📝 Issue #443: Exciting New Tools for Designers, Tabler Icons, Which Productivity Method is Right for You? UX Writing Tips, and more…

We all have our own way of getting things done; from furious bursts of activity, to slow and steady progress. Todoist has put together this awesome quiz to help you identify which method works best for you based on your preferences and needs, with guides to help you implement your most successful approach.

Tabler Icons is a super-useful collection of 550+ free icons released under the MIT license for personal and commercial use. The carefully crafted, minimal icons are suitable for any modern UI design. The icons are supplied in SVG format, and each icon can be customized by size, stroke thickness, and color.

Every month we post this great roundup of the best new tools for designers making waves on the web in the previous four weeks. This month we’re beginning to see the results of designers’ productivity during lockdown, with tons of new web apps, illustrations, data, and — as always — free fonts.

UX writing, sometimes referred to as microcopy, is the text part of a user interface: the button labels, the error messages, and the navigation. It has a disproportionately large impact on your site’s success, and this comprehensive guide by Oliver Lindberg introduces 10 essentials every designer should know.

Webdesign Toolbox is an incredible new source of apps and resources human-curated for web designers. The huge toolbox of resources features 965 tools for creative professionals and the collection is growing all the time. Whatever task you’re trying to accomplish there’s something here to help you succeed.

Planning, crafting, and maintaining content is one of the biggest challenges any company faces, especially when writing content isn’t a specialism. Paige Toomes’ excellent advice introduces five methods for managing content strategically, from organizing types of content, to effective collaboration.

Link Drop is an exceptional new approach to bookmarking links. The free Chrome extension allows you to add URLs to a personalized newsletter. All the links you add over 24 hours are delivered to your inbox daily, at a time that suits you; read your news over your morning coffee, or at the end of your day.

With millions of people still in lockdown, and no universal treatment for Covid-19 in sight, the future is anything but certain. Business is starting to respond to the new normal, and Brittany Anas introduces five new business trends that will impact the design world in the months and years to come.

Edit is a premium Chrome extension that allows you to modify any web page, directly in your browser, without the need to delve into the developer tools. You can change text including fonts, the color of UI elements, and even swap out images. It’s a great solution for testing out ideas and previewing changes.