Collective #153
Inspirational Website of the Week: Hello Monday
A fantastic redesign of the website of "Hello Monday", one of the best digital agencies out there. Our pick this week.
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Vivaldi
From the makers of Opera comes a whole new browser with the aim of being fast and functional.
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Compositing And Blending In CSS
A great article by Sara Soueidan that explains composition and blending in CSS with an interactive demo where you can play with effects.
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is.js
Is.js is a very useful micro check library that helps check types, regexps, presence, time and more.
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Word Map
A great project that uses the power of Google Translate and Wikipedia to put the relationship between language and geographical space into context.
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Number One UI Kit (PSD)
A fresh and carefully designed UI Kit with a sports theme by Pixel Buddha.
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SVGOMG!
Jake Archibald created this GUI for SVGO, the tool for optimizing SVGs. Also, check out this article by Sara Soueidan which introduces SVGOMG!: Useful SVGO[ptimization] Tools
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overscroll.js
Overscroll.js is a small JS library by Tim Holman that allows to show users who scroll beyond the page (iOS) a little surprise.
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Spring
A library to simplify iOS animations in Swift by MengTo.
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UX Recipe
Alecsandru Grigoriu created this tool that helps estimate the resources needed for the UX "baking process".
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WiFi Map
Tired of asking for the WiFi password when you are in a café somewhere? WiFi Map is an app that will save all the passwords collectively.
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Inside Microsoft's New Rendering Engine For The “Project Spartan”
A very interesting article by Jacob Rossi on the new browser by Microsoft.
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How To Create Ropes & Knots with Illustrator Brushes
Learn to use the power of the pattern brush in Illustrator. A great tutorial by Chris Spooner.
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Vans. Free Illustration Kit (EPS)
An awesome illustration kit of Vans apparel by Katia Tsikrikonaki and Sofia Drogoudi.
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Free Font: Oldways
This interesting and casual retro type was designed by Artimasa Studio and you can use it freely.
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Variable Fonts for Responsive Design
A very interesting article by Nick Sherman about the idea of a new variable font format for responsive designs.
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Shiny Text
That really is some shiny text! An cool demo by Cabbibo.
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CSS Units: Angles, Time and Frequency
Learn about some interesting and lesser known CSS units in this article by Dudley Storey.
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iOS 8 App Icon Template (PSD)
An updated version of Max Rudberg's iOS app icon template for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch app icons.
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Create a Custom Animated Loading Indicator with Swift
Learn how to use Swift and create a custom loading indicator for your app. A tutorial by UI8.
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