We believe in designing in the open. Most of the ideas on this blog will be iterated on over time, some of them will test badly and never make it onto GOV.UK, a few might end up being patterns that we use everywhere.

I don't have any UX research to cite, but anecdotally, I like it when inputs that expect data in a specific format use an input mask. I thought I'd just line up a few demos for really easy reference. This is an actively maintained plugin.

We Vigets typically stay out of in-the-weeds web development battles. But I think I have a useful insight about one particular fight, so ... I'm talking about the battle over progressive enhancement. Progressive enhancement (PE) is ostensibly a practical approach to web development that calls for making a site's core content available in HTML, and layering on CSS and JavaScript as enhancements.

What we learned by talking to 823 real-life users of portfolio builders.

In doing design discovery, you and your team produce a shared pool of knowledge to drive your work. That knowledge informs design decisions, defines what "success" means, and forms the basis for your critiques. In building a shared pool of knowledge, you're creating a common language to talk about the design of the project.

When it comes to micro-interactions, Framer has always had your back. But it's time we filled a bigger role in your design toolkit. In this release, we've made it easier than ever to design a high-fidelity app from start to finish.