The world’s biggest online ferry booking site needed to add more personality, without impacting its sales. https://webdesignernews.com/rebrand-direct-ferries/
Even though it’s often overlooked or pushed aside, especially when time or budget is tight, user research is incredibly important for any product team. It helps you stop guessing, set aside your own biases, and actually get real insights into who your users are and what they need. https://webdesignernews.com/elevate-your-ux-research-game-with-better-questions/
So this conversation is a deep dive into what it looks like for designers to approach their work with an engineering mindset. We talk about Julius’s deep background in prototyping, how he collaborates with designers at Linear. And we also get into why the current state of design engineering is a missed opportunity. If you’re looking to grow as a software designer then you’ll love this episode. https://webdesignernews.com/dissolving-the-line-between-design-and-engineering-2/
A behind-the-scenes look at building a physics-based character controller using AI, React Three Fiber, Three.js, and Rapier. https://webdesignernews.com/building-a-physics-based-character-controller-with-the-help-of-ai/
Interaction to Next Paint is Google’s interactivity metric, included in its search engine algorithm. This post discusses its methodology, three key phases, and passing and failing thresholds, and then shows eight best practices that can help you optimize it on your website. https://webdesignernews.com/how-to-optimize-interaction-to-next-paint-inp/
Brazilian Portuguese becomes the fourth language for localization, with Latin American Spanish expected later this year. https://webdesignernews.com/figma-launches-brazilian-portuguese-localization-expanding-global-reach/
The world of UX design is constantly evolving, and you deserve the tools to create truly engaging and impactful experiences. That’s why Material Design’s latest evolution — Material 3 Expressive — provides new ways to make your product more engaging, easy to use, and desirable. Read on for a full introduction to the new components, motion physics, color updates, and more. https://webdesignernews.com/start-building-with-material-3-expressive/
The building blocks of feedback loops are learn, design, build – in that order. It’s Design’s job to create these loops, because no one else will do it for you. https://webdesignernews.com/design-without-feedback-is-theater/
