✏ Issue #484: 20 Best New Websites, Fonts Of The Top 1000 Websites, Mighty Browser, Designing Search, and more…

Each month we put together this collection of the best new websites we’ve seen launched, or relaunched with updates, on the Web in the previous four weeks. In April’s edition, minimalism makes a comeback with a colorful twist, illustration makes way for photography, and typography gets a little experimental. Enjoy!

Mighty is a browser that’s up to 10 times faster than Chrome, thanks to an innovative cloud processing system for memory-heavy tasks. Computation is handled by the cloud and streamed to you. It’s a game-changer for anyone who works with browser-based apps like Figma, Asana, or GitHub. You can request access now.

Shape design is an accessible form of visual design in which images are constructed from simple geometric shapes. In this in-depth guide, Rob Levin examines the way illustrators use shape design and organic marks to create beautiful artwork. If you’ve ever wanted to draw but didn’t know where to start, start here.

Sometimes you need an emoji that you can’t find in a standard set. Now, thanks to this awesome pack of emojis from Openess, you can tell your fellow devs you’ve found a bug, you’re busy coding, or more worryingly, that your database is on fire, with a single colorful character. The set is free and suitably open-source.

Michael Li is a data scientist who took up web design and applied his analytical skills to type choices by studying the font decisions of the top 1000 websites. The result is a fascinating cross-section of the typographic landscape with information like the most common sizing and the commonality of serif fonts in headings.

Juphy is an excellent tool for teams managing customer engagement over multiple channels. Instead of logging in to different services like Facebook, or Twitter, you can gather all of your mentions in one place and respond to them as a team. Collaboration and reporting are built-in. There’s a 14-day free trial, and plans start at $16/month.

Search features are among the most common UI elements across the Web and apps, and yet thanks to the complexity of the interaction, there isn’t a single design pattern that fits every case. Shashank Sahay breaks down the process of designing a search experience, from matching different terms to ranking results.

Conversion.ai is an interesting new front in the steady encroachment of AI in our lives. Its AI, named Jarvis, promises to write your marketing copy for you, from Google Ads to weekly newsletters. It’s an incredible tool for anyone who needs to write regular content but struggles with writer’s block. Pricing starts at $29/month.