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    Creating Accessible UI Animations

    Creating Accessible UI Animations Creating Accessible UI Animations Oriana García 2023-11-10T10:00:00+00:00 2024-02-21T16:05:27+00:00 Ever since I started practicing user interface design, I’ve always believed that animations are an added bonus for enhancing user experiences. After all, who hasn’t been captivated by interfaces created for state-of-the-art devices with their impressive effects, flips, parallax, glitter, and the like? It truly creates an enjoyable and immersive experience, don’t you think? Mercado Libre is the leading e-commerce and fintech platform in Latin America, and we leverage animations to guide users through our products and provide real-time feedback. Plus, the animations add a touch of fun by creating an engaging interface that invites users to interact…

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    Addressing Accessibility Concerns With Using Fluid Type

    Addressing Accessibility Concerns With Using Fluid Type Addressing Accessibility Concerns With Using Fluid Type Maxwell Barvian 2023-11-07T18:00:00+00:00 2024-02-21T16:05:27+00:00 You may already be familiar with the CSS clamp() function. You may even be using it to fluidly scale a font size based on the browser viewport. Adrian Bece demonstrated the concept in another Smashing Magazine article just last year. It’s a clever CSS “trick” that has been floating around for a while. But if you’ve used the clamp()-based fluid type technique yourself, then you may have also run into articles that offer a warning about it. For example, Adrian mentions this in his article: “It’s important to reiterate that using rem…