Back to News Here are a few of the things our team found useful or interesting this past week.
Design
From Sketch to Webflow: how to turn mockups into live websites
webflow.com
This is an interesting process for turning your Sketch files into Webflow sites. I wonder though if it’s much quicker than doing it manually…
— Anne
Frustrating design patterns: mega-dropdown hover menus
Frustrating design patterns: Mega-dropdown hover menus
Mega-dropdown hover menus are indeed frustrating! Here is an in-depth look at why.
— Anne
The psychology of Clubhouse’s user retention (…and churn)
growth.design
A nicely informative case study on Clubhouse’s user retention. Clubhouse mentions have been ever-present in a number of the podcasts and other media I consume and while feedback was positive initially, what I hear mostly now is criticism. This case study may explain some of the reasons why.
— Ian
What is pass-through blending?
bjango.com
Good general knowledge for most (all?) graphic editing software that allow color blending and grouping.
— Ian
Tech
RailsConf 2021 videos are now available to watch on RubyCentral’s YouTube channel
rubyweekly.com
Whilst all the videos are available on the channel they have yet to organize them all into one playlist so a little digging is required.
— Adam A
Other
Welcome to the terrible world of prescription-only apps
astralcodexten.substack.com
This is an alarming direction for the industry! Hopefully this won’t start becoming the norm…
— Ian