Summary: Effective icons depend on recognizability and interpretation. Evaluate them with methods appropriate for your specific research questions Icon Usability Effective icons can increase usability by helping users understand and interpret available functionality. However, when poorly implemented, they harm usability and introduce confusion. In Digital Icons That Work, I emphasize the importance of two variables… Continue reading Icon Usability: When and How to Evaluate Digital Icons
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How to Create a Meeting Agenda Presentation
Agenda slides can be used as a plan for your presentation. They can give you the structure and help you set the tone for what your audience needs and expects. This is true for any type of agenda, whether a team meeting or a conference agenda. Business Agenda is a premium template from Envato Elements. … Continue reading How to Create a Meeting Agenda Presentation
12 Figma tips to work more efficiently
We all know Figma makes regular updates to their features that can be new and awesome, like previewing typography, or it can be a modification that may change an established workflow, like the infamous local variables. So as someone who uses Figma almost every work day, minus some meeting-heavy days, learning to apply new features… Continue reading 12 Figma tips to work more efficiently
How to Embed Video in PowerPoint (With Free Template)
Creating presentations take time. High-quality presentations take even longer. That’s why it’s always a good idea to have a premium PowerPoint template available. This slide was only made possible by using the Delusi template with an embedded video. To get you started, we’re going to give you a freebie: the Delusi PowerPoint template. You’ll see how… Continue reading How to Embed Video in PowerPoint (With Free Template)
6 Smartphone Overhead Tripods for Perfect Top-Down Videos
If you’re into food blogging or product photography, capturing the perfect shot often means shooting from above. Overhead photography brings focus to your subject by eliminating extra dimensions. But, snapping those perfect 90-degree overhead shots isn’t always straightforward, especially when using a smartphone. To nail those top-down photos, you need a reliable overhead tripod. While… Continue reading 6 Smartphone Overhead Tripods for Perfect Top-Down Videos
Affinity Publisher for Beginners (Landing Page)
1. How to Use the Affinity Publisher Interface 1.1 Introduction to the Course Watch Video Lesson (1 minute) ↗ Welcome to the Affinity Publisher course! We’re going to walk through some essential Publisher basics, while also creating a simple project. No experience is necessary, and by the end of the course, you’ll have created a… Continue reading Affinity Publisher for Beginners (Landing Page)
Sketchy Pencil Effect with Three.js Post-Processing
From our sponsor: Get suggestions for improving your content, targeting, and marketing automations to help you increase revenue. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a sketchy, pencil effect using Three.js post-processing. We’ll go through the steps for creating a custom post-processing render pass, implementing edge detection in WebGL, re-rendering the normal buffer… Continue reading Sketchy Pencil Effect with Three.js Post-Processing
What is React Native?
React Native is a cross-platform mobile application development framework that Facebook created in 2015. React Natives uses JavaScript as the underlying programming language, and it aims to help developers can build native mobile apps for both Android and IOS devices with a single codebase. In this post, I’ll introduce some of the key concepts and… Continue reading What is React Native?
