Illustration comparing cursor-based pagination and offset pagination in modern APIs. The graphic features side-by-side visualizations of each pagination method, highlighting cursor navigation versus numbered page navigation, alongside the title "Cursor-Based Pagination vs Offset Pagination: Preserving User Navigation at Scale." Author attribution for Rachel Walker appears in the lower-left corner.

Cursor-Based Pagination vs Offset Pagination: Preserving User Navigation at Scale

Rachel Walker API Development, Architecture, Articles, UI/UX Leave a Comment

Cursor-based pagination has become the default pagination strategy for many modern APIs, including GraphQL APIs, cloud platforms, and large-scale SaaS applications. While it offers significant performance advantages over traditional offset pagination, it introduces new challenges for navigation, bookmarking, sharing links, and preserving user context. In this article, we compare cursor pagination vs offset pagination, explore why the industry is moving …

Designing with Everyone in mind: Color & Accessibility

Designing With Everyone in Mind: Color & Accessibility

Forrest Goyer Articles, Design, UI/UX Leave a Comment

Of all the design choices we make when building a web application, color is one of the most impactful. It sets the tone, defines the brand, and guides the user’s eye. That influence is exactly why color accessibility in web design mattersโ€”when color choices arenโ€™t inclusive, they can unintentionally create barriers for users with visual impairments. Designing with color accessibility isn’t about limiting your creativity; it’s about making smart, inclusive choices that result in a better product for everyone. By focusing on contrast, redundancy, and collaboration, we can build applications that are both beautiful and usable for all.

Designing Digital Product Without User Data

Designing Digital Products Without User Research

Rus Anderson Articles, Consulting, Design, UI/UX Leave a Comment

Often, we are approached by startups and established companies with an idea for a new product. Just as often, there is little to no user base from which to conduct research. In this blog, weโ€™ll look at how to understand the product, its potential users, and how to create the application with minimal user data and investment.

Improving iOS/Android Numeric Keyboards With KeyboardActions

Flutter: Using Keyboard Actions To Improve Mobile User Experience

Ryan LaRue Articles, Design, Development Technologies & Tools, Flutter, Mobile, UI/UX 1 Comment

This post covers three options for customizing an iOS or Android keyboard in a Flutter mobile application, with a code walkthrough of using the Keyboard Actions package to easily add keyboard features that increase user efficiency.

Mobile app developers, have you ever noticed that the native iOS numeric keyboard does not include certain features that might be helpful? For example, a Done button? Or how about arrow buttons to traverse form fields? To jog your memory, hereโ€™s what the native iOS numeric keyboard looks like…