Top storyTools·12 Aug
Blocked aria-hidden: The Warning is Right, and Every Fix You’ve Found is Wrong
To properly close an accessible modal, focus must leave the region before that region becomes hidden or inert, ensuring screen reader users do not lose their place.
CSS-Tricks
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Stories from Wednesday, 12 August 2026
UX & Thinking
UX Collective
ThinkingDesign’s dreaded phrase is coming back. This time we’re in control.
The resurgence of "Everyone can Design" empowers designers to initiate projects without seeking permission, fostering a proactive approach to creative work.
12 Aug
UX & Thinking
UX Collective
ThinkingThe CSS hack that extends your website on iOS Safari
A CSS hack can extend a website's background color into the notch and bottom bar areas on iOS Safari, enhancing the immersive user experience.
12 Aug
Figma (YT)
VideoFigma Motion basics: Easing
Figma Motion basics explains easing, a fundamental concept in animation, demonstrating how to apply different easing curves to create smooth and natural motion in designs.
12 Aug
Inspiration
One Page Love
InspoWebsite Inspiration: luis kantor
Luis Kantor designs and builds digital sites for agencies and startups on his personal one page website.
12 Aug
Inspiration
One Page Love
InspoWebsite Inspiration: ScreenTune
ScreenTune is a one page Mac app for capturing, editing, and exporting screenshots and screen recordings.
12 Aug
Design Tools
Sidebar.io
ToolsState of AI in Design Systems
A study of 20 design systems reveals how they implement and distribute agentic tooling for design system contribution and consumption, detailing specific AI affordances.
12 Aug16 min read
Design Tools
Editor's pick
Let your designs fail for the right reasons
Designers often simplify prototypes, which can obscure the true reasons for design failures in usability testing.
Sidebar.io
Look & feel
Inspiration picks
Visual references from across the design web.
