Designing WordPress Themes for Printing Jan 14, 2015 217 wordpress , theming , print Designing for Print With CSS (rac /sma )Jan 7, 2015 216 print , css Design Principles: Visual Weight and Direction (sma )Dec 12, 2014 215 principles Why You Should Include Your Developer in the Design Process (boa /sma )Nov 21, 2014 214 processes Website Style Guide Resources Nov 14, 2014 213 websites , style-guides , pattern-libraries , documentation , overviews , link-lists Progress Indicators Make a Slow System Less Insufferable (nng )Oct 26, 2014 212 progress-indicators , performance , user-experience A Front-End Developer’s Ode to Specifications (sma )Oct 9, 2014 211 documentation , design-systems , processes Before You Hire Designers (mon /ali )Sep 30, 2014 210 hiring Design Principles: Connecting and Separating Elements Through Contrast and Similarity (sma )Sep 22, 2014 209 principles , contrast , colors Junior Designers vs. Senior Designers Sep 9, 2014 208 career , processes , comparisons Consistency (jus )Aug 22, 2014 207 consistency , user-experience Designer’s Guide to DPI Aug 14, 2014 206 guides , print , pixel-density Ten CSS One-Liners to Replace Native Apps (ali )Jul 23, 2014 205 css , layout How Do You Design Interaction? (sma )Jul 22, 2014 204 interaction-design Breaking Web Design Conventions = Breaking the User Experience (nng )Jul 20, 2014 203 conventions , usability , user-experience I Don’t Like It (lau /ali )Jul 17, 2014 202 business-relations , communication What Web Designers Can Learn From Art History May 30, 2014 201 art , colors Design Principles: Space and the Figure-Ground Relationship (sma )May 16, 2014 200 principles , spacing The Definitive Guide to Form Label Positioning May 14, 2014 199 guides , forms , labels , accessibility , positioning A Different Letter to a Junior Designer (mal /ali )Apr 24, 2014 198 career Creating Style Guides (ali )Apr 8, 2014 197 documentation , style-guides , pattern-libraries Web Animation at Work (ali )Feb 11, 2014 196 css , animations Getting Started With Pattern Libraries (ali )Feb 6, 2014 195 introductions , documentation , pattern-libraries , case-studies A Word on Contemporary Web Design (j9t )Feb 5, 2014 194 information-design Sass for Web Designers (sim )Nov 13, 2013 193 books , sass Art Directed Articles—Still a Good Idea? (chr /css )Oct 17, 2013 192 trends , examples , responsive-design , link-lists Flat UI and Forms (ali )Oct 15, 2013 191 forms , buttons , accessibility Flat Design and Thin Is In (sma )Sep 3, 2013 190 flat-design What Makes a Website Look Dated? Aug 7, 2013 189 The Web Designer’s Guide to Image Copyrights Jul 25, 2013 188 guides , images , licensing Discovering Sketch Jul 8, 2013 187 tooling , sketch Happy 10th Birthday CSS Zen Garden (cra )May 10, 2013 186 anniversaries , css , css-zen-garden How Much Has the Web Really Changed? (vas /sma )May 6, 2013 185 web Material Honesty on the Web (ali )Mar 26, 2013 184 Defensive Design Mar 6, 2013 183 books , user-experience , usability , errors Andy Clarke: The Interview—Killing Contracts (mal /sma )Jan 16, 2013 182 interviews , business-relations , legal Grid-Based Layouts 101 Jan 15, 2013 181 layout , grids , adobe Great Design Is Great Writing (kel )Jan 14, 2013 180 flat-design , writing Exploration of Single-Page Websites (sma )Nov 5, 2012 179 navigation , landing-pages , examples 20 Inspirational Landing Page Designs Oct 31, 2012 178 landing-pages , examples , link-lists Why Should Web Design Be a Profession? (sma )Oct 30, 2012 177 career 5 CSS Properties That Give Designers Fits Oct 28, 2012 176 css , floats , shadows , gradients , borders , navigation Color Theory 101 Oct 11, 2012 175 introductions , colors Stefan Sagmeister Interview (sma )Oct 3, 2012 174 interviews The Flat Design Era Sep 25, 2012 173 flat-design , link-lists Homepage Design Changes (nng )Sep 24, 2012 172 homepages , history Facilitating Great Design (ali )Jun 26, 2012 171 collaboration , processes Website Design for Tablets and Mobile May 28, 2012 170 responsive-design , mobile Repurposing vs. Optimized Design (nng )May 21, 2012 169 desktop , mobile , print , optimization , comparisons , user-experience Web Design Manifesto 2012 (zel )May 18, 2012 168 manifestos , blogging Stop Making Endless Design Changes May 6, 2012 167 processes An Introduction to Modernizr for Designers (lou /web )Apr 16, 2012 166 introductions , modernizr Multi-Device Layout Patterns Mar 14, 2012 165 responsive-design , design-patterns , layout , mobile , desktop For a Future-Friendly Web (bra /ali )Mar 13, 2012 164 web , content Why Transitions Are Important (sma )Feb 28, 2012 163 interaction-design , transitions Responsive Navigation Patterns (bra )Feb 24, 2012 162 responsive-design , navigation , design-patterns Redefining Hick’s Law (sma )Feb 23, 2012 161 principles An Introduction to jQuery for Designers Jan 31, 2012 160 introductions , jquery An Important Time for Design (ali )Jan 17, 