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4 Most Hated UI Tricks - Nobody wants to create bad design, and yet it happens all the time. And while the cause of bad design varies, the final result is the same—bad user experience. Bad user experience frustrates users and often leads to abandoning... ow.ly/9X2z50gWsWV

Creating Memorable Icons, Logos and Favicons - The importance of good branding can’t be overstated. Something as simple as your company logo can make the difference between being forgotten, turned down for a more recognizable competitor or ultimately ... ht.ly/db0c50gWrkH

Google Web Designer Reaches 3.0 Beta - Google Web Designer just released its 3.0 beta version for public consumption and testing. Despite the product’s name, you still can’t design websites with it. For those of you who figured that out when it first ... ow.ly/xf1T50gVTX3

5 Good Habits Every Design Agency Should Develop To Boost Productivity in 2018 - These days, everything is about speed and productivity. You need to be able to deliver fast results but at the same time, you need to deliver quality services and product... owl.li/xGlb50gUNSL

What’s New for Designers, March 2018 - Spring is in the air with plenty of new tools, particular color and CSS options. We hope that the change of season has you inspired to create and that these new design tools can make your work life just a little ... ow.ly/5Tyz50gUATx

Top 10 UX Blogs That All Web Designers Should Read - There’s a lot to learn in the world of UX design. There’s so much terminology along with varying workflows that it can take years to master the craft. It helps if you have some good reading material... ht.ly/A0cM50gUzBT

Popular Design News of the Week: March 12, 2018 – March 18, 2018 - Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers.  The be... ow.ly/FN6j50gTTob

Comics of the Week #430 - Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great cartoons are created by J... ow.ly/WwFD50gTdjO

This is What Little Puppies Look Like When They’re Shaking Off Water - There’s a rule of thumb when it comes to viral dog photography: what’s cute with dogs is going to be twice as cute when you shrink your subjects down to puppies. Photographer Seth ... owl.li/w1qu50gT88a

11 Free Laravel Video Tutorials For Absolute Beginners - If you can get through the basics of PHP then you’ll have a solid foundation on backend development. It’s knowledge you can use for WordPress coding or even to build your own webapps. But develo... ow.ly/4bKB50gSuAF

Writing Perfect Web Design Proposals, Every Time - If you’re a freelancer, then you’ve probably experienced the anxiety of staring at the blank white space where your cover letter or proposal needs to go. Not only do you have to sell yourself, but you... ht.ly/gMSX50gROVk

How Incapsula Designed its UX - When you build a site, you need to start with the user experience (UX) and work backwards. Even before you write a single line of code, you’ll need to know who the users you’re writing that code for are, as well as what... ow.ly/zSYD50gRAvb

How to Build a Website the Easy Way – Simbla Review - As a small business owner, at one point you have choose if you want an agency to create your online representation of your business or if you want to do it yourself using a website builder like Sim... owl.li/cI8950gQShW

Bringing Accessibility to Web Design - The internet, by its nature, is a place people of all walks of life can visit. The physical barriers that people with disabilities face are lessened online. Sadly, many people encounter a new barrier on the web: ... ht.ly/BCRm50gQrVD

How (and Why) to Get Everyone Sketching - If experience has taught me anything it’s that pictures are better than words, nothing aligns everyone’s understanding of a web design problem like a quick scribble with a sharpie (other writing instruments ar... ow.ly/asNQ50gPJic

20 Best New Portfolios, March 2018 - Hello readers! It’s March. As is tradition, I’ve gone and collected a bunch of interesting portfolio designs for your perusal. It’s an eclectic mix this month. You’ll see some plain and basic good design together w... ow.ly/owo650gOP5Q

Does Gutenberg Address the Needs of the Average WordPress User? - With WordPress in the process of preparing the new Gutenberg editor for full release in version 5.0, there are a ton of opinions on the change. I recently witnessed a demonstration of w... ht.ly/SLHd50gOu7V

Popular Design News of the Week: March 5, 2018 – March 11, 2018 - Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers.  The bes... ow.ly/dyHw50gO9pi

10 Ways to Recover From a Design Disaster - It’s going to happen — a design project or website launch will go poorly. What you do in the first hours, days, and weeks after that mistake can shape your future career path. Every designer makes a mistake,... ow.ly/YhAh50gMMZA

Becoming a Confident and Respected Freelance Designer - Recently, I attended a local WordCamp and heard a fascinating talk about the difference between being nice and too nice. Essentially, it was an honest discussion of valuing yourself and your time... ht.ly/u9os50gLRxU