
Screenshot of Affinity 2.1 software update

## Links of the week ending 367 - 26 May 2023

[BIG launch today for Prototyping in Figma - State management!](https://twitter.com/nikolasklein/status/1661498043999596544)

[Affinity 2.1 introduces some highly requested new features, plus hundreds of usability improvements to Affinity’s most-loved tools. 5 things you need to know about Affinity 2.1](https://affinityspotlight.com/article/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-affinity-21/)

[Study finds two-thirds of UK GP surgery websites have accessibility errors](https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/05/study-finds-two-thirds-of-uk-gp-surgery-websites-have-accessibility-errors/)

[User-Centered Design in Software Development: Best Practices](https://nerdbot.com/2023/05/23/user-centered-design-in-software-development-best-practices/)

[How to Design Fonts: Has Blaze Type created the most accessible typography guide?](https://www.creativeboom.com/features/how-to-design-fonts/)

✨ and,

[Typing “rash’ in Safari on MacOS Ventura 13.4 causes crash](https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/13ptmq5/typing_rash_in_safari_on_macos_ventura_134_causes/)

Links of The Week

367 - 26 May 2023 (Affinity 2.1, figma state management and rash)


Article feature image of Ryujinx, an open-source Nintendo Switch emulator for MacOS

## Links of the week ending 2 December 2022

[The Impossible Port: MacOS](https://blog.ryujinx.org/the-impossible-port-macos/)

[Why is type inspired by ’70s era candy so big right now?](https://www.editorx.com/shaping-design/article/squishy-sans-serif-type-trend)

[Deckset designs your slides, so you can focus on your ideas](https://www.deckset.com/)

[Human-Centered Design can Solve Many IT Issues, CIOs Say](https://www.meritalk.com/articles/human-centered-design-can-solve-many-it-issues-cios-say/)

[Fonts Art is an app for customizing keyboards, social media profiles, messages, and home screens of cell phones.](https://academy.techrepublic.com/sales/fonts-art-premium-plan-lifetime-subscription)

✨ and,

[A guide for friends considering Mastodon](https://gist.github.com/hartsick/f057cfb16657b93356e045c48b633f4f?x=1)


342 - 2 December 2022 (switch emulation and switch social media)


Featured image of Jing Zhang’s Nintendo infographics

## Links of the week ending 25 February 2022

[Jing Zhang’s Nintendo infographics](http://www.mazakii.com/Nintendo-fun-facts)

[A Brief(ish) History of UX](https://www.coastdigital.co.uk/2022/02/24/a-briefish-history-of-ux/)

[9 Worst Myths of UX/UI FinTech Apps Design](https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/21615/9-worst-myths-of-uxui-fintech-apps-design)

[Ray Masaki 真崎嶺 Graphic Designer](https://www.instagram.com/ray_masaki/?hl=en)

[jeremias diekmann graphic design and typography](https://www.instagram.com/jeremias_diekmann/)

✨ and,

[macOS is Hot Garbage](https://medium.com/@sergiointoronto/macos-is-hot-garbage-6f3909835b0f)


Links of the week ending 25 February 2022

302 - 25 February 2022 (graphic design, typography and reading)


Featured image of 2020 Design Tools Survey

## Links of the week ending 31 December 2020

[2020 Design Tools Survey](https://uxtools.co/survey-2020)

[7 Takeaways from the 2020 UX Tools Survey](https://blog.prototypr.io/7-takeaways-from-the-2020-ux-tools-survey-7f47187611f3)

[The Principles of Dark UI Design](https://medium.com/swlh/the-principles-of-dark-ui-design-2d0e6c98487e)

[Designers: stay psychologically flexible](https://uxdesign.cc/designers-stay-psychologically-flexible-3087d14c9332)

[UX lessons from Big Sur](https://uxdesign.cc/ux-lessons-from-big-sur-a60fe756d69f)

✨ and,

[Internet Archive Book Images](https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages)

Links of the week ending 31 December 2020

243 - 31 December 2020 (end of 2020 UX tools survey, UI and psychology)


Featured image example of The Psychology of Fonts (Fonts That Evoke Emotion)

## Links of the week ending 31 July 2020

[The Psychology of Fonts (Fonts That Evoke Emotion](https://design.tutsplus.com/articles/the-psychology-of-fonts--cms-34943)

[The Best 80s Fonts](https://www.pixartprinting.co.uk/blog/best-80s-fonts/)

[macintosh.js - Mac OS 8, running in an Electron app pretending to be a 1991 Macintosh Quadra.](https://github.com/felixrieseberg/macintosh.js)

[UI Guideline: The definitive guide to standardize the UI Components naming](https://www.uiguideline.com/)

✨ and,

[SpreadSimple uses the data in your Google spreadsheet to create styled websites with a variety of customizable features.](https://spreadsimple.com/)

221 - 31 July 2020 (OS8, 80s, typography and fonts)


Image illustration of thumb-driven design

## Links of the week ending 6 September 2019

[Thumb-Driven Design and the Bottom Navigation Pattern](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/08/bottom-navigation-pattern-mobile-web-pages/)

[Progress Bar OSX - This is your life and it’s ending one minute at a time](https://www.progressbarosx.com/)

[Kerning & Ligatures in Letterspaced Type](https://johndjameson.com/blog/kerning-and-ligatures-in-letterspaced-type)

✨ and,

[Leon Sans, a modern geometric sans-serif typeface made with .js | examples here](https://leon-kim.com/)

Links of the week ending 6 September 2019

173 - 6 September 2019 (thumb-driven design, kerning, ligatures and typography)


Image of HaikuJAM

## Links of the week ending 6 April 2018

[Meet the all new HaikuJAM app](http://sendy.haikujam.com/l/GnTa76333A1k5QsX8924zC8G9A/dN4a5nNUrIRl6d8qFBcUNA/lSjDNiBAkkLPikEhY763qqHg)

[Syd Mead, the graphic and conceptual futurist artist best known for his creations on Blade Runner, Aliens and Tron](https://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/sets/72157622906191929/)

[Every new feature added to JavaScript over the past three years with examples (16 minute read)](https://medium.freecodecamp.org/d52fa3b5a70e)

[How Google designs with curiosity](https://www.invisionapp.com/enterprise/design-genome)

✨ and,

[What is the best ergonomic mouse for macOS?](https://www.designernews.co/stories/92916-what-is-the-best-ergonomic-mouse-for-macos)

99 - 6 April 2018 (haiku, google, curiosity and design)


Featured image of an off-centre alignment trend of 2017

## Links of the week ending 2 February 2017

[Vaunt - a free new Mac app to strip dominant colors from any image](http://vaunt.io/)

[50 things only remote workers will understand](http://blog.invisionapp.com/remote-worker-truths)

[Colour Theory For Designers: Creating Your Own Color Palettes](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/02/color-theory-for-designer-part-3-creating-your-own-color-palettes/)

[Finger Acrobatics & Responsive UI](https://uxplanet.org/finger-acrobatics-responsive-ui-80e832f16368)

✨ and,

[Tiny Trends #2: Off-Center Alignment](https://medium.com/ux-power-tools/tiny-trends-2-off-center-alignment-7e355a98a05)