Vol_5.12.25

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Gene Crawford
May 12, 2025

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CSS Custom Properties vs. Sass Variables: A Pragmatic Guide
https://www.alwaystwisted.com/articles/css-vs-sass

How To Improve Website Performance In 2025
In this article we'll look at 12 things you can do on your website to make it load faster. But first, let's take a look at what website performance is all about and how it's measured.
https://www.debugbear.com/blog/improve-website-performance

1995 Was the Most Important Year for the Web
A fact that becomes most apparent by simply looking at the numbers. At the end of 1994, there were around 2,500 web servers. 12 months later, there were almost 75,000. By the end of 1995, over 700 new servers were being added to the web every single day.
https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/1995-was-the-most-important-year-for-the-web/

Unlock the full potential of CSS pseudo-classes. Go beyond :hover and explore powerful, modern techniques that reduce code bloat, enhance accessibility, and replace JavaScript with smarter, scalable styling.

Polishing your typography with line height units
It might seem like no big deal that the web gained two new units, lh and rlh, to reference line heights. Support shipped in every browser in 2023 without much fanfare. But wow, are they powerful.
https://webkit.org/blog/16831/line-height-units/ 

Button States: Communicate Interaction
Minor visual changes help users distinguish between 5 different button states: enabled, disabled, hovered, focused, pressed.
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/button-states-communicate-interaction/ 

Version control: How a UX writer weighs one word against another
In UX design, a single misplaced verb can lead users astray, frustrating their expectations and creating confusion. That’s why UX Writer Henry Freedland chose his words very carefully when he was brought in to help polish a new prototyping feature.
https://www.figma.com/blog/version-control-how-a-ux-writer-weighs-one-word-against-another/ 

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Sunglasses Shopping - Web Design

Sunglasses Shopping - Web Design designed by Anastasia Golovko for Tino. Connect with them on Dribbble; the global community for designers and creative professionals.

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NGOMBE - Landing Page

NGOMBE - Landing Page designed by Fauzan Ardhiansyah. Connect with them on Dribbble; the global community for designers and creative professionals.

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