Popular design news of the week: April 17, 2017 — April 23, 2017
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.
How Much Should a New Website Cost in 2017?

The Top 10 Google Webfonts for Strong Header Text

20 Split Screen Website Designs for your Inspiration

The New Google Earth

SEO Hacks for Developers

10 Inspirational & Insightful TED Talks for Web Designers

20 Animated Loaders

YouTube has a Secret ‘Dark Mode’ – This is How You Activate it

Microsoft To-Do — An Intelligent Task Management App

How We Write Proposals in my Design Studio

Zuck.js — JavaScript Library that Lets You Add Stories Everywhere

Why Performance is the Best Way to Improve the User Experience

Google Digital Academy Branding

Bonsai: A Simple, Fully Integrated Time Tracker for Freelancers

Smallchat: A Free Slack Integration for Chatting with Website Visitors

Design and Technology: A Collection of Articles and Ideas from Google Design

10 Brilliant Uses of 3D in Graphic Design

Facebook Owns Four Out of the Five Most Downloaded Apps Worldwide

Design Patterns & Sources

Hey Instagram, Don’t Tell Me When to Freeze my Eggs

An Introduction to Atomic Design for Web Designers

From Graphic Designer to Product Designer

How to Retouch Video in Photoshop

How to Run Meetings that Don’t Suck

Focus on What You do Best and Outsource the Rest

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