Axure RP: Prototyping Gets Faster and Easier (2 minute read)
Axure RP has introduced new features to improve efficiency in the prototyping workflow. These include easy widget nesting within dynamic panels, enhanced selection tools for busy canvases, and quick alignment options for widgets in parent containers. These updates simplify arranging and customizing widgets using keyboard shortcuts and selection boxes, greatly enhancing the user experience for designers.
Mitigating hate speech online using AI (8 minute read)
Online hate speech has real-world consequences, including increased hate crimes. Current AI tools understand hate speech semantics and can generate empathic replies for effective counter-speech. Social media platforms can combat hate speech by flagging instances and providing context while providing emotional guidance for counter-speech, which can help reduce its prevalence.
Typography Variables in Figma Are Here (9 minute read)
Figma has introduced color variables in gradients for improved design consistency and reduced manual adjustments, facilitating easy adjustments across modes or brands. Variables support typography, enabling the creation of font-related variables like family, size, line height, spacing, and weight and streamlining text management within components and systems.
5 Lead Designers about an expiration date of creative career path (5 minute read)
Designers need to continually learn and innovate to stay relevant in the rapidly changing industry. They prioritize mastery of design fundamentals over tool proficiency. Embracing curiosity, adaptability, and a proactive mindset fuels a designer's growth and impact, with career trajectories influenced by various factors rather than a singular path or expiration date.
How to design accessible forms in 10 steps (8 minute read)
Break long forms into shorter, multi-page forms. Use top-aligned labels for input fields. Use hint text, not placeholder text. Use native form controls, highlight elements on focus, style and write errors correctly, label related fields in a group, provide instructions, clearly identify required fields, and avoid time limits for users to complete forms.