Pixels of the Week – June 2, 2024
👉🏻 Curated weekly UX Research, Design & Tech resources: accessibility for designer workshop, sensory environment checklist, north start metric, hidden vs. disabled, chatbots vs. humans, personalization without being creepy, new CSS tricks, AI and accessibility, Victorian nipple rings, Figma plugins (OKLCH color variation plugin, vector to 3D) design salary database, accessible text resizing, container queries, Apple and Google’s accessibility new features, etc.
Pixels of the Week – May 26, 2024
👉🏻 Curated weekly UX Research, Design & Tech resources: RICE product prioritization, low fidelity design value, deceptive discounting, is the customer always right, AI helping people with dyslexia, font legibility, generative AI-driven design patterns, wireframe Figma plugin, pattern generator, design inspiration, junior designer job board, hand-drawn icons, free UI sounds, WCAG 3.0 outcomes, etc.
Pixels of the Week – May 19, 2024
👉🏻 Curated weekly UX Research, Design & Tech resources: why dark mode isn’t always better, when to use AI, design is politics, UX research without access to users, storytelling in UX research reports, generative AI in UI/UX design, contact form debate, focus vs accessibility focus, air travel design guide, a fun chimera font, doom scroll, brutalist shapes pack, Figma 101 course, Figma variables tutorial, etc.
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.