http://topicfire.com/Web-Design 2013-05-24T17:11:17+00:00 text/html 2013-05-24T17:31:37+00:00 http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/ http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2013/05/24/gesture-driven-interface/ <a href="http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2013/05/24/gesture-driven-interface/"><img src="http://statisches.auslieferung.commindo-media-ressourcen.de/advertisement.gif" /></a><br />   As a mobile UI or UX designer, you probably remember the launch of Apple’s first iPhone as if it was yesterday. Among other things, it introduced a completely touchscreen-centered interaction to a individual’s most private and personal device. It was a game-changer. Today, kids grow up with touchscreen experiences like it’s... text/html 2013-05-24T16:28:42+00:00 http://net.tutsplus.com/ http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/cargo-culting-in-javascript/ <a href="http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/cargo-culting-in-javascript/"><img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1260013&amp;k=d754f1e9ba63a736ba8ff5ece958f7dd&amp;a=31879&amp;c=516949306" /></a><br />Cargo-cult programming is what a programmer does when he or she doesn't know a particular language or paradigm well enough, and so ends up writing redundant and possibly harmful code. It rears its head quite often in the land of JavaScript. In this article, I explore the concept of cargo-cult... text/html 2013-05-24T14:22:05+00:00 http://css-tricks.com/ http://css-tricks.com/just-one-of-those-weird-things-about-css-background-on-body/ <a href="http://css-tricks.com/just-one-of-those-weird-things-about-css-background-on-body/"><img src="http://cdn.css-tricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/body-only-tall.png" /></a><br />So you want to make the background of your website red eh? You'll probably put this in your CSS: body { background: red; } Done! Check out this Pen! You're going about your business and then all the sudden one day this happens: Check out this Pen! What in the heck? Why is the red cut... text/html 2013-05-24T14:22:00+00:00 http://www.kk.org/ http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2007/03/bootstrapping_t.php <a href="http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2007/03/bootstrapping_t.php"><img src="http://cdn.css-tricks.com/images/jquery-portland.jpg" /></a><br />I always wanted to write something on all the technologies that a website relies on in order to have been created and work. My attempts have so far failed because it spirals out of control so quickly. Kevin Kelly sums it up: A web page relies on perhaps a hundred thousand... text/html 2013-05-24T00:24:02+00:00 http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/ http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/05/deal-of-the-week-responsive-parallax-templates/ <a href="http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/05/deal-of-the-week-responsive-parallax-templates/"><img src="http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/2013/05/thumbnail22.jpg" /></a><br />Most sites have too much information; users are overwhelmed as CEOs wax lyrical on everything from their favorite charity to the dimensions of their first office. In today’s increasingly information-saturated world, what studies find users often prefer is a simple, straight-to-the point, presentation of key facts. One of the best... text/html 2013-05-24T00:05:16+00:00 http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/ http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/05/flat-ui-kit-free-download/ <a href="http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/05/flat-ui-kit-free-download/"><img src="http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/2013/05/thumb8.jpg" /></a><br />Trends start everyday: an idea is adopted, passed on and before you know it it’s being discussed on design blogs. However, most trends vanish as quickly as they appeared. To paraphrase Andy Warhol, everything will be trendy for 15 minutes. Once in a while, an idea is found to have something... text/html 2013-05-24T00:05:12+00:00 http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/ http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/05/design-emotions-usability/ <a href="http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/05/design-emotions-usability/"><img src="http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/2013/05/thumbnail21.jpg" /></a><br />While fine art is a subjective field, graphic design is more formulaic in its fundamentals. An effective design should make people feel a certain way and take a certain action. In this article I’d like to share Gravity Switch’s web design principles and our thinking behind them. Those rules are:... text/html 2013-05-23T22:07:32+00:00 http://psd.tutsplus.com/ http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/photo-effects-tutorials/fantasy-city/ <a href="http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/photo-effects-tutorials/fantasy-city/"><img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1260585&amp;k=60af7cbe8eb4872370ddd01db766439b&amp;a=25459&amp;c=1098647007" /></a><br />Because matte painting often involves combining several photos to achieve an end-result, matte paintings can be great practice for anyone who wants to learn how to create photo manipulations. In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a fantasy city that is built on a rock structure, similar... text/html 