Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers · May 1, 2026
Designing Stable Interfaces For Streaming Content
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Streaming UIs are an easy concept on the surface, but are quite complicated in practice. There are many considerations that need to be accounted for, from layout shifts and motion preferences to proper markup and various states, that may not be instantly obvious. What happens if the stream is interrupted? Can users tab through the UI on the keyboard as it shifts? What ARIA attributes might be…
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