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• Google Search kills infinite scroll. Here's what it means for you - and websites

  26-06-2024 17:25 via zdnet.com
  
  The change won't just impact how you view deeper results. It may also mean less engagement for those pages.
  
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• She Taught the Macintosh to Smile

  15-10-2026 17:52 via webdesignerdepot.com
  The Macintosh didn’t always smile. Susan Kare gave it one — and with a handful of black pixels, helped transform the computer from an intimidating machine into something that felt human. More than 40 years later, we’re still speaking the visual language she helped create.
  
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• The Death of the Portfolio (And What to Do Before You’re Left Behind)

  13-10-2026 17:59 via webdesignerdepot.com
  A polished portfolio used to get you hired. Now AI makes polished work cheap, and clients want proof you can solve problems, communicate clearly, and deliver today.
  
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• Web Design Schools Have a Giant YouTube University Problem — And AI Just Made It Worse

  08-10-2026 17:45 via webdesignerdepot.com
  A web design degree used to be the obvious way to learn the craft. Now it’s competing with YouTube, AI, and people who spend those same years actually building things — so if universities can’t offer something better, students have every right to ask what they’re paying for.
  
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• Web Designers Love Dark Mode Toggles. Users Might Not Care.

  06-10-2026 20:45 via webdesignerdepot.com
  Dark mode toggles are everywhere, but do users actually need them, or are designers designing for other designers? A growing UX debate is questioning whether that little sun-and-moon button deserves permanent space in your website’s header.
  
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• Should Your Agency Charge Less for AI-Assisted Solutions?

  04-10-2026 21:39 via speckyboy.com
  
  Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a staple for modern agency workflows. We use it to write code, troubleshoot issues, and research solutions. But it goes beyond building and maintaining websites. The technology is impacting every aspect of running a business, from customer service to strategic planning.
  This brings up an important question for WordPress agencies: How does using AI on client projects affect pricing?
  On the surface, it feels like a tricky question. AI is supposed to improve
  
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• 40+ Best Logo Fonts for Designers in 2026

  01-10-2026 17:29 via speckyboy.com
  
  Every font has its own story. Serifs add elegance, sans serifs help our words stand out, and script fonts bring a unique style. Choosing the right font is always important, but it matters most when designing a logo.
  If you want to create a stunning logo, you need a font that’s equally stunning. That’s why we have created this collection of more than forty of the best logo fonts that will show your clients how well you understand their brands.
  Use this collection to pick the right fon
  
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• Turn Any Photo Into Retro ASCII Art in Seconds

  01-10-2026 16:19 via webdesignerdepot.com
  Turn any photo into gloriously retro ASCII art — made entirely from letters, symbols, and tiny bits of chaos. This free tool turns your dog, face, logo, or worst holiday photo into something that belongs on a 1980s terminal. You will absolutely waste 10 minutes on it.
  
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• How the Prompt Box is Swallowing Website Interfaces Whole

  29-09-2026 14:18 via webdesignerdepot.com
  For decades, web designers obsessed over perfecting menus, tabs, and dropdowns. Now a single empty prompt box is quietly replacing them all. As AI turns websites into conversations, we're gaining incredible speed—but we may be losing something unexpected: the joy of discovery.
  
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• Traditional Web Development is Dead…(and Honestly? Good Riddance.)

  28-09-2026 16:49 via webdesignerdepot.com
  AI isn't killing web development—it’s killing the boring parts. The real winners won't be the people who can memorize another framework. They'll be the builders who can spot opportunities, solve business problems, and launch products that once required entire teams. The age of the one-person software company has arrived.
  
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• How AI Can Help You Document Your WordPress Projects

  27-09-2026 18:05 via speckyboy.com
  
  Building WordPress websites, plugins, and themes is complicated. Each requires some critical thinking and decision-making skills. There should be sound logic behind every feature.
  The problem is that we can’t always remember what we did or why we did it. This is why documentation is so important. It’s a resource we can reference when jumping back in to add or fix something. Not to mention that it’s handy for clients and colleagues as well.
  Documenting your projects has traditio
  
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• This Website Found More Than 5 Million Forgotten iPhone Videos… and It’s Weirdly Emotional

  25-09-2026 19:56 via webdesignerdepot.com
  Before TikTok turned every moment into content, people uploaded shaky, pointless little iPhone videos to YouTube and forgot about them. This strange website found five million of them—dogs, holidays, car rides, bad concerts—and lets you fall into a random stranger’s 2010 afternoon.
  
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• Canva Just Turned Affinity Into Adobe’s Biggest Free Problem

  25-09-2026 16:32 via webdesignerdepot.com
  Canva just made a much more serious play for professional designers: Affinity now brings design, photo editing, and layout into one free app, while Canva connects it to motion, AI, and team-friendly publishing tools.
  
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• Nobody Wants Your Damn App

  24-09-2026 17:57 via webdesignerdepot.com
  Nobody wants another app cluttering their phone—so why does every website keep begging us to install one? The web already perfected the experience: click, load, done.Maybe it’s time we stopped trying to ruin it.
  
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• This Weird 1973 Typeface Just Came Back From the Dead

  22-09-2026 17:01 via webdesignerdepot.com
  A wonderfully weird typeface from 1973 has come back to life — and somehow it looks more at home in 2026 than ever. Meet Clippy, the retro font that bends, rocks and wobbles its way into the digital age.
  
