Our Surprisingly Simple Navigation Hover Effect

Fading adjacent menu items on hover is simpler than you might think.
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Fading adjacent menu items on hover is simpler than you might think.
We just shipped the largest update to cloudfour.com since 2016! This time around, we had three main goals…
Our accessibility best practices have changed a lot in recent years, which we're reflecting in the next version of our design system.
Why we're changing up our pattern library UI after four years of rolling our own bespoke solution.
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