Web Design

Top Minimalist Website Designs – Trends and Examples – Design Festival

I haven’t been writing a bunch of topics lately about web design but this one caught my eye: Top Minimalist Website Designs: Trends and Examples » Color, Layout » Design Festival When you think of minimalism, you may conjure up images of black and white color schemes, overly-??simple layouts, maybe a splash of color here and …

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New Look.

My old theme was just not doing it for me… and I stumbled upon Wu Wei by Jeff Ngan. Thanks, Jeff, for your great design!

Giving Users Some Credit [Design Informer]

Really liked this article, which is a little reality check for web usability. Especially neat was the UX version of “The Golden Rule” at the end of the post. enjoy. Giving Users Some Credit | Design Informer: Creating designs that are intuitive and easy to use is something we should continually strive for if we …

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Occam’s Razor: A Great Principle for Designers [Webdesigner Depot]

Occam’s Razor: A Great Principle for Designers | Webdesigner Depot: Lex parsimoniae is the Latin expression of what is known in English as Occam’s Razor, a philosophical rule of thumb that has guided some of the world’s best and brightest minds (including Isaac Newton). It is named after the 14th-century logician and theologian William of …

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Overcoming Design Creative Block

While specifically written for Logo Design, I thought the suggestions contained in this article were applicable to most other design disciplines like web or user interface design… Tips for Overcoming Logo Design Creative Block: This phase can be very frustrating for any creative person. If you don’t recover within a few days, a creative block …

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Preparing Your Web Content for iPad (Apple Technical Note TN2262)

Apple ~Technical Note TN2262: Preparing Your Web Content for iPad: Safari on iPad is capable of delivering a “desktop” web experience. iPad has a large, 9.7″ screen and fast network connectivity, and Safari on iPad uses the same WebKit layout engine as Safari on Mac OS X and Windows. You can ensure that your website …

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15+ Free Abobe Air Applications for Designers and Developers

Great Adobe AIR-based tools for web design and development! 15+ Free Abobe Air Applications for Designers and Developers | Admix Web: Adobe AIR, which stands for Adobe Integrated Runtime, is a cross-functioning system runtime engine that allows web designers and web developers to create rich internet applications, and Adobe AIR is compatible with Windows, Macs …

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Please don’t add debug messages to your customer-facing application

Debugging messages are for developers/engineers, not for humans (I can say that since I’m a developer). But I can’t believe that it’s 2009 and I still encounter things like the following example… Every time I log into one of my online banking systems, I get a message like the following: This is just intrusive and …

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