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The usability of #Gimp @GIMP is even worse these days then when I first used it. Is this just my experience as someone who only uses it occasionally or are #graphics #designers that use it daily also having that impression?

Esp. Trying to get simple things done is very annoying.

Want to change the color of exactly one pixel? => Screw you I'll apply antialiasing and fuck up all surrounding pixels with no obvious way to disable it.

Ever wanted to style HTML form controls with custom CSS? A new @w3c #CSS specification is underway: "CSS Form Control Styling Level 1" #FPWD #timetogiveinput
▶️ w3.org/TR/css-forms-1/

This spec. aims to standardize form styling, improving design consistency and #accessibility while giving web #designers more control.
Feedback welcome! github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/la

Need a demo? Check this one by @argyleink! nerdy.dev/customize-a-select

Calling all #designers & circular economy advocates! What should the #icon for #reuse be? Resolve/PR3 is looking for your ideas! Deadline: 31 May, 2025. rebrandreuse.org

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to design the symbol for reuse: the icon of the future.

We now know that recycling is not the answer, because recycling is still single-use. Five minutes of use becomes 500 years of trash, pollution, and toxins. That's just bad design. It's time for a better idea: Reuse.
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🚀 Our 18th annual game design challenge has launched!

💬 Topic: #Communication

📆 Submit ideas by March 24th

⭐ $10,000 in cash prizes
⭐ Critiques for all Finalists

🎮 Please boost to reach #gamedevs, #designers, #artists, #writers, #composers, and more.

🧡 Presented by an award-winning #nonprofit program producing videogames for #violence #prevention since 2008.

Details, rules, communication resources at the contest website.

🌐 communicating.games

#games #gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign #gamejam #nonprofit #education #edtech @gamedev

A bright purple background. Other colors are teal, red, and orange. The fonts and colors have a retro-style from the 1980s. Communication Games. The 18th Annual Life.Love. Game Design Challenge. www.Communicating.Games At top-center is an 80s-style cassette tape with masking tape. On the masking tape is written '18th Annnual Game Design Challenge'.
Communication Video GamesCommunication Games Contest WebsiteThe 2025 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge theme is communication. Submit a communication game pitch by March 24th.