CSS Navigation Matching, Early Days

A new CSS proposal introduces declarative navigation matching, allowing developers to apply styles and manage cross-document view transitions directly in CSS, rather than with JavaScript.

CSS-Tricks

5 min read

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Stories from Thursday, 20 August 2026

NNGroup (YT)

Video

Design Risk Assessment and Management | Course Preview

Design risk assessment and management involves identifying, analyzing, and mitigating potential issues in the design process to ensure project success and user satisfaction.

Website Inspiration: Specia1ne

Specia1ne's one page digital design portfolio showcases product interfaces and web systems, utilizing a continuous structural axis to connect sections and interactions with strong typography and motion.

18 Aug

Codrops

Inspo

Building an Animated Testimonial Hero Using the GSAP Timeline and Dynamic CMS Data

This tutorial details building an animated testimonial hero in Webflow, using CMS data, a custom JavaScript counter, and GSAP's visual timeline for a dynamic, hand-crafted feel.

18 Aug12 min read

CSS-Tricks

Tools

Dark mode toggles: two states are enough

Designers should implement dark mode toggles with only two states, light and dark, because a third "system" option is often unnecessary and can distract users.

Website Inspiration: Softle

Softle uses physics to manipulate organic shapes, eliminating the need for manual drawing.

You already know how to make it accessible

Basic accessibility principles are likely already familiar to designers and developers.

16 Aug

Relighting Images with Depth Maps and Three.js

Depth maps, TSL, and WebGPU can be combined to transform flat 2D images into dynamic surfaces with realistic lighting, surface detail, and self-shadowing.

Codrops

3 min read