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Accessible UX Research, eBook Now Available For Download
9 December 2025 @ 4:00 pm
We’ve got exciting news! eBook versions of “Accessible UX Research,” a new Smashing Book by Michele A. Williams, are now available for download! Which means soon the book will go to the printer. Order the eBook for instant download now or reserve your print copy at the presale price.
State, Logic, And Native Power: CSS Wrapped 2025
9 December 2025 @ 10:00 am
CSS Wrapped 2025 is out! We’re entering a world where CSS can increasingly handle logic, state, and complex interactions once reserved for JavaScript. Here is an unpacking of the standout highlights and how they connect to the bigger evolution of modern CSS.
How UX Professionals Can Lead AI Strategy
8 December 2025 @ 8:00 am
Lead your organization’s AI strategy before someone else defines it for you. A practical framework for UX professionals to shape AI implementation.
Beyond The Black Box: Practical XAI For UX Practitioners
5 December 2025 @ 3:00 pm
Explainable AI isn’t just a challenge for data scientists. It’s also a design challenge and a core pillar of trustworthy, effective AI products. Victor Yocco offers practical guidance and design patterns for building explainability into real products.
Masonry: Things You Won’t Need A Library For Anymore
2 December 2025 @ 10:00 am
CSS Masonry is almost here! Patrick Brosset takes a deep dive into what this long-awaited feature means for web developers and how you could make use of it in your own work.
A Sparkle Of December Magic (2025 Wallpapers Edition)
30 November 2025 @ 9:00 am
With December just around the corner, how about some new desktop wallpapers to welcome the last month of the year — and the holiday season, if you’re celebrating? Our latest edition of monthly wallpapers has got you covered. Enjoy!
The Accessibility Problem With Authentication Methods Like CAPTCHA
27 November 2025 @ 10:00 am
CAPTCHAs were meant to keep bots out, but too often, they lock people with disabilities out, too. From image classification to click-based tests, many “human checks” are anything but inclusive. There’s no universal solution, but understanding real user needs is where accessibility truly starts.
Design System Culture: What It Is And Why It Matters (Excerpt)
25 November 2025 @ 6:00 pm
We’re so happy to announce that “Maturing Design Systems”—a Smashing book by Ben Callahan — will soon be joining the Smashing Library! Ben’s insights and advice are so powerful, we thought you might like to read an excerpt from the book. Subscribe to our Smashing newsletter to be notified when orders are open.
Designing For Stress And Emergency
24 November 2025 @ 1:00 pm
Practical guidelines on designing time-critical products that prevent errors and improve accuracy. Part of the Measure UX & Design Impact (use the code 🎟 IMPACT to save 20% off today). With a live UX training starting next week.
Keyframes Tokens: Standardizing Animation Across Projects
21 November 2025 @ 8:00 am
Animations can be one of the most joyful parts of building interfaces, but without structure, they can also become one of the biggest sources of frustration. By consolidating and standardizing keyframes, you take something that is usually messy and hard to manage and turn it into a clear, predictable system.