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February 22 2021

The world is running on bad UI

uxdesign.cc

As designers, we appreciate great products.

Articles

Credit: UX Collective

500,000 dots is too many

chezvoila.com

The more I think about today’s front page of the New York Times, the more it is for me another watershed moment for data visualization.

Data Visualization

Credit: Voilà: Francis Gagnon

What we can learn from Apple’s dataviz accessibility

fossheim.io

Apple’s design is an inspiration to many, but are their data visualizations screen reader accessible?

Data Visualization

Credit: Sarah L. Fossheim (they/them)

Is Apple capable of designing a usable mouse?

uxdesign.cc

Remembering Jobs’ relentless approach to product design, and how a sufficient mouse design never came to be.

UX

Credit: UX Collective

Use CSS Variables instead of React Context

epicreact.dev

How and why you should use CSS variables (custom properties) for theming instead of React context.

CSS JavaScript React

Credit: CSS-Tricks

 

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