CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets; it’s a Web Developer’s paintbrush. It allows you to add structure, style, and consistency to your website’s elements. It’s a major part of user experience (UI) and user interface (UX) development, and is often overlooked during the Web Development process. Thinking critically about how to add custom UI / UX features can take a lot of time, energy, and resources. Then, just when you think you’re finished with all of that custom CSS, add custom JavaScript features into the mix, and the term scope creep pops up fast.
For real though, it’s 2025, your website deserves these components regardless of your budget. Something as simple as creating a unique button hover animation is becoming more and more accessible for developers, and the day where we can include these simple, custom features as an added expense during a web development proposal process is coming to an end. With the advent of artificial intelligence and advanced website building tools, these types of features are becoming inherent in any web project.
Eventually, the new simple button hover animation will be a higher level, custom JavaScript feature, and in a few years time, conditional display logic and dynamic content will become standard on any website. As these tools become more accessible, it will be easier and easier for developers to deploy them.
The bottom line: Custom CSS and JavaScript will make your site truly unique.
You don’t want every interaction to feel like just another website, you want it to be uniquely yours. If you’re in the market for a new website, ask your developer about their UI / UX plans. Is there room in the budget to create these unique, but simple button hover features? What can be done on your website to make it uniquely yours?