In this article, we’ll look specifically at what we can do to reduce the impact of social media embeds and social sharing widgets — or even some strategies to avoid them altogether. While the spotlight is on reducing the environmental impact, many of these tips will be great for performance too. https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/02/reducing-web-carbon-footprint-optimizing-social-media-embeds/
In this article, Adrian Bece shares more about the benefits and caveats of code-splitting and how page performance and load times can be improved by dynamically loading expensive, non-critical JavaScript bundles. https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/02/javascript-bundle-performance-code-splitting/
It’s shipping! Meet “Touch Design for Mobile Interfaces”, our brand-new guide with guidelines and best practices to improve usability and accessibility on mobile. 400 pages. For designers and developers working with mobile UIs. https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/02/touch-design-release/
Do you need a little inspiration boost? Well, then our new batch of desktop wallpapers is for you. Designed by artists and designers from across the globe, they come in versions with and without a calendar for February 2022. https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/01/desktop-wallpaper-calendars-february-2022/
In this article, Noam Rosenthal dives deep into a few technical features that are common across frameworks, and explains how some of the different frameworks implement them and what they cost. https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/01/web-frameworks-guide-part1/
This article reveals how something as trivial as administration in both software and As-a-service can be either a booster or bottleneck to a company’s productivity and innovation. It also provides several design aspects that UX practitioners should evaluate when designing the administration experience. https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/01/software-administration-ux/
What’s new in Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox? Patrick Brosset breaks it down with the latest features in DevTools across browsers. https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/01/devtools-updates-2022/
Cascade layers introduce the new at-rule of @layer. The intent is to help CSS authors be more intentional about ordering the “layers” of CSS rules as a new method of cascade management. https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/01/introduction-css-cascade-layers/
Joining a team where there are no established design practices may feel disheartening. Does this situation resonate with you? If yes, then read on — as this article is sharing the author’s advice based on his personal experience and it will show you a way (although not easy) of facing the problem in a manner that will bring other benefits, beside order and consistency. https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/01/from-chaos-to-system-design-teams/
In this article, Georgii Perepecho explains the most common React Query features that you need to be familiar with when creating a real-life application that is stable when testing. https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/01/building-real-app-react-query/