Proving User Experience ROI as a WordPress developer
Ten data points on the business value of user experience, from the 1:100 rule and page speed to Hick’s law and design maturity, written from a developer’s point of view.
Category: Design
rotateY() and 3D CSS transforms, done right
Most rotateY() flip cards don’t actually flip, they just shrink and grow. Here’s how perspective, transform-style, and a proper 3D stage give you flip cards and carousels with real depth instead of a squashed 2D look.
How to give WooCommerce design feedback on X
The WooCommerce design team joined X to gather feedback on product variations and order pages. Here is why technical input from developers and agencies matters before these core UI changes ship.
System tool UX: making maintenance software worth using
Utility software gets designed to be invisible, which is why people resent it. Linear, Vercel and MacPaw treat the maintenance layer as something a person actually sits through, and it shows.
Why your CSS saturate() filters look bad
Saturation is a correction tool, not a volume knob. How CSS saturate() actually paints, why the order you chain filters in changes the result, and the stacking context backdrop-filter quietly creates.
Using the CSS contrast() filter in WordPress themes
Notes on using the CSS contrast() filter in WordPress themes: how the RGB math works, why it beats a black overlay on hero images, a 125% hover fix for washed out product cards, and where filters get expensive.
CSS contrast-color(): let the browser pick readable text
The CSS contrast-color() function returns black or white text for whatever background color a user picks. How the syntax works, why the @supports fallback still matters, and the cases it does not cover.
Streaming UI stability: fixing scroll jumps and layout shifts
Streaming interfaces jump around and drag the scrollbar back to the bottom. What fixes it: tracking whether the user scrolled away, batching renders into the animation frame, and marking the container up as an ARIA log region.
Short-form blogging gets a native WordPress.com theme
WordPress.com’s new short-form blogging theme stores micro-posts as ordinary WordPress posts, so replies stay comments and reblogs keep their attribution. Here is what that buys you over renting space on a social platform.
Serving high-resolution desktop wallpapers without tanking LCP
Notes on serving high-resolution desktop wallpapers from WordPress without wrecking load times: what sub-size generation costs you, why lazy loading hurts a hero image, and where a CDN belongs.