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Attack of the Blob-Based Animated Backgrounds in Web Design – Examples of fun, liquid-like animations that can spruce up any website.
Attack of the Blob-Based Animated Backgrounds in Web Design

Creating A Shopping Cart With HTML5 Web Storage – Techniques for storing user data in the browser – no server required.
Creating A Shopping Cart With HTML5 Web Storage

Where did CSS named colours come from? – An interesting dive into the origins of CSS color names.
Where did CSS named colours come from?

React Layouts – A collection of “grab-and-go” layouts you can use for your next React.js project.
React Layouts

Fun Ways to Help You Rediscover the Joys of Web Design – Just about every designer will go through periods where work just isn’t fun. Here are some ways to get it back.
Fun Ways to Help You Rediscover the Joys of Web Design

CSS Guidelines – A detailed document to help you write more scalable and manageable CSS.
CSS Guidelines

30 Free Photoshop Plugins for UI Designers – Don’t miss out on this great collection of time-saving tools to improve your Photoshop workflow.
30 Free Photoshop Plugins for UI Designers

The Browser Monopoly – The dangers associated with Google’s dominance of the browser market.
The Browser Monopoly

pagemap – Add a small “mini map” to your website that will provide users with navigational context.
pagemap

Are bad designers hiding behind the term “UX”? – A question of whether UX designers should pay more attention to visual quality.
Are bad designers hiding behind the term “UX”?

30 Free Logo Mockup PSD Templates for Creatives – Use these free templates to create stunning logos.
30 Free Logo Mockup PSD Templates for Creatives

SVG Artista – A browser-based drawing tool for creating SVG animations.
SVG Artista

Code Line Daily – A simple line of code is featured and explained on, you guessed it, a daily basis.
Code Line Daily

css-fx-layout – A lightweight CSS Flexbox library that includes both classes and HTML data attributes.
css-fx-layout

CSS Can Do This… And It’s Terrifying! – Some interesting things that you can do with CSS, but probably shouldn’t.
CSS Can Do This... And It's Terrifying!

The problem with tooltips and what to do instead – Tooltip alternatives that are both more accessible and user-friendly.
The problem with tooltips and what to do instead

Windows 95 UI Kit – A free Bootstrap-based UI kit because, who doesn’t want to it to look like 1995 again?
Windows 95 UI Kit

The 35 Best Free Presets for After Effects – Add some amazing effects to your videos with this free collection of presets.
The 35 Best Free Presets for After Effects