? With so much happening in our industry, it can be difficult to stay up to date. But don’t worry, you’re not alone. We have your back with @helloanselm's monthly reading lists to help you stay on top of things: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/01/monthly-web-development-update-1-2019/

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✏️ The visual cortex of our brains plays an important role in controlling our behavior. @thebrainlady introduces some insights on implications for design and grabbing visual attention: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/01/grabbing-visual-attention-with-the-visual-cortex/



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✏️ It’s the start of 2019, and HTML5 has been the current version of HTML now for more than four years. @drewm explains which of those new types have been implemented, which can we use, and are there any we should be avoiding: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/01/html5-input-types/

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“While it’s tempting to ask usability study participants which design they prefer, the results are not statistically reliable and can mislead you into a false sense of security.“ ↬ UX Takeaways from Redesigning Google Translate https://medium.com/google-design/3-ux-takeaways-from-redesigning-google-translate-3184038f43bf



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Add direct links to ‘return policy’ and ‘shipping information’ in the footer (20% of eCommerce retailers don’t do so). ↬ Footer Needs Return Policy and Shipping Details Links https://baymard.com/blog/footer-needs-return-shipping-links



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A wonderful article by @jennyshen on how internationalization is more than just translating words. ↬ Cross-Cultural Design and the Role of UX https://www.toptal.com/designers/business-website-design/cross-cultural-design



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You may not think about it often, but the Internet uses a colossal amount of electricity. @JackLenox sheds more light on how we can all help save the planet by e.g. improving website performance. https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/01/save-planet-improving-website-performance/



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That’s handy. A Devtools extension to toggle support of selected CSS features for testing progressive enhancement fallbacks. / via @StuRobson @keithclarkcouk ↬ CSS Feature Toggles https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/css-feature-toggles/aeinmfddnniiloadoappmdnffcbffnjg



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So we’re preparing new stickers for 2019, any particular sticker you’d love us to design and print? ;-)



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Dear friends, The Global Diversity CFP Day @gdcfpday is coming on Saturday, March 2, so if you’d love to become or speaker or would love to run a workshop, please help make the difference. Diversity matters. ❤ https://www.globaldiversitycfpday.com/ https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/02/getting-started-public-speaking/

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