Monday Medley | Success as a Creative in 2021, Chrome 88, and Performant Animations and Micro-Interactions

Today is January 25, 2021, and for this Monday Medley episode
we're covering:


Success as a Creative in 2021

Chrome 88

Performant Animations and Micro-Interactions



Let's dive in!


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Last year changed the game for most designers as we had to find
new ways to be collaborative, adaptive, and productive in a
different environment. Hopefully, 2021 brings better
predictability, but regardless it is important to stay up to date
with trends and learn new skills. The latest post on Dribbble's
blog outlines how to get ahead as a digital creative in 2021.
With tips like learn to work with new tools and work on your
management skills, it is a great overall guide to get your
professional career started off right this year.


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As of last Tuesday, version 88 of the Chrome browser has begun to
roll out to the stable release. This version brings some great
new features for developers such as manifest v3 for Chrome
extensions and the aspect-ratio CSS property for any element.
There are tons of new features, bug fixes, deprecations, and more
to read about, so check out the release post on the Chrome
Developer blog.


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There's no doubt about it, animations give your website that
next-level, polished look. But there is a fine line between
tasteful animations that enhance the experience and animation for
animation's sake. Luckily, Logrocket is here to help with a
recent post from their blog that explains how to design highly
performant animations and micro-interactions. This highly
detailed guide breaks down the importance of performance on
website speed and accessibility through actionable examples, like
trying to stick to the composition
properties transform and opacity.


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