Design is one of the most controversial things in our industry. There are barely any redesigns that aren’t discussed heavily in the community. Changing a well-working web design Murfreesboro Tennessee is even harder as people tend to dislike anything new, but if we give them a bit of time, they might start to see things from a different perspective.

Instead of following what everyone else is doing, we shouldn’t hesitate to leave the beaten tracks when designing — by creating a contrast-rich, deep web design Murfreesboro Tennessee without using drop shadows, for example. Whatever you do, be sure to explore new options whenever you can.

• The Good, The Bad And The Great Examples Of Web Typography¹
• How To Use Shadows And Blur Effects In Modern UI Design²
• Define Your Process To Master Time, Gain Clarity, And Take Control³
• How To Maximize Your Creative Energy⁴

News Link

• Chrome 60 beta is available⁵ and brings us the Paint Timing API, CSS’ font-display property, the Web Budget API, and Credential Management API improvements.
• Firefox 54 is out⁶ — and, thanks to a new multi-process architecture, with huge performance improvements. The update also brings⁷ us the new Web Extension APIs as well as CSS clip-path improvements with basic shapes.
• A new version of Tor Browser was released, too: Tor Browser 7.0⁸. The new version is based on Firefox 52 ESR and, thus, has multi-process mode and sandboxing on Linux and macOS (Windows coming soon) enabled.

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Concept & Design Link

• Matej Latin created an online course to teach you better web typography in ten free lessons¹².
• Scott Jensen shows how you can create great designs with depth without using drop shadows¹³. A great primer on modern web design Murfreesboro Tennessee techniques.

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Security Link

• Patrick Wardle found evidence that there’s a macOS ransomware spreading and wrote up the key facts about it¹⁷. This shows that the Mac platform is growing and attackers start targeting users as well. Better be safe and have a valid, usable backup.

Work & Life Link

• Last but not least, an article that makes us rethink how we deal with our workloads: Madeleine Dore’s “Why you should manage your energy, not your time¹⁸.”

—Anselm