Kate Kaplan hits on something over at Nielsen Norman Group’s blog that’s been bugging me:
…The challenge with this icon is sparkle ambiguity: Participants in our recent research study generally agreed that it represented something a little special
Utilizing icons in user interface elements is helpful. In addition to element labeling, icons can help reinforce a user element’s intention to users. But I have to say, I notice a bit of icon misalignment while browsing the web. Even …
Another year has passed and once again I’ve had the privilege of going through the Web Tools Weekly newsletter archives from the past 12 months to hunt down the front-end tools that readers found to be the most interesting during …
I recently came across a cool effect known as glassmorphism in a Dribble shot. My first thought was I could quickly recreate it in a few minutes if I just use some emojis for the icons without wasting time …
I’ve bookmarked some icon sets lately, partly because I can never find a nice set when I need to. I figured I’d even go the extra mile here and blog them so I can definitely find them later. Aside from …
This is a great collection of icons by Corey Ginnivan that’s both free and with no attribution required when you use them. The style is super simple. Each icon looks like older versions of the icons from macOS to me …
You know the title attribute? I can do this:
<div title="The Title"I'm a div with a `title`
</divAnd now if I’m on a device with a mouse pointer and hover the cursor over that element, I get……
A pleasant little romp through iconography and culture from Sophia Lucero. The “hamburger” menu icon we’re familiar with now is really a sign from Taoist cosmology.
…Besides ☰, which represents heaven 天, we have ☱ for lake/marsh 澤, ☲ for fire
I’m not sure what to call these icons from Astrit Malsija. The title is “500+ CSS Icons, Customizable, Retina Ready & API” and the URL is “css.gg” but they aren’t really named anything.
Anyway, their shtick is:
…The 🌎’s first
