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Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the most popular designer news that we curated from the past week.

Minimal CSS Frameworks

 

Responsive Grid Design: Ultimate Guide

 

The New Facebook Design Sucks

 

The No-Code Generation is Arriving

 

15+ Text Typing Effect CSS Animation Examples

 

AppSheet by Google Workspace – No-code App Building Platform

 

Ecommerce Development Trends: The 2021 Edition

 

How Videos Can Boost your Website Ranking Results

 

5 Small Business Website Essentials You Need for your Site

 

The Psychology of User Decisions

 

Overflow for Windows – User Flow Diagramming Tool for Designers

 

How to Create an AI that Chats like You on WhatsApp

 

‘50 Shades of Blue’

 

Here’s Why Developers are in Love with Functional Programming

 

Apple Building Search Engine to Take on Google, Report Claims

 

A Faster Way to View Search Results with Less Clicking

 

Dark Mode in UI Design for Mobile Apps: Beauty Born in the Darkness

 

EncryptLab – A Collection of Free and Comprehensive Encryption Tools

 

Part of your World: Why We’re Proud to Build a Truly Native Mac App

 

Why I will not Call Myself a Junior Designer - and Neither Should You

 

10 Usability Mistakes Most Designers Make on Checkboxes

 

People Problems

 

Practical Guide to Color Theory for UI Designers

 

Following the 2020 U.S. Election with Google

 

React Vs Svelte – A Comprehensive Comparison Between Javascript Libraries

 

Want more? No problem! Keep track of top design news from around the web with Webdesigner News.

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Some of the changes we are seeing with where we work are starting to pop up in the type of new tools made for designers and developers. More tools with remote collaboration as a key feature are increasing in popularity. (You’ll find a few of those here.)

Here’s what new for designers this month.

Webdesign Toolbox

Webdesign Toolbox is a collection of tools, apps, and resources all in one location for designers and developers. The best part of this resource is that it is human-curated, so every tool is quality checked and makes the list because it has been tested and researched. Search the collection by design, dev, stock, typography, UX, or workflow tools (and more) and use them to help create more efficiently. The collection is constantly growing, too.

CodeStream

CodeStream might be the new-world workflow tool for web designers and developers. It is made for remote teams to review code right inside your IDE without breaking from development flow. You can post and review changes and comments are all independent of the code itself, even though they link to it.

Litur

Litur is a color management app for iOS. Use it to find and collect color swatches, create custom palettes, and even check color combinations against accessibility standards. The app can even generate color codes for you from swatches you find from a photo or image upload or create. The app works on mobile and desktop Mac devices and is a paid app.

Editor X

Editor X, which is still in beta, is a website building tool that combines advanced design and prototyping capabilities with secure web hosting and integrated business solutions. Go from an idea straight to production in a highly intuitive design workspace. The best feature might be exact design precision tools.

Grid Cheatsheet

Grid Cheatsheet is a visual and code-based set of “cheats” based on the W3C CSS Grid Specifications. What’s nice is it makes these guidelines easier to understand and use if reading through them makes you a little uneasy.

Tutorialist

Tutorialist brings together some of the best development tutorials on the web. All of the tutorials are free videos available on YouTube, and this project collects them all in one place.

Pure CSS Halftone Portrait from JPG

Pure CSS Halftone Portrait from JPG is a beautiful pen from Ana Tudor that shows how to change the visual representation of an image. The examples are brilliant and in true halftone fashion. The code snippet works with color, or black and white images as well.

VoiceText for Slack

VoiceText for Slack is another work from home productivity tool. Integrate it with Slack and send messages with text that’s transcribed right in your channels. It’s a free integration and supports 18 languages.

Feature Peek

Feature Peek is a developer tool that helps you get frontend staging environments on demand and gather team feedback earlier in the development process. It’s made for use with GitHub and works with a variety of other tools as well.

