Collective #396

Inspirational Website of the Week: Mutt Agency

A playful design with lots of creative elements. Our pick this week.

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Loading Third-Party JavaScript

Learn how to optimize the loading of third-party scripts to reduce their impact on performance. By Addy Osmani and Athur Evans.

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Bringing Back Skeuomorphic Design

Read about Michael Flarup's skeuomorphic calendar design and how this could be the starting point of a revival movement.

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The Chameleon from Null Island

An awesome demo with a very reactive chameleon.

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Good to great UI animation tips

Pablo Stanley gives some practical suggestions to improve your UI micro-interactions.

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Git-sizer

With git-sizer you can compute various size metrics for a Git repository and flag those that might cause problems.

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Coördinator

Aliza Aufrichtig made this project for turning an SVG into coordinates that can then be used for animations.

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CSS Techniques and Effects for Knockout Text

Learn how to accomplish knockout text with modern CSS properties.

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Loader Concept

A fantastic loader concept by Robin Delaporte.

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Increase Font Size with CSS Variables

Dronca Raul shows how to use CSS variables and a range input slider for adjusting the font size of a text.

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Say Hello to Houdini and the CSS Paint API

Read all about the exciting Houdini project and how it gives devs more power over CSS. By Will Boyd.

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Instagram.exe

Gabrielle Wee created this awesome Windows 95 version of Instagram.

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Meet Overflow

Learn about the new cross-platform tool that aims to integrate seamlessly with the most popular design tools to allow designers to create beautiful user flows.

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Midi Controller CSS

If you're tired of using a keyboard maybe it's time to switch to a midi controller to physically edit your CSS ;) By Dimitri Nicolas.

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Animated Status Indicator

A great status indicator with an animated worm.

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We Write CSS Like We Did in the 90s, and Yes, It's Silly

Jens Oliver Meiert believes that we still write CSS the natural way, with no advances in sorting declarations or selectors and no improvements in writing DRY CSS.

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