Tag: web design
All the articles with the tag "web design".
Link post: Circles of Confusion
Andy Clarke adapts a photographic idea into a design exercise for identifying, ordering, and communicating the parts of an experience that matter most.
Link post: URL Design
Kyle Neath presents a pragmatic approach to URLs as durable, human-readable parts of a web interface.
Photo post: How to Create A Multi-Step Signup Form With CSS3 and jQuery
A tutorial for creating a multi-step signup form with CSS3 and jQuery, including a progress bar showing completion percentage.
Link post: The Great Typekit Table
Sleepover filtered Typekit’s catalog to identify text families with lowercase, uppercase, bold, italic, and bold italic styles suitable for longer reading.
Photo post: 10 Examples of Inspirational Typography on the Web
Ten examples of inspirational typography found across the web.
Link post: Is the iPhone the answer to website imagery?
Most in-page imagery on websites sucks. Grabbed from random sources and slapped on the website, it lacks design and consistency. However, your iPhone can help.
Link post: Type Rendering in Web Browsers
Tim Ahrens compares how browsers and operating systems rasterize web type, explaining why the same font can look markedly different across platforms.
Photo post: A Web Design Book Worth Buying
I rarely buy web design books (preferring to absorb tips and techniques online), but my credit card comes out when Andy Clarke publishes something. Hardboiled Web Design looks like another work of art with minimal nonsense.
Link post: The 2010 Web Design Survey
A List Apart’s 2010 survey gathered data about the roles, education, compensation, and working lives of people who build websites.
Link post: Choosing the Right Font: A Practical Guide to Typography on the Web
A practical introduction to choosing web typefaces by purpose, tone, readability, available styles, and the demands of the surrounding design.
Photo post: Making the URL Bar Useful Again
An argument for making better use of the browser's URL bar, recapturing it as a source of navigational utility.
Photo post: Five Useful Design Techniques and Coding Solutions For Web Designers
A roundup of design techniques and coding solutions for creating an intuitive, functional user interface on the web.
Link post: Findings from the Web Design Survey, 2009
A List Apart reports on the roles, salaries, education, skills, and working conditions of people who made websites in 2009.
Link post: Webfonts.info
Webfonts.info collected references, services, tools, and technical guidance for designers beginning to use downloadable type on the web.
Link post: Web Designers Won’t Die Out; They Will Transition
An argument that changing tools and conventions would not eliminate web designers but shift their work toward systems, interaction, and broader product thinking.