From Top to Bottom: Vertical Orientation is Gaining Popularity in Web Design

From Top to Bottom Vertical Orientation is Gaining Popularity

From left to right (or for such languages as Arabic or Persian from right to left), from top to bottom that is our accustomed path of exploring things in the books, documents, websites, advertisements, pamphlets, etc. In general, horizontal orientation …

Best Tools for Web Designers to Use in 2018

Best Tools for Web Designers to Use in 2018

The design world moves fast and there’s always new tools coming out. To stay ahead of the game requires an ear to the ground at all times. I’ve been keeping an eye on the design space this year and put …

What is Conversational UI, and Why It’s Important

What is Conversational UI, and Why It’s Important

Conversational UI is simply a chatbot experience that processes language in a natural way as if you were texting or speaking with another human being. A typical experience with technology, this included computers, websites and mobile apps, is conducted in …

How to Improve Customer Loyalty through User Experience

How to Improve Customer Loyalty through User Experience

When you establish a bond of trust between a company and its customers, you forge and secure their relationship. When both sides talk to each other, face to face, you will get some of the strongest of these relationships. However, …

HTML Media Capture is Now a Proposed Recommendation

HTML Media Capture is now a Proposed Recommendation

HTML Media Capture is a W3C specification that defines an HTML form extension that facilitates user access to a device’s media capture mechanism, such as camera or microphone, or within a file upload control. It works by extending the <input …

Mozilla Releases Open Source Speech Recognition Engine and Voice Dataset

Mozilla Releases Open Source Speech Recognition Engine and Voice Dataset

After launching Firefox Quantum, Mozilla continues its upward trend and releases its Open Source Speech Recognition Model and Voice Dataset. Well, Mozilla is finally back! In the past few years, technical advancements have contributed to a rapid evolution of speech …

Adobe Teases New AI Powered Select Subject Tool in Photoshop

Select Subject Tool in Photoshop

The holidays are coming. It’s the perfect time for an escape. Swiss Alps, Iceland or Melbourne are on my top priority list, but, because I’ll probably spend my vacation working, I’ll settle up with Photoshop’s new AI feature that promises …

Image Optimization Tools & Tips for Webmasters

Image Optimization Tools & Tips for Webmasters

Proper image optimization is crucial for a fast website. Whenever you run your site through a tool like PageSpeed Insights you’ll always find helpful hints to improve your images. Typically this involves compression where the image says the same size and general quality, …

Imbalanced Layouts Offer Different Patterns to Adopt

Imbalanced Layouts - Different Patterns to Adopt

For a long time, web interfaces were the places where balance, proportion and symmetry were considered to be the signs of good taste and attributes of great design. Everyone was struggling to achieve complete harmony and equilibrium of details. But …

4 Tiny Trends in Applying Animations

4 Tiny Trends in Applying Animations

With interaction design showing up pretty much everywhere, animation is finally being perceived not only as a tool for entertaining visitors but as an instrument for improving the user experience. From tiny dynamic effects that enliven parts of the UI …