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• The Death of Apps Has Already Begun

  21-09-2026 17:32 via webdesignerdepot.com
  We spent 15 years filling our phones with apps. AI could make almost all of them invisible... and the death of apps may already be closer than anyone realizes.
  
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• 80+ Best Free After Effects Templates in 2026

  18-09-2026 22:14 via speckyboy.com
  
  After Effects gives motion designers a huge amount of creative control, but building every animation from an empty composition is not always practical. A well-made template provides the structure, timing, and technical setup, leaving you to concentrate on the details that make the project your own.
  The templates in this collection cover many common production needs, including titles, logo reveals, slideshows, video openers, intros, lower thirds, animated typefaces, and icons. Some provide a comp
  
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• AI Can Build Your UI. Now Figma Can Tell It When It Screwed Up.

  18-09-2026 18:39 via webdesignerdepot.com
  AI can now build a UI in seconds, but that doesn't mean it built the UI you actually designed. A new Applitools integration turns Figma designs into visual baselines, automatically catching the subtle differences AI coding agents leave behind before they make it into production.
  
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• 25 Places Designers Can Still Find Free, Non-AI Images for Commercial Use

  17-09-2026 19:00 via webdesignerdepot.com
  AI images are taking over stock libraries, but the human-made web isn't dead yet. We found 25 places where designers can still find incredible free, real photography, art, and imagery for commercial use.
  
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• Chrome Can Now Measure Exactly How Obnoxious Your Website’s Ads Are

  17-09-2026 17:00 via webdesignerdepot.com
  Chrome can now measure exactly how obnoxious a website’s ads are, from how much of your screen they swallow to how much data and CPU time they burn. Those ad-stuffed websites can finally be measured, and the results are public.
  
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• Cloudflare Just Gave AI Training Bots the Middle Finger

  16-09-2026 19:18 via webdesignerdepot.com
  Cloudflare just gave website owners a new weapon against AI crawlers: keep the search traffic, block the AI training. After years of watching bots consume the web’s content, publishers finally have an easier way to tell AI companies where to go.
  
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• Today, WordPress Ended a 16-Year Tradition… Meet Ipsum!

  16-09-2026 18:51 via webdesignerdepot.com
  After 16 years, WordPress just killed one of its most recognizable traditions. The predictable “Twenty Something” default themes are history, and their replacement, Ipsum, signals a surprisingly different vision for what WordPress thinks a modern website should start with.
  
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• Photoshop Elements 2027 Adds AI Assistant, Generative Expand, and Upscale

  16-09-2026 16:26 via webdesignerdepot.com
  Photoshop Elements is getting a serious AI upgrade, with Generative Expand, AI upscaling and a new assistant that helps you edit simply by describing what you want.
  
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• Adobe Is Turning Photoshop Elements Into a Much Smarter Photoshop Lite

  16-09-2026 16:26 via webdesignerdepot.com
  Photoshop Elements is getting a serious AI upgrade, with Generative Expand, AI upscaling and a new assistant that helps you edit simply by describing what you want.
  
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• Apple’s Foldable iPhone Has a Left-Handed Problem

  15-09-2026 16:30 via webdesignerdepot.com
  Apple moved key controls to the side of its new foldable iPhone to make them easier to reach — but easier for whom? The decision raises a surprisingly big UX question that every web and interface designer should be thinking about.
  
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• Figma Is Turning Designers Into Plugin Makers

  14-09-2026 17:30 via webdesignerdepot.com
  Figma is turning a wild idea into reality: instead of searching for the perfect plugin, you can just ask AI to build it. If this catches on, designers may stop choosing the tools in their software—and start inventing them on demand.
  
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• Are Browser-Based Apps Enough for Web Designers?

  13-09-2026 21:09 via speckyboy.com
  
  Setting up a new computer is something I look forward to (make fun of me if you want). There’s something about reading the specs and knowing you have a more capable tool at your disposal. It feels like I’m improving myself as much as my business.
  Historically, part of this ritual includes installing a ton of apps. I add the requisite Adobe design tools, the Microsoft Office suite for productivity, and a host of other software. Apps for email, FTP, media conversion, and a local web se
  
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• After 53 Years at Monotype, She Got the Ultimate Retirement Gift: Her Own Font

  11-09-2026 17:14 via webdesignerdepot.com
  After 53 years working with type, Pat Lightizer got the ultimate retirement gift: her own font.
  
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• 20+ Best Free Fonts Perfect for Art Deco-Inspired Designs

  11-09-2026 09:15 via speckyboy.com
  
  The Art Deco aesthetic has been part of the design world for over a century. It’s glamorous, decadent, and has incredible staying power. We still see it in use across a full spectrum of media.
  Implementing the style can be as simple as using an Art Deco font. Both serif and sans-serif variants offer a classic look. They’re a fit for any project that requires a touch of elegance.
  Are you looking for the perfect Art Deco font? You’ve come to the right place! We’ve searched
  
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• TikTok Is Quietly Putting Web Apps Inside Its App

  10-09-2026 19:33 via webdesignerdepot.com
  TikTok isn’t just hosting videos anymore—it’s quietly letting web-based experiences live inside the app. TikTok Minis could blur the line between social network, browser, and app platform, and web designers should be paying attention.
  
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