UX

An early encounter with a fabricated progress indicator inspired several more honest alternatives.

Everyone loves animated GIFs, right? Not if you have finite bandwidth, a shaky network connection or motion sensitivity! But fear not… modern browsers make it easier than ever to level up our GIF game!

In this episode of Fourcast, Jason Grigsby sits down with Tammy Everts, a recognized expert in web performance and user experience. They break down Google’s recent change from First Input Delay (FID) to Interaction to Next Paint (INP) in non-technical terms, and talk about what the change means for website owners and their businesses.

It's been nearly twenty years that we've been discussing whether or not to open outbound links in new tabs or windows. Could it really be true that no one has run an A/B test on it?

A significant percentage of web professionals believe that opening outbound links in new tabs or windows provides a benefit to site owners. Why?

We’ve been dealing with our fair share of loss lately. And to make matters worse, we’ve encountered applications that handle death poorly and add to our pain.