was first tasked with creating a desktop app, I was apprehensive and intimidated. It seemed like it would be difficult, or at least... different.The post Beyond The Browser: From Web Apps To Desktop Apps appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

Reviews, testimonials and word of mouth are winning the war in branding. A sea of research is out there about social proof and what to do and what not to do about soliciting customer reviews. It's overwhelming to read and digest it all, let alone to know which nuggets are gold and which are fool's gold. For a designer or business owner or marketer, knowing who or what to listen to can be difficult. Here's what I like to do: Find data! I like to find smart researchers who are in the lab studying the topic, interview them about their work, and then tell you all about it. Using the magic of science to improve how we solicit customers for feedback, testimonials or reviews can be a saving grace to those who would like to share happy customer reviews and remedy any lackluster experiences — in the best way possible, in fact: without sacrificing good UX or losing valuable customers.The post Improving Reviews And Testimonials Using Science-Based Design appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

Desktop development has been dominant in the software development sphere for quite a while. But with the technological advances and acceleration of internet speed, more and more businesses have started building digital solutions based on web technologies. Explore, in which cases desktop development can be more beneficial than web and where things stand in the desktop development domain. The post The Future of Desktop Development appeared first on SCAND.