uncleserb.bsky.social
@uncleserb.bsky.social
Lead UI/UX design, design systems, CSS, a11y. Also: TTRPGs, games, books and punk-rock. Brit in Paris.
"A URL is part navigation, part application state, and part public interface" How to Design URLs: Routing, Query Parameters, and Fragments www.jstools.space/blog/url-des...
URL Design: Routes, Queries, and Fragments | JavaScript Tools Blog
Learn how to design readable, stable URLs and choose correctly between route paths, query parameters, and fragments in modern web applications.
jstools.space
Didn't realise how badly I needed a clear explanation to wrap my head around certain subtleties of bezier curves... and those animated illustrations 👏 www.carmenansio.com/articles/css... by @carmenansio.bsky.social #css #animation
Ease In, Ease Out, and Everything Between
You already drag these handles in the pen tool. cubic-bezier() is the same two handles, bending time instead of a shape. Once you see that, ease-in-out stops being a reflex.
carmenansio.com
Oh, this 👇 This rings soo familiar :( Great read though! The organizational cost of low taste by @rdm_aurelie in @uxdesigncc uxdesign.cc/the-organiza...
The organizational cost of low taste
When taste is weak, organizations don’t fail in strategy. They fail in decisions.
uxdesign.cc
Splitting Atoms & Splitting Hairs renderghost.leaflet.pub/3mnxjmjjyyc2y fab words by @renderg.host #ux #designsystems
Splitting Atoms & Splitting Hairs
Atomic design got us from thinking about pages to thinking about components, but we don't need to keep carrying the periodic table around.
renderghost.leaflet.pub
Great read, some useful examples of settlement patterns that could be useful for games such as Banished or Manor Lords www.leidenmedievalistsblog.nl/articles/why...
Why medieval city-builder video games are historically inaccurate
This blog post explores the historical accuracy of medieval city-builder video games.
leidenmedievalistsblog.nl
Every paragraph of this article is a banger. “We don’t need to reinvent styling. We just need to respect the boundaries that made the web work in the first place. CSS is not broken; our discipline is. The answer isn’t more abstraction—it’s better understanding.” thenewstack.io/css-in-js-th...
CSS-in-JS: The Great Betrayal of Frontend Sanity
CSS-in-JS promised simplicity but delivered performance issues. Learn why ditching it for native CSS solutions leads to faster, more maintainable web apps.
thenewstack.io
Stop Misrecruits: Add Foils to Your Screener www.nngroup.com/articles/scr... by @nngroupux.bsky.social #ux #surveydesign
Stop Misrecruits: Add Foils to Your Screener
Foils are fake (but plausible) options in screeners that catch inattentive or dishonest participants, protecting data quality and saving time.
nngroup.com
The Enshittification of Dribbble is Complete avalonstar.com/blog/2025/th... Great read by @bryanvelo.so via @piccalil.li
The Enshittification of Dribbble is Complete
While stumbling onto Dribbble, I saw a post (and its... expected comment section) that served as a microcosm of the current state of a once beloved service.
avalonstar.com
Why do AI company logos look like buttholes? velvetshark.com/ai-company-l...
Why do AI company logos look like buttholes?
A humorous exploration of the uncanny resemblance between AI company logos and human anatomy. Discover why circular, gradient-based designs dominate the AI industry, and what this design convergence t...
velvetshark.com
Great tips on autofill and paste functionality, accessible error message patterns, usable and accessible date field and auto formatted fields, to improve your forms and make them more inclusive. 2023, but still relevant in 2025, trust me, most forms out there are a mess to use.
Form accessibility and usability beyond the basics - Pope Tech Blog
Four form functionalities most websites don't consider.
blog.pope.tech
“Oh, it’s complete nonsense,” they replied with a chuckle. Then they explained… Progress bar #ux by @cloudfour.com cloudfour.com/thinks/truth...
Truth, Lies and Progress Bars
An early encounter with a fabricated progress indicator inspired several more honest alternatives.
cloudfour.com
Yay! Glad sidebar is back. Couldn't bring myself to remove the bookmark from my browser 🎉
Manuel Matuzović @matuzo.at · 2y agoOh, sidebar.io is back. uxdesign.cc/sidebar-is-b...
TIL that there's a crater on Mercury called Tolkien 😲 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Mercury's shadowy north pole revealed by M-CAM 1 (with labels)
Mercury's shadowy north pole revealed by M-CAM 1 (with labels)
esa.int
I've drawn up a set of principles for approaching web accessibility. I hope they help to frame your work as we enter 2025. github.com/Heydon/princ...
GitHub - Heydon/principles-of-web-accessibility: How to approach accessible web interface design
How to approach accessible web interface design. Contribute to Heydon/principles-of-web-accessibility development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
Public Work is an image search engine that boasts 100,000 “copyright-free” images from institutions like the NYPL, the Met, etc. It’s fast with a relatively simple interface and uses AI to auto-categorize and suggest possibly related images. [kottke.org]
Public Work: A Fast Search Engine for Public Domain Images
Public Work is an image search engine that boasts 100,000 “copyright-free” images from institutions like the NYPL, the Met, etc. It’s fast with a relatively simple interface and uses AI to auto-categorize and s
kottke.org
