Popular design news of the week: May 16, 2016 — May 222016

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May 22, 2016
Popular design news of the week: May 16, 2016 - May 22, 2016.

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the most popular designer news that we curated from the past week. Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that were posted, so don’t miss out and subscribe to our newsletter and follow the site daily for all the news.

Concept: Redesigning Facebook’s UX

Google Releases Tool to Tell You if a Site is Mobile-Friendly

Great Typography on the Web — 17 Examples

A CSS Generator for Centering Elements

10 Great New Google Font Pairs

Design that Scares Users Away

The Best Fonts for Coding: A Collection

A Tool for Creating Free, Shareable Design Briefs

Should You Be Using Squarespace or WordPress?

Apple Changes iTunes UI, it Doesn’t Help

Site Design: Frontage

Google’s New Spaces App Combines Chrome, Youtube, Search

The 10 Biggest UX Advances in the Last Century so Far

A Daily Showcase of UI Interactions

How to Build Prototypes with Sketch and Keynote

Vital: A Minimal CSS Framework that Works with You

Netflix Made their own Internet Speed Testing Tool

Google Takes on WhatsApp and Skype with Allo and Duo

Web 0.0: Social Media Before the Internet, in Pictures

Unshackle your Creative Side with these 10 New Tools

Forget the Visuals, Design is About Solutions

Chrome will Soon Favor HTML5, Make Flash Click-to-Run

Why Ecommerce Sites Shouldn’t Put Products on the Home Page

How to Improve your Eye for Design

Creating a Living Style Guide: A Case Study

Want more? No problem! Keep track of top design news from around the web with Webdesigner News.

Cameron Chapman

Cameron Chapman is a freelance writer and designer from New England. You can visit her site or follow her on Twitter.

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