2013-05-23T21:26:13+00:00 http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/ http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/05/deal-of-the-week-responsive-parallax-templates/ <a href="http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/05/deal-of-the-week-responsive-parallax-templates/"><img src="http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/2013/05/thumbnail22.jpg" /></a><br />Most sites have too much information; users are overwhelmed as CEOs wax lyrical on everything from their favorite charity to the dimensions of their first office. In today’s increasingly information-saturated world, what studies find users often prefer is a simple, straight-to-the point, presentation of key facts. One of the best ways to... text/html 2013-05-23T18:40:48+00:00 http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/ http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/05/flat-ui-kit-free-download/ <a href="http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/05/flat-ui-kit-free-download/"><img src="http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/2013/05/thumb8.jpg" /></a><br />Trends start everyday: an idea is adopted, passed on and before you know it it’s being discussed on design blogs. However, most trends vanish as quickly as they appeared. To paraphrase Andy Warhol, everything will be trendy for 15 minutes. Once in a while, an idea is found to have something... text/html 2013-05-23T17:38:20+00:00 http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/ http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/05/design-emotions-usability/ <a href="http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/05/design-emotions-usability/"><img src="http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/2013/05/thumbnail21.jpg" /></a><br />While fine art is a subjective field, graphic design is more formulaic in its fundamentals. An effective design should make people feel a certain way and take a certain action. In this article I’d like to share Gravity Switch’s web design principles and our thinking behind them. Those rules are: define... text/html 2013-05-23T12:16:09+00:00 http://vandelaydesign.com/ http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/free-resources/abstract-backgrounds-2/ <a href="http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/free-resources/abstract-backgrounds-2/"><img src="http://vanimg.s3.amazonaws.com/abstract-bg-freebie.jpg" /></a><br />Abstract backgrounds can prove to be quite useful in your own work for designing websites, wallpapers, posters, and other items. Today we have a set of 5 abstract backgrounds (3500 pixels by 2000 pixels) that can be downloaded and used in your own work. These backgrounds were created for our readers... text/html 2013-05-23T11:00:30+00:00 http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/ http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2013/05/23/building-the-new-financial-times-web-app/ <a href="http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2013/05/23/building-the-new-financial-times-web-app/"><img src="http://statisches.auslieferung.commindo-media-ressourcen.de/advertisement.gif" /></a><br />   When the mockups for the new Financial Times application hit our desks in mid-2012, we knew we had a real challenge on our hands. Many of us on the team (including me) swore that parts of interface would not be possible in HTML5. Given the product team&#8217;s passion for the... text/html 2013-05-22T20:27:14+00:00 http://css-tricks.com/ http://css-tricks.com/logic-in-media-queries/ <a href="http://css-tricks.com/logic-in-media-queries/"><img src="http://cdn.css-tricks.com/images/jquery-portland.jpg" /></a><br />Just in case you have brain farts about this constantly like I do. If That's what media queries are: logical if statements. "If" these things are true about the browser, use the CSS inside. And The keyword and. @media (min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 800px) { html { background: red; } } Or Comma separate. @media (max-width: 600px), (min-width:... text/html 2013-05-22T19:32:57+00:00 http://unmatchedstyle.com/ http://unmatchedstyle.com/gallery/fieldwork.php <a href="http://unmatchedstyle.com/gallery/fieldwork.php"><img src="http://unmatchedstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/fieldwork.jpg" /></a><br />What a beautiful site Fieldwork is. It&#8217;s so simple yet full of detail. I love the soft transition between pages, which I can&#8217;t see working on another site as well as here. Then each page while similar is just a bit different enough to show it&#8217;s all been made with... text/html 2013-05-22T16:29:52+00:00 http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/ http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/05/dos-and-donts-of-typography/ <a href="http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/05/dos-and-donts-of-typography/"><img src="http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/2013/05/thumbnail11.jpg" /></a><br />As so much of the content available on the web is text it&#8217;s essential for web designers to understand the basic principles of good typography. Having such knowledge allows designers to communicate more effectively, enabling them to create better designs and websites that are easier to use. For more experienced designers... text/html 2013-05-22T15:44:54+00:00 http://vandelaydesign.com/ http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/web-development/sticky-sidebar/ <a