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Dark Mode and Accessibility: Finding the Right Balance

Dark Mode and Accessibility: Finding the Right Balance

It didn’t take long for the “dark mode” to become a requirement for every user interface design. What started out as a design trend turned into a must-have feature for offering a comfortable user experience.

A CSS-Only Star Rating Component and More! 

A CSS-Only Star Rating Component and More! 

Creating a star rating component is a classic exercise in web development. It has been done and re-done many times using different techniques. We usually need a small amount of JavaScript to pull it together, but what about a CSS-only implementation? Yes, it is...

Truth, Lies and Progress Bars

Truth, Lies and Progress Bars

Very early in my career, I found myself on a design team tasked with improving some legacy security software. At one point, we were evaluating a setup screen that included a progress bar. I asked a member of the engineering team, “How is progress calculated?”

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A to Z CSS: Color

The web would be a pretty dull place without a splash of colour. There are a number of different properties that take a colour value and there are four different colour syntaxes in CSS and that’s what we’ll be focusing on in this video. Those formats are colour keywords, hex, RGB and HSL

Kickdrop Code Sample: jQuery Slideout Menu

An elegant jQuery-powered animated slideout menu. We were inspired by the simple effect found at Outdated Browser and extended the menu to also work in a variety of places. Try it as a top menu, as well as a right-side menu.