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Kap Screen Capture App
Kap is a free, and radically simple screen capture app for MacOS. Once installed it sits on your menu bar for easy access. You can choose to record an area of the screen, or an application window. Sound recording can be toggled on and off. The resulting video can be exported as GIF, MP4, WebM or APNG.
Google Tries to Fix WordPress
WordPress is a lumbering behemoth of a content management system. It is slow, and resource hungry. However, it still powers almost a third of all web content. For that reason, Google has dispatched a crack elite squad to WordPress HQ to whip the CMS into shape. The partnership could be one of the most consequential for years.
Modern CSS Explained for Dinosaurs
CSS is both a simple, and a frustratingly complex language. It began as a way to style markup, and has evolved into a whole workflow. Thanks to a lack of features pre-processors have been introduced, and a lack of support from browsers has resulted in post-processors. Peter Jang explains it all in typically succinct fashion.
Mixing RGB More Effectively
Mixing color is a challenging, but essential skill for any designer; it only becomes more complex when performed digitally. In this in-depth examination of color mixing, Stedman Halliday explains the fundamentals of digital color, and talks us through the process of selecting, and mixing colors with a digital palette.
Why the Hamburger Menu Should Disappear for Good
Over the last few years the hamburger menu has established itself as the go-to solution for UI designers planning sites for mobile. But ever since it first emerged it has had its critics. We look at the case against the hamburger menu, ask why it's still so popular, and look at the alternatives for navigation on the modern web.
Send Forms with Basin
Basin is a feature-packed form processor that replaces the need to code backends for your forms. Create your form, apply the unique action to your form tag, and that's it! Forms are trackable, with automated "thank you" messages, CSV export, AJAX, and multi-page support. Best of all it's free.
We Care About Logos Too Much
We've all waxed lyrical on the merits of Mozilla's rebrand, and the horrors of Yahoo's, and the Gap debacle draws sniggers from designers who weren't born at the time. But are we right to get so passionate about something corporate? And could Nike replace their swoosh with a Sloth napping in a cloud of farts?
eBay Drops PayPal
One of the most dominant names in tech during the early years of the web, PayPal is almost as ubiquitous as Facebook. But now it seems the once mighty payment processor is on the slide. From 2021, the majority of eBay payments will be made via Dutch processor Adyen, by 2023 PayPal will be dropped altogether.
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