Best of Accessibility — June 2025

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Medium·42w
14 logic-driven UI design tips to improve any interface
A comprehensive guide presenting 14 practical UI design principles based on logic rather than intuition. Covers essential topics including proper spacing using 8-point grids, WCAG accessibility contrast ratios (3:1 for UI elements, 4.5:1 for text), button hierarchy and target sizes, typography best practices, and visual consistency. Demonstrates these principles by transforming a poorly designed profile page interface, addressing issues like inadequate contrast, confusing navigation, poor spacing, and accessibility problems. Emphasizes that good UI design follows structured guidelines rather than artistic instinct.
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Storybook·45w
Storybook 9
Storybook 9 introduces comprehensive component testing capabilities powered by Vitest and Playwright. The release features interaction tests, accessibility testing, visual regression testing, and coverage reports all integrated into a unified testing experience. Key improvements include a 48% smaller bundle size, story generation tools, tag-based organization, and story-level globals. Framework updates include Vite-powered Next.js support, Svelte 5 compatibility, and enhanced React Native integration.
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LogRocket·45w
Modern CSS carousels: No JavaScript required
Chrome 135 introduces new CSS pseudo-elements ::scroll-button() and ::scroll-marker() that enable building fully functional carousels without JavaScript. These features create interactive scroll buttons and visual markers with built-in accessibility support, including automatic screen reader announcements and keyboard navigation. The pseudo-elements work with existing CSS features like scroll-snap-type for smooth navigation and can be styled like regular HTML elements.
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Medium·42w
Top UI/UX design trends to watch in 2025
UI/UX design in 2025 focuses on intelligent design systems with AI-assisted components, meaningful microinteractions, and subtle personalization. Key trends include voice UI integration, accessibility as a foundation rather than afterthought, smarter Figma workflows, motion design integration, trust-building interfaces, and adaptive UI that responds to user environment. The emphasis shifts from following trends blindly to understanding user needs and creating purposeful, accessible experiences.
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CodePen·43w
Chris’ Corner: Liquid Ass – CodePen
The liquid glass design trend is gaining popularity among developers, with CSS implementations using backdrop-filter blur effects to create frosted glass appearances. While visually appealing and demonstrated by Apple in their recent designs, this trend raises accessibility concerns due to poor text contrast ratios. The effect has been around for years but is experiencing renewed interest, with developers creating various implementations and tutorials.
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WebKit·43w
A guide to Scroll-driven Animations with just CSS
CSS scroll-driven animations allow developers to create animations that respond to user scrolling without JavaScript. The feature uses animation-timeline property with scroll() and view() functions to control when animations trigger. Scroll() timelines activate during any scrolling, while view() timelines activate when elements enter the viewport. The guide covers creating progress bars and sliding image effects, emphasizing accessibility considerations with prefers-reduced-motion media queries. Animation-range property controls when animations start and stop within the timeline. The feature is available in Safari 26 beta and represents a significant advancement in CSS animation capabilities.
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LogRocket·44w
7 common CSS navigation menu mistakes and how to fix them
Navigation menus commonly suffer from seven key issues: dropdowns that disappear too quickly when users move their cursor, over-reliance on absolute positioning without proper constraints, using only hover states which breaks mobile functionality, inadequate touch target sizes below WCAG guidelines, hiding elements with display:none which breaks screen reader access, poor stacking context management causing z-index conflicts, and non-responsive layouts that break on smaller screens. Each problem can be solved with specific CSS techniques like transition delays, proper positioning contexts, focus-within selectors, minimum 44px touch targets, opacity/visibility combinations, intentional z-index usage, and flexible layouts.
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CSS-Tricks·45w
Getting Creative With HTML Dialog
The HTML dialog element provides built-in accessibility and styling capabilities for creating modal and non-modal dialogue boxes. Beyond basic styling with border radius and box shadows, developers can create branded, story-driven designs using CSS pseudo-elements like ::backdrop, backdrop-filter, and animations. The element includes native features like focus trapping, ESC key support, and show/hide methods. Creative styling opportunities include using :has and :valid selectors for interactive form validation feedback, applying custom background images to both the dialog and its backdrop, and adding animations that reflect brand personality while maintaining accessibility standards.
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LogRocket·43w
Liquid Glass is here — how should designers respond?
Apple introduced Liquid Glass, a new transparent UI design language for iOS 26 and other platforms, marking their first major mobile interface redesign since iOS 7. While visually impressive with realistic glass effects and fluid animations, the design faces significant criticism for readability issues and accessibility concerns. The approach resembles glassmorphism trends and Windows Aero from 2006, raising questions about innovation claims. Despite beautiful animations and cross-platform unification goals, users report cognitive load increases, contrast problems, and performance issues in the developer beta.
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