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2019: A Smashing Year In Review 2019: A Smashing Year In Review Rachel Andrew 2019-12-31T13:30:00+00:00 2020-01-01T12:36:06+00:00 2019 has been quite a productive (sometimes challenging, but ultimately very successful) year for the Smashing team. In this annual round-up, I’d like to share some of my thoughts and those of some of the Smashing team, as we…
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Smashing Podcast Episode 6 With Luca Mezzalira: What Are Micro-Frontends? Smashing Podcast Episode 6 With Luca Mezzalira: What Are Micro-Frontends? Drew McLellan 2019-12-31T05:00:00+00:00 2019-12-31T12:36:27+00:00 In this episode of the Smashing Podcast, we’re talking about micro-frontends. What is a micro-frontend and how is that different from the sort of approach we might be taking at the…
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“I love pop-up ads,” said nobody…ever. Pop-up ads have to be one of the most universally hated parts of online marketing. They’re annoying, interruptive and distracting. In fact, they’re so generally loathed that their inventor, Ethan Zuckerman, has apologized publicly for creating them. So why do we as marketers keep using them? Although Zuckerman’s original…
5 Things To Stop Doing In Mobile App Design 5 Things To Stop Doing In Mobile App Design Suzanne Scacca 2019-12-30T11:00:00+00:00 2019-12-30T12:36:00+00:00 I move to a new state every two to three years, so it’s important for me to live “light”. Every time I prepare to move, I go through the “Do I really need…
Amazon began heavily promoting free one-day delivery for Prime members earlier this year. Amazon said it attracted a record number of new Prime customers and trials this holiday season. More than 5 million people signed up new Prime memberships or free trials in a single week this holiday season, the company announced in a holiday…
Helping Browsers Optimize With The CSS Contain Property Helping Browsers Optimize With The CSS Contain Property Rachel Andrew 2019-12-27T12:00:00+00:00 2019-12-28T12:35:42+00:00 In this article, I’m going to introduce a CSS Specification that has just become a W3C Recommendation. The CSS Containment Specification defines a single property, contain, and it can help you to explain to the…
Spotify is halting political ad sales in the U.S. early next year, Ad Age reported Friday. Political advertising will not run for the 130 million listeners of its ad-supported plan or its original and exclusive podcasts. Spotify told Ad Age in a statement that it does “not yet have the necessary level of robustness in…
Europe’s GDPR took effect in May 2018, but 2019 was the year privacy got real for marketers in the U.S. There was a convergence of legal, technological and cultural factors that forced brands, publishers and tech companies to confront privacy head-on in ways they’d been trying to avoid for years. CCPA comes into sharp focus…