href="http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/web-development/sticky-sidebar/"><img src="http://vanimg.s3.amazonaws.com/sticky-sidebar-1.gif" /></a><br />You&#8217;ve probably seen this trick used before with social icons or a sidebar that sticks to the top of your screen as you scroll down the page. The problem is that often they don&#8217;t stop scrolling and up either disappearing behind another element or overlapping something they shouldn&#8217;t, which looks cheap... text/html 2013-05-22T13:36:06+00:00 http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/ http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2013/05/22/centering-elements-with-flexbox/ <a href="http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2013/05/22/centering-elements-with-flexbox/"><img src="http://statisches.auslieferung.commindo-media-ressourcen.de/advertisement.gif" /></a><br />   Flexible box layout (or flexbox) is a new box model optimized for UI layout. As one of the first CSS modules designed for actual layout (floats were really meant mostly for things such as wrapping text around images), it makes a lot of tasks much easier, or even possible at... text/html 2013-05-22T13:26:53+00:00 http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/ http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/05/the-designers-secret-weapon-an-account-handler/ <a href="http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/05/the-designers-secret-weapon-an-account-handler/"><img src="http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/2013/03/thumbnail22.jpg" /></a><br />I’m a lucky person. Every day I get to do what I love, which is helping clients work out what their web project is going to look like. As any good account handler or project manager will tell you, their primary role is to make sure that a project goes as... text/html 2013-05-22T12:15:02+00:00 http://webdesignledger.com/ http://webdesignledger.com/tools/8-jquery-plugins-for-spicing-up-your-forms <a href="http://webdesignledger.com/tools/8-jquery-plugins-for-spicing-up-your-forms"><img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1260035&amp;k=41a9fc188355b6ab15f5fc023749ebc5&amp;a=19916&amp;c=1597507589" /></a><br />Advertise here with BSAForms are certainly a very important part of a website. They should be intuitive, user friendly, and engaging. This is why we&#8217;ve gathered 8 jQuery Plugins that will spice up your forms. From options to make select boxes more user friendly, to file uploaders and more. All... text/html 2013-05-22T05:34:55+00:00 http://css-tricks.com/ http://css-tricks.com/css-tricks-chronicle-xiii/ <a href="http://css-tricks.com/css-tricks-chronicle-xiii/"><img src="http://cdn.css-tricks.com/images/jquery-portland.jpg" /></a><br />I'll be speaking at the upcoming Front End Design Conference in Florida. If you have tickets, see you there! If not, sorry, this one is sold out. I recently spoke at TXJS, and they recorded the talks, so mine and a bunch of others are available on their Vimeo channel. Next week... text/html 2013-05-21T23:48:55+00:00 http://webdesign.about.com/ http://webdesign.about.com/b/2013/05/21/can-we-have-a-constructive-discussion-about-this.htm Today in my newsletter I said some things that may have seemed controversial to some people. If you haven't read it you can read it here. In brief, I believe that most designers are perfectionists, and they can often let that perfectionism get in the way of moving a site... text/html 2013-05-21T19:39:38+00:00 http://vandelaydesign.com/ http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/galleries/doodles/ <a href="http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/galleries/doodles/"><img src="http://vanimg.s3.amazonaws.com/sketch-17.jpg" /></a><br />When it comes to art and design sometimes the best way to boost your own creativity is to browse inspirational works of art from others. In this article we&#8217;ll showcase 40 examples of amazing doodles. The hand-drawn style is one that can be used in a variety of different ways... text/html 2013-05-21T18:44:27+00:00 http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/ http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/05/fantastical-fairytale-photos/ <a href="http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/05/fantastical-fairytale-photos/"><img src="http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/2013/05/thumbnail19.jpg" /></a><br />Film studios spend millions of dollars to create stunning epic masterpieces like The Lord of the Rings. But sometimes visual perfection can be created on a shoestring — that is, when enough time, energy and sacrifice are the alternate currency. British photographer Kirsty Mitchell has done just that, creating a fantastical,... text/html 2013-05-21T15:37:06+00:00 http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/ http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2013/05/21/recommendations-mobile-commerce-websites/ <a href="http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2013/05/21/recommendations-mobile-commerce-websites/"><img src="http://statisches.auslieferung.commindo-media-ressourcen.de/advertisement.gif" /></a><br />   Everyone is talking about mobile. Some e-commerce websites are venturing into it. Mobile commerce (also known as &#8220;m-commerce&#8221;) has immense potential, exhibiting a 86% growth rate and hitting $25 billion in 2012 (set to reach $86 billion by 2016, according to eMarketer). It’s also a whole new platform, with new interaction...