Sometimes bugs have symptoms beyond belief. This is a collection of such stories from around the web.

Dive into the world of screen reader testing and discover why relying on a single tool isn’t enough.

Interactive visualization of the history of the latin alphabet, showing the temporal and formal relationships of the different scripts and typefaces.

When building a component library, what component do you build first and why is it always button?

A twitter account designing ideas every (other) day.

Right to repair laws should include provisions requiring manufacturers to unlock a device’s bootloader upon consumer request.

A beautiful and interactive visualization of the MTA’s subway ridership data. Created for the 2024 MTA Open Data Challenge.

Common myths about user research that often prevent companies from implementing this valuable practice.

The word consistency is a loaded term in my work. If you ask five people what consistency is, you’ll get ten different answers.

Lessons I learned during my first year at Linear about design, collaboration, and growth.

If your product texts/emails login codes, the experience better be amazing.

New year, new you. Create a custom self-portrait in Notion, the workspace shaped by you.

Accordion details, toggle switches, styleable selects, responsive video, and more.

Shaping is the process of converting text (UTF-8 code points in our case) to a sequence of glyphs with positional information to be rendered.

One of the biggest hurdles for me when trying out a new service or product is the inevitable harassment that follows. The harassment by SaaS.

Create monochrome pixel art every day. Join a community of artists sharing their daily 1-bit creations.

Two approaches to language in websites and apps and how they influence understandability and findability.

I’m in the middle of a design tokens project and I thought I’d share something that is probably obvious: every design token is a feature.

Essential accessibility practices for front-end developers, including semantic HTML, alt texts, ARIA, and keyboard navigation tips.

Stories are often adapted from their original medium to a different one. This note explores the opportunity the browser offers.

Figma asked devs, designers, analysts, writers, PMs, card-carrying generalists to double click on some of their ideas. Here’s what they said.

An artistic parody of the ultimate classic.

Replace ‘hub’ with ‘ingest’ in any Github Url for a prompt-friendly text.

Out-of-copyright works, free for all to browse, download, and reuse. This is a living database with new images added every week.

Less dance, more design.

Dr Patricia (Pattie) Moore is renowned as one of the founders of inclusive design. But she now says it’s time to ditch those terms.

Product teams follow certain standards to guarantee their features are compliant with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

What would it mean to treat AI as a tool instead of a person?