Updates from Smash Magazine
- Masonry: Things You Wonât Need A Library For AnymoreCSS Masonry is almost here! Patrick Brosset takes a deep dive into what this long-awaited feature means for web developers and how you could make use of it in your own work.
- A Sparkle Of December Magic (2025 Wallpapers Edition)With December just around the corner, how about some new desktop wallpapers to welcome the last month of the year â and the holiday season, if youâre celebrating? Our latest edition of monthly wallpapers has got you covered. Enjoy!
- The Accessibility Problem With Authentication Methods Like CAPTCHACAPTCHAs were meant to keep bots out, but too often, they lock people with disabilities out, too. From image classification to click-based tests, many âhuman checksâ are anything but inclusive. Thereâs no universal solution, but understanding real user needs is where accessibility truly starts.
- Design System Culture: What It Is And Why It Matters (Excerpt)Weâre so happy to announce that âMaturing Design Systemsââa Smashing book by Ben Callahan â will soon be joining the Smashing Library! Benâs insights and advice are so powerful, we thought you might like to read an excerpt from the book. Subscribe to our Smashing newsletter to be notified when orders are open.
- Designing For Stress And EmergencyPractical guidelines on designing time-critical products that prevent errors and improve accuracy. Part of the Measure UX & Design Impact (use the code đ IMPACT to save 20% off today). With a live UX training starting next week.
- Keyframes Tokens: Standardizing Animation Across ProjectsAnimations can be one of the most joyful parts of building interfaces, but without structure, they can also become one of the biggest sources of frustration. By consolidating and standardizing keyframes, you take something that is usually messy and hard to manage and turn it into a clear, predictable system.
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