Don’t Let Sliders and Carousels Derail Your Conversions

If you’re still considering using sliders or carousels on your website’s homepage, you likely want to reconsider. The latest research from the Baymard Institute reinforces the long-standing consensus: these elements are often implemented poorly and lead to detrimental user experience. A section of that report covers sliders/carousels and the news is the same as it has been since we’ve been writing about this topic in 2016. What really stands out in the report is their ...

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Level Up Your Accessible Text Over Images Design Skills

Regular readers know that web accessibility is a topic we’ve covered frequently, especially when it comes to color contrast. One of the real challenges is mastering the art of maintaining color contrast for text that sits above an image. The text will shift across different parts of the image across different device types and sometimes, it feels impossible to find a balance. Fortunately,  SmashingMagazine.com recently published an article by Hannah Milan that takes a deep ...

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Finally, A Free QR Code Generator That Doesn’t Require Registration And Exports SVG Format

While there are plenty of free online QR code generators, the vast majority have enough pain points to make them less of a useful tool and more of a pain in the neck. The majority of times I need to create a QR code for myself or my clients things just need to be simple: I need to create it fast and export in svg format. We can use those to create a simple list ...

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