Weekly News for Designers № 519

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A Look at the Proper Usage of the alt Attribute – Techniques for ensuring that your images make the most out of alternative text.
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UX Christmas – A UX advent calendar covering a variety of related topics.
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A History of CSS Through Fifteen Years of 24 ways – Rachel Andrew looks at how both CSS and her own thinking have evolved over time.
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Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Smaller Web Design Projects – Small projects may not make you rich, but there are other benefits.
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How to Design for Arabic Users – Considerations for creating great designs for RTL users.
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The Icon Kaleidoscope – A look at how Microsoft went about redesigning over 100 icons.
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Leonardo – Try out this open source, contrast-based color generator.
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The 2019 WordPress Year in Review – Improvements to the Gutenberg block editor and accessibility were a major focus this year.
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Octopus.do – An easy-to-use, browser-based sitemap generation tool.
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A list of 300+ CSS properties – A helpful list of CSS properties that are supported by browsers.
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Why <details> is Not an Accordion – The struggle to build a semantic and accessible HTML element.
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15 Free Cinema & Movie Lightroom Presets – Give your images the perfect cinematic look with this collection of presets.
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CustomCSSforFX – A collection of custom CSS tweaks for Firefox Quantum.
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Super Pseudo – An entire page built just out of CSS pseudo elements – for real!
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Scroll, Refraction and Shader Effects in Three.js and React – Learn to create a Three.js powered layout with shader effects.
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Branding Heroes: Adding Your Identity into the Hero Area – Outstanding examples of websites that reinforce their brand within the hero area.
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Visualizing Every Pantone Color of the Year – A look at every color from 2000-2020.
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The CCPA Compliance Checklist – A helpful resource for those who must comply with the the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
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