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Canva
Canva.com is a browser-based design platform built for people who want to create visual content without needing formal design training. Its job is to make design feel easy, fast, and accessible, while still being powerful enough to keep users from outgrowing it too quickly. That is a delicate balance, and the site has to communicate…
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Figma
Figma.com is the front door to a collaborative design platform built for teams that want to design, prototype, and ship together in real time. Its job is not just to attract designers, but also developers, product managers, and anyone else who gets pulled into the design process. That means it has to explain a fairly…
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Notion
1) First Impression Punch: 8/10 The site makes a clean, confident entrance. You immediately understand this is a productivity tool, even if you do not fully understand what it replaces yet. The problem is that it leans a little too hard on broad promises. “All-in-one workspace” sounds great, but it still asks the user to…
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Lovable
Lovable.dev is basically a chat-first product builder: you describe what you want in plain English and it generates a working website or full-stack app, then lets you iterate, edit, and publish it without needing a technical cofounder (or at least without needing one immediately). The site positions Lovable as the bridge between “idea in your…
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Design Hill
Designhill is an online design marketplace built to connect businesses with designers through contests, one-on-one projects, and pre-made creative assets. Its role is practical and transactional. It exists to help non-designers get visual work done quickly, often at a predictable price, without needing to hire an agency or manage a long-term creative relationship. The site…
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Dribble
Dribbble is a design showcase platform built for visual creatives to share work, gain exposure, and attract opportunities. At its core, it is a gallery. Designers post curated snapshots of their work, usually highly polished and carefully framed, with the expectation that someone important will see them. Sometimes that someone is another designer. Sometimes it…
Jeff Button
Web Design Reviews
Jeff Button Reviews the Internet
From Amazon to local artists to small businesses, I review the content of the world wide web from the lense of a web designer.
Why I Started My Personal Blog
I’m Jeff Button, a web designer and independent reviewer who cares as much about how a site works as how it looks. I’ve been freelancing since college, starting with websites for student groups and local businesses, then gradually moving into startups, nonprofits, and small-to-mid-sized brands that wanted a modern web presence without the agency overhead.
In the early days, I did everything myself: discovery calls, wireframes, design comps, front-end builds, content cleanup, and the last-minute “can we launch tomorrow?” scramble. That experience shaped how I work now: practical, fast, and focused on outcomes. My projects lean into clear navigation, performance, accessibility, and conversion-friendly layouts, with visuals that feel polished but never over-designed.
I’ve also always enjoyed translating web design speak into normal language. Clients often come to me after a redesign that looks great but does not perform, so my process starts with diagnosing what’s actually going wrong: unclear hierarchy, slow pages, confusing calls-to-action, or content that is not pulling its weight. Then I rebuild from the inside out with decisions tied to user behavior, not trends.
Over time, that same curiosity pulled me into writing. After years of testing tools, templates, themes, builders, and hosting setups across client projects, I started documenting what holds up in the real world. Now I publish web design reviews and field-tested recomendations on Jeffbutton.com, covering everything from website builders and WordPress themes to UI kits, typography, and the hidden costs that surprise teams later. My reviews are candid and hands-on, less hype and more “here’s what breaks, here’s what scales, and here’s who this is actually for.”
When I’m not designing or writing, I’m usually refining my component libary, running performance audits for fun, or collecting examples of simple, effective websites that prove good design does not need to shout to work.
Jeff Button
Web Designer