Dark mode & accessibility myth
While dark mode can enhance readability for some users, it can make things worse for others (like users with astigmatism, dyslexia, keyboard users). Consider offering both modes and let user chose. And if you build a dark theme, make it accessible too.
Pixels of the Week – May 12, 2024
👉🏻 Curated weekly UX Research, Design & Tech resources: a Figma variables tutorial, color meanings across cultures, improving form accessibility, users’ mental models, B2B/B2C selling strategies, AI color palette generator, inspiration for push notifications and logos, tutorials on CSS aspect ratios, free illustrations in Figma, white noise generator, cool abstract shapes, etc.
Pixels of the Week – May 5, 2024
👉🏻 Curated weekly UX Research, Design & Tech resources: celebrating neurodiversity with stickers, Figma handoff helpers, UX maturity, wacky copy, AB/ testing and usability testing, front-end identity crisis, AI won’t solve accessibility, nostalgia websites, CSS shapes, AI interaction patterns, Figma tips, etc.
Pixels of the Week – April 28, 2024
👉🏻 Curated weekly UX Research, Design & Tech resources: cognitive accessibility, designers’ coding debate, designing AI interfaces for better choices, books for designer, developer handoff checklist, colors palette visualizer, a guide to CSS container queries, Figma variables tutorial, captioned videos guide, accessible content creation guide, etc.
Neurodiversity and UX: Essential Resources for Cognitive Accessibility
A list of curated resources to help you design for neurodiversity, from WCAG guidelines to real-world expertise and practical tips for various cognitive disabilities, including Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Autism and ADHD
Pixels of the Week – April 21, 2024
👉🏻 Curated weekly UX Research, Design & Tech resources: learn about accessibility, confirm or undo pattern, securing a job as a designer, the creator economy trap, RGB color guessing game, logo inspiration, onboarding experience, modern font stack, AI evaluation worksheet, how an ER doctor triages emergencies, skip to content tutorial, accessibility easy tweaks, Penpot 2.0, etc.
Pixels of the Week – April 14, 2024
👉🏻 Curated weekly UX Research, Design & Tech resources: UX London discount code, accessibility and typography, secondary user research, do products need instruction manuals, survey mistakes, hide or disable content, user-centric navigation redesign, portfolio tips, captions vs subtitles, 1999 fun cursors, 100 Figma tips, death to the follower economy, etc.
Pixels of the Week – April 7, 2024
👉🏻 Curated weekly UX Research, Design & Tech resources: my next events, design patterns catalogue, Figma and Flexbox /CSS Grid, ethical nudging, easy UX improvements, a guide to microcopy, disability language, CSS monochrome media query, craft beer branding, cool fonts, color palette AI generators, open source alternative tools, disables and aria-disabled attribute, etc.
Pixels of the Week – March 31, 2024
👉🏻 Curated weekly UX Research, Design & Tech resources: information architecture workshop, designer’s role is in the field, redesign tips, how to make a company embrace UX, researcher vs marketers, accessibility foundations, the content creator trap, a fun domino game, UX research calendar, iOS app icons template, gradient generator, a LEGO lovers social network, onboarding inspiration, CSS spider-verse effect, Figma auto-layout, prototyping videos, etc.
Pixels of the Week – March 24, 2024
👉🏻 Curated weekly UX Research, Design & Tech resources: a workshop on research biases mitigation, UX methods, mico-interactions, card sorting, design rules and guidelines, asking for user pronouns, screen readers and special characters, WCAG 2.2 detective skill set, a song palindrome, a variable font to make football goals, Figma plugins, scroll driven animation, design inspiration, blocking AI crawlers and more.