Best Ways to Browse Instagram Stories Without Anyone Knowing (Anonymously)
Everyone has wondered at least once today how to spy on someone else’s Story without anyone finding out and also without ending up on a “Seen by” list. On the one hand, Instagram encourages openness and sharing, and all this to say, social media has nothing to do with anonymity. But on the other hand,… Continue reading Best Ways to Browse Instagram Stories Without Anyone Knowing (Anonymously)
Popular Design News of the Week: November 23, 2020 – November 29, 2020
Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however,… Continue reading Popular Design News of the Week: November 23, 2020 – November 29, 2020
Common React Native App Layouts: Login Page
In this series, you’ll learn how to use React Native to create page layouts commonly used in mobile apps. The layouts you’ll be creating won’t be functional—instead, the main focus of this series is to get your hands dirty in laying out content in your React Native apps. If you’re new to laying out React… Continue reading Common React Native App Layouts: Login Page
Top 5 Best WordPress SEO Plugins
SEO is the abbreviation of Search Engine Optimization. It is the process of improving quality and quantity of website traffic from search engines like Google, Bing or Yahoo search etc. In the WordPress content management system there are dozens of SEO plugins but we have selected the 5 of the best WordPress SEO plugins. So,… Continue reading Top 5 Best WordPress SEO Plugins
Top 5 Best WordPress SEO Plugins
SEO is the abbreviation of Search Engine Optimization. It is the process of improving quality and quantity of website traffic from search engines like Google, Bing or Yahoo search etc. In the WordPress content management system there are dozens of SEO plugins but we have selected the 5 of the best WordPress SEO plugins. So,… Continue reading Top 5 Best WordPress SEO Plugins
How to Create an Inspirational Vector Political Poster
What You’ll Be Creating Learn how to create a Shepard Fairey Photoshop effect with the help of Illustrator with this poster tutorial. This tutorial is inspired by Shepard Fairey’s famous political poster series for the Obama Democratic Party campaign in the US in 2008 and now being recreated for the Time magazine cover for November… Continue reading How to Create an Inspirational Vector Political Poster
Using Redux in a React Native App
Redux is a library for state management that ensures that the application logic is well-organized and that apps work as expected. Redux makes it easy to understand your application’s code regarding when, where, why, and how the state of the application is updated. Redux is made up of the following key parts: actions reducers store… Continue reading Using Redux in a React Native App
Understanding the Image Component in React Native
Images are an essential aspect of any mobile app. This tutorial will introduce you to the image component and show you how to use images in your React Native app. You will also learn how to create your own photo gallery! Prerequisites to Create a React Native App We will use the Expo CLI for… Continue reading Understanding the Image Component in React Native
17 Most Useful PHP Scripts (and 5 Great Free Scripts)
Whether you need to create a dating website, add a shopping cart to your eCommerce store, or launch a marketing campaign, there is a PHP script that is right for you. Add a new set of features and functionality to your website with these scripts and create a more robust platform for your customers. Today’s website… Continue reading 17 Most Useful PHP Scripts (and 5 Great Free Scripts)
20 Best HTML5 Audio Players
Do you need to add an audio player to your website? Is the default browser audio player too limited? By adding a premium HTML5 audio player plugin to your website you will be able to successfully share your audio files in a visually appealing and interactive way. Super HTML5 Music Player is one of the many… Continue reading 20 Best HTML5 Audio Players
10 Web Designers/Developers to Follow on Instagram in 2020
February 23, 2020 by Spyre Studios Why would anyone follow certain web designers and developers on Instagram? For people of their ilk, it’s staying on top of trends, learning about the latest advancements in tools, designs, processes, and languages, and staying connected in the industry. For lesser mortals, it’s getting inspiration for a project, having… Continue reading 10 Web Designers/Developers to Follow on Instagram in 2020
10 Spooky Designs to Get You Inspired This Halloween
Is the eerie spirit of Halloween haunting your designs? Find spooky inspiration in these ten ghoulish illustrations, videos, and photos. From Polish artist Piotr Jabłoński’s off-kilter and unnerving fantasy paintings to Caley Hicks’ cutesy take on Halloween themes, you’re sure to find something here to get you in the spooky mood. Looking for spine-chilling photos,… Continue reading 10 Spooky Designs to Get You Inspired This Halloween
How to Create a Trivia Quiz with Viral Quiz for WordPress
Generating traffic to your website and successfully marketing to this website traffic should be the number one concern for a website owner. Without this traffic and without a mechanism to get these website visitors to take action, you will have an incredibly difficult time building your business. One unexpected but effective way to draw in… Continue reading How to Create a Trivia Quiz with Viral Quiz for WordPress
Build a Static Portfolio With Advanced CSS Bar Chart
In a previous post, I showed you how to build a beautiful fullscreen portfolio page. During that tutorial we also learned how to create a responsive CSS column chart. In this tutorial we’ll build another attractive static portfolio page, this time featuring a pure CSS bar chart without using any external JavaScript library, SVG, or the canvas… Continue reading Build a Static Portfolio With Advanced CSS Bar Chart
Top WordPress Audio and Video Plugins of 2019
WordPress audio and video plugins are essential if you are looking to add video and audio players to your website. In this post, I’ll share some of my favorites for 2019—I’ve picked plugins that have features that are missing from many of the other plugins available. WordPress Audio Player Plugins 1. MP3 Sticky Player This MP3… Continue reading Top WordPress Audio and Video Plugins of 2019