Formbutton

Formbutton is a simple and customizable pop-up form. (And we all know websites have plenty of them right now.) It connects to other services you already use, such as Google Sheets and MailChimp, and is simple to set up.

Blocksy Theme

Blocksy is a WordPress theme that’s made for non-coders. It’s a zippy and highly visual theme made for Gutenberg. It works with other builders and allows the user to customize pretty much everything visually. (There’s even a dark mode.) The theme is packed with tools and options and is a free download.

Oh My Startup Illustrations

Oh My Startup Illustrations is a set of vector illustrations in several categories featuring a popular style on many projects. Use the characters and scenes to create a semi-custom story for your startup project.

1mb

1mb is a code editor and host where you can create a static website with a custom domain and SSL included. The editor works in-browser and everything is saved in the cloud.

Linear

Linear is an issue tracking Mac app for teams. It’s designed to help streamline software projects, sprints, and tasks, and can integrate with standard tools such as Github, Figma, and Slack.

Hosting Checker

Hosting Checker solves a common issue – a client wants you to work on their website, but has no idea who hosts it. Hosting Checker shows the user hosting provider and IP address the website uses, along with where its server computers are located and the host’s contact details. It also claims to be 82% faster than other similar tools.

Spike

Spike alerts you to website incidents before customers. Create alerts and get a phone call, text message, email, or Slack notification right away. The tool provides unlimited alerts and integrations to you can stay on top of issues before they become real problems.

Magnus UI

Magnus UI is a framework that helps you building consistent user interfaces in React. It comes with plenty of components ready to use and you can customize the theme.

SpreadSimple

SpreadSimple uses data in Google Sheets to create styled websites with features such as filtering, search, sorting, cart, order collection via forms, and much more. Update the sheet and instantly see changes on the website.

WebP vs. JPEG

Google is starting to suggest using it’s WebP image format to decrease load times, because of the lighter file size. But is WebP better than the traditional JPEG? Developer Johannes Siipola tested the file types at different sizes to answer the question. The answer is a bit complicated, but sometimes it might be better; read the full analysis for more.

Oh Dear

Oh Dear is a website monitoring tool that can help you keep a check on websites. Monitor uptime, SSL certificates, broken links, and more with notifications that come right to you if there’s an issue.

Airconnect

Airconnect is a Zoom video conferencing alternative that you can use for your brand with a custom header, colors, and portal for clients. The tool includes video calling as well as the ability for customers to access their data and automate your onboarding process.

Free Faces

Free Faces is a curated collection of free typefaces that you can browse and use in projects. Search by type style with visual results that include a download link.

All the Roll

All the Roll is a fun novelty font for just the right type of project. It includes 167 characters with swash characters that can be added before or after certain letters.

Backrush

Backrush is a handwriting-style typeface with easy strokes and a pen-like feel. It includes thicker letterforms with nice swashes and a full character set.

Thuner

Thuner is a slab display font with interesting quirks. It’s made for larger than life designs. It includes a full uppercase character set and numerals.

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Au cours des derniers mois, les entreprises et les employés ont été mis au défi de réaliser le plus grand test de télétravail au monde. Aujourd’hui, cependant, les entreprises – y compris SAP – cherchent des moyens de repeupler leur bureau pour aider les employés aux rôles critiques et ceux qui manquent d’infrastructures à domicile, ainsi que pour relever les défis potentiels de productivité.

Pour beaucoup, il n’y a pas de moyen de revenir dans un avenir proche au statu quo pré-pandémie avec des bureaux en open space, une utilisation élevée de l’espace et des coins café très fréquentés. Nous trouverons néanmoins des moyens de faire revivre les bureaux, car ce ne sont pas seulement des lieux de travail qui facilitent la productivité. Ils rassemblent les gens et les mettent en relation de manière unique, ce qui peut susciter l’innovation et de nouvelles idées.

