Here are a few of the things our team found useful or interesting this past week.
Design
Toggle Switch: 5 Simple Design Tips For Better Design
uxplanet.org
Like any great UI control, it’s possible to misuse toggles and ultimately confuse users. Here are some helpful guidelines for using toggles in your designs.
— Anne
Tech
The basics: width and height
wattenberger.com
A nice, little guide on what exactly 100% really means in CSS.
— Ian
Notifications for Rails apps
github.com
I’ve built a lot of apps which require notifying users of events through various channels. Sometimes emails suffice but other times I’ve also needed to incorporate other channels such as Slack or Twilio. Writing this out from scratch can take quite some time but fortunately there is now a great looking gem called Noticed to do just this and it is created by Chris Oliver who runs GoRails.
— Adam A