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An Introduction to Behavior Design

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Download. Click. Share. Purchase. These common actions are ones that brands are wishin’ and hopin’ and dreamin’ we’ll take while visiting their sites. But how do they get us to act? It all comes down to design. Behavior design. Being the curious monkeys that we are, we wanted to learn more about behavior design, so... Read more about behavior design »
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Web Standards, Blue Beanies, and You

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November 30 is Web Standards Day. For many, this observance doesn’t rank up there with New Year’s or even Flag Day, but its existence has impacted your life more than you probably realize. Have you ever: given your phone frustrated squinty eyes because a site you were visiting wasn’t mobile-friendly? found a website hard to... Read more about web standards »
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Mobile-Friendly Sites Boosted in Search Rankings

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In May 2016, Google rolled out an algorithm change that boosted mobile-friendly sites in mobile searches (it did not affect desktop searches). Keep in mind that people use their smartphones on the go, but they often use them from their homes, too. Research also has found that 42% of people use mobile devices while researching... Read more »
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Parallax Column in Pure CSS

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Earlier this year I came across this incredible technique for creating the parallax effect (where objects closer to the viewer appear to move faster than objects in the distance) using only CSS. I’m sure you’ve seen parallax on the Internets before, you know, that site where an image moves off screen more slowly than the... Read more »