UX Developer Blog - Blog EN - Damian Wajer Web development & UX Thu, 14 Nov 2024 09:44:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.damianwajer.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/01/cropped-damian-wajer-32x32.jpg UX Developer Blog - Blog EN - Damian Wajer 32 32 Responsive margin and padding spacing system with SCSS https://www.damianwajer.com/blog/spacing-system/ https://www.damianwajer.com/blog/spacing-system/#respond Sat, 12 Aug 2023 20:19:00 +0000 https://www.damianwajer.com/?p=3419 When working on frontend projects, sooner or later, we need to create a spacing system. The system should be universal and flexible while ensuring consistency, allowing us to…

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]]> 0 What if the site is not indexed by Bing, DuckDuckGo, or Google? https://www.damianwajer.com/blog/search-index/ https://www.damianwajer.com/blog/search-index/#respond Sat, 28 Jan 2023 18:44:31 +0000 https://www.damianwajer.com/?p=2676 If your website doesn’t appear in the Google or Bing search engines (or DuckDuckGo, or any other search engine that uses Bing), there are a few things you…

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]]> 0 DuckDuckGo Email – free email forwarding service https://www.damianwajer.com/blog/email-forwarding-service/ https://www.damianwajer.com/blog/email-forwarding-service/#respond Sat, 28 Jan 2023 12:10:05 +0000 https://www.damianwajer.com/?p=2600 DuckDuckGo Email Protection is a free email forwarding service that removes hidden trackers from emails and lets you to create public and private DuckDuckGo email addresses. If you’re…

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]]> 0 Bootstrap modal with sticky header, footer, or both, and scrollable content (modern CSS solution) https://www.damianwajer.com/blog/modal-sticky-header-footer/ https://www.damianwajer.com/blog/modal-sticky-header-footer/#respond Wed, 26 May 2021 19:58:00 +0000 https://www.damianwajer.com/?p=1297 There are many ways to achieve the sticky/fixed header and footer in the modal/dialog component. Let’s look into a pure CSS solution (without JavaScript). With the modern CSS,…

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]]> 0 Don’t blindly apply usability heuristics – critical thinking in UX https://www.damianwajer.com/blog/critical-thinking/ https://www.damianwajer.com/blog/critical-thinking/#respond Sat, 15 May 2021 06:44:00 +0000 https://www.damianwajer.com/?p=1318 We tend to follow best practices and established patterns. It feels safe, as we base our decisions on something better than just our intuition. But intuition can be…

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]]> 0 UX: Autosave or explicit save action – which is better? https://www.damianwajer.com/blog/autosave/ https://www.damianwajer.com/blog/autosave/#respond Mon, 03 May 2021 08:49:00 +0000 https://www.damianwajer.com/?p=1165 In most cases, the best practice is to use an explicit save action. Autosave can lead to errors, even with low-risk operations. A good idea is to use…

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]]> 0 UX: Back button expectations https://www.damianwajer.com/blog/back-button/ https://www.damianwajer.com/blog/back-button/#respond Sun, 02 May 2021 14:16:00 +0000 https://www.damianwajer.com/?p=1155 Native back button – at first glance it may seem like a straightforward feature, but many modern websites or apps do it wrong. Let’s take a look what…

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]]> 0 Better form controls (autofill, autocomplete, type, input mode) https://www.damianwajer.com/blog/better-form-controls/ https://www.damianwajer.com/blog/better-form-controls/#respond Wed, 23 Dec 2020 14:17:58 +0000 https://www.damianwajer.com/?p=1012 There are many ways to improve the UX of the form inputs. From custom styling and form labeling to using correct type, inputmode, and autocomplete attributes. Today, let’s…

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]]> 0 Random array using the modern Fisher–Yates shuffle algorithm in JavaScript https://www.damianwajer.com/blog/random-array-the-modern-fisher-yates-shuffle-algorithm/ https://www.damianwajer.com/blog/random-array-the-modern-fisher-yates-shuffle-algorithm/#respond Sat, 08 Aug 2020 12:52:00 +0000 https://www.damianwajer.com/?p=891 How to make sure the randomness is really random. It might be tempting to use just Math.random() but it will not produce fair results. The Fisher–Yates shuffle algorithm…

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]]> 0 100% in CSS can mean different things https://www.damianwajer.com/blog/100-percent-in-css/ https://www.damianwajer.com/blog/100-percent-in-css/#respond Sat, 25 Jul 2020 11:34:00 +0000 https://www.damianwajer.com/?p=856 How many times have you wondered what 100% means in this context? Maybe not as many as this in JavaScript ;), but it’s worth getting to know it…

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