La sécurité des employés au bureau est une priorité absolue

Avant de réintégrer progressivement les collaborateurs dans les bureaux, il est important de comprendre comment ils se sentent et s’ils sont à l’aise avec la possibilité de retourner dans leur espace de travail. Une étude récente de Qualtrics révèle que deux tiers de la main-d’œuvre américaine ne sont actuellement pas confiants quant à leur retour sur le lieu de travail. Ils sont fortement préoccupés par les réglementations en matière de santé et de sécurité et par les mesures d’éloignement physique. Ils veulent être le moins possible exposés aux autres personnes présentes dans le bureau.

Afin de répondre à ces réserves bien réelles, SAP s’efforce d’aider ses clients à traverser ces périodes d’incertitude. Jan Gilg, responsable de SAP S/4HANA, voit la mission de SAP dans le soutien dédié à ses clients. « Cette crise sans précédent appelle une réponse qui place les gens au premier plan », déclare M. Gilg. « Nous fournissons à nos clients notre technologie pour leur permettre de reprendre les opérations depuis le bureau de manière sûre et contrôlée. Mais l’objectif premier est de faire en sorte que les employés se sentent en sécurité grâce à des communications transparentes ».

Une réouverture sous contrôle du bureau

Pour aider les entreprises à gérer la réouverture de leurs espaces et à ramener progressivement les employés au bureau de manière sûre et contrôlée, SAP a introduit l’application Workspace Booking pour SAP Cloud for Real Estate. Elle permet aux professionnels de l’immobilier d’entreprise et aux gestionnaires d’installations de communiquer et d’appliquer des directives concernant l’éloignement physique pendant qu’ils sont en train de rouvrir des installations.

De cette façon, les entreprises ont plus de contrôle sur la gestion des capacités des bureaux. Par exemple, elles peuvent définir des seuils d’occupation des espaces au niveau mondial, par emplacement ou même par espace, et voir l’impact sur les indicateurs clés de performance (KPI) critiques. En fonction de l’utilisation, les entreprises peuvent alors prendre des décisions fondées sur des données pour les processus et les services connexes, comme le nettoyage ou le fonctionnement de la cantine.

De plus, l’application Workspace Booking aide les entreprises à communiquer de manière transparente les directives et les mesures qu’elles appliquent à leur personnel. En pratique, les employés peuvent réserver un espace de travail à l’avance dans leur lieu de travail préféré tout en respectant les restrictions de capacité fixées par les responsables de l’établissement. Ils peuvent indiquer quand ils veulent travailler au bureau dans la semaine qui suit. Cette solution étant conforme aux réglementations légales, elle contribue à la sécurité et à la productivité des employés.

Naviguer dans la nouvelle normalité

Aussi longtemps que la pandémie restera une menace pour l’homme et l’économie mondiale, l’action visant à ramener les employés dans les bureaux devra être fortement réglementée et contrôlée pour garantir un retour en toute sécurité. L’utilisation des données permet de faciliter cette réouverture contrôlée et profite tant aux employés qu’aux entreprises.

Cet exercice mondial de travail à distance a prouvé que l’avenir du travail évolue plus rapidement que jamais, en s’orientant vers une plus grande acceptation des modèles de travail flexibles. Les solutions SAP pour la gestion immobilière soutiennent une approche basée sur les données et aident à équiper les entreprises pour la gestion immobilière de l’avenir.

En savoir plus sur l’offre à prix réduit de l’application Workspace Booking pour SAP Cloud for Real Estate, valable six mois dans la boutique SAP Store.

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One of the main selling points of open plan offices is that they are good for collaboration. Their ability to support ease of communication among employees is supposed to encourage teams to work effectively together. This is then supposed to offset their damage to individual work that requires high levels of concentration.

Except the evidence is mounting that they aren’t even that good for supporting collaboration. Earlier this year a study from Karlstad University, Sweden found that open-plan office spaces not only harm collaboration, but also reduce employee happiness.

Source de l’article sur DZone (Agile)