2012 159 Top Minimalist Website Designs: Trends and Examples Oct 24, 2011 158 minimalism , trends , examples Demystifying Design (ali )Sep 20, 2011 157 Elements of a Viral Launch Page (sma )Sep 1, 2011 156 landing-pages , marketing A Few Design Trends (jas )Aug 27, 2011 155 trends How to Become a Web Design Expert (boa /sma )Aug 25, 2011 154 how-tos , career Mobile Design Is Not Only Responsive (hcr )Aug 25, 2011 153 responsive-design , mobile Adapted (sim )Aug 19, 2011 152 responsive-design , mobile-first 5 Principles of User-Centered Interface Design Aug 17, 2011 151 principles , user-experience Defending the Generalists in the Web Design Industry (boa /sma )Jul 26, 2011 150 career The UX of Learning (ali )Jul 26, 2011 149 user-experience , learning Emphasis in Design (jas )Jul 25, 2011 148 Responsive Web Design Techniques, Tools, and Design Strategies (vit /sma )Jul 22, 2011 147 responsive-design , techniques , tooling , strategies , link-lists Following a Web Design Process (sma )Jun 22, 2011 146 processes , project-management Defining Good Design (jas )Jun 8, 2011 145 usability , aesthetics Getting Started With Defensive Web Design (sma )May 27, 2011 144 introductions , examples Color Theory 101 (jas )Apr 1, 2011 143 introductions , colors Designing for the Future Web (sma )Mar 29, 2011 142 mobile , seo The Psychology of Color (jas )Mar 21, 2011 141 colors Why User Experience Cannot Be Designed (sma )Mar 15, 2011 140 user-experience The Art of the Single Page Web Site Jan 31, 2011 139 examples , link-lists A Simpler Page (cra /ali )Jan 11, 2011 138 typography , readability , html , css , simplicity Typography Is Not Your Brand, So Don’t Steal It (tim )Oct 9, 2010 137 typography , branding If You’re in Online Marketing and Strategy, This Will Piss You Off (tim )Sep 6, 2010 136 marketing , processes , collaboration The Future of Web Fonts Is Sooner Than It Used to Be Aug 31, 2010 135 fonts , woff 5 Quick Ways to Freshen Up Your Web Site Copy Jul 22, 2010 134 content , maintenance Tips for Web Design That Crosses Cultures (css )Jul 14, 2010 133 localization , navigation , unicode , colors , seo In Defense of Hard (pjo )Jun 8, 2010 132 simplicity , complexity Transparency in Web Design (chr /css )Jun 6, 2010 131 transparency , css , png , images Principles of Icon Design (jon )May 25, 2010 130 principles , icons , images Grid-Based Web Design, Simplified (sma )Apr 29, 2010 129 layout , grids , css The Dying Art of Design (sma )Apr 8, 2010 128 art The Sad State of the Web Design Community (sma )Apr 8, 2010 127 community The Art of the Web Background Mar 30, 2010 126 backgrounds , examples , link-lists Less Ridiculous Standard Ad Sizes (chr /css )Jan 7, 2010 125 monetization Subtle Contrast in Design Dec 30, 2009 124 contrast , colors Principles of Design: Color Dec 17, 2009 123 principles , colors Principles of Design: Contrast Dec 3, 2009 122 principles , contrast , colors The Evolution of Web Design Nov 28, 2009 121 history , tables , flash , dhtml , css Principles of Design: Proximity Nov 26, 2009 120 principles The Death of the Blog Post (vit /sma )Nov 19, 2009 119 blogging Print Design to Web Design: Comparative Analogies (chr /css )Nov 12, 2009 118 print , web , comparisons 20 Extraordinary Blogs With Unique Post Designs (sma )Nov 10, 2009 117 blogging , link-lists Vital Tips for Effective Logo Design (sma )Aug 26, 2009 116 logos , images , tips-and-tricks Informative and Usable Footers in Web Design (sma )Jun 17, 2009 115 navigation , usability , link-lists The Battlefield of Design: Designers vs. Clients (boa )Jun 16, 2009 114 business-relations , collaboration , processes Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Comic Sans May 11, 2009 113 fonts Even Designers Are Using CSS3? (dal /aja )Apr 28, 2009 112 css In Defense of Eye Candy (ali )Apr 21, 2009 111 decoration , user-experience Do You Do Spec Work? Apr 10, 2009 110 business-relations , economics 8 Simple Typography Tips for Your Designs (sma )Apr 3, 2009 109 typography , css , tips-and-tricks 10 Principles of Readability and Web Typography (sma )Mar 18, 2009 108 typography , readability , principles Is Minimalist Still in Vogue? You Bet Mar 10, 2009 107 minimalism Graceful Blame (dav )Jan 6, 2009 106 career , community Don’t Follow Web Design Trends: Set Them (sma )Nov 25, 2008 105 branding Accessibility Experiment Sep 22, 2008 104 accessibility Jina Bolton on Creating Sexy Stylesheets (jin )Sep 17, 2008 103 interviews , css A Designer’s Guide to HTML Email (mis )Aug 15, 2008 102 guides , email , html Use the Best Available Ampersand (sim )Aug 14, 2008 101 typography 7 Essential Guidelines for Functional Design (sma )Aug 5, 2008 100 guidelines Compared to What? (j9t )Jul 3, 2008 99 information-design Mark Boulton’s Freelance Design Secrets (mar )Jul 2, 2008 98 interviews , css Fancy Form Design Using CSS (the )Jun 26, 2008 97 forms , accessibility , css Web Design: 10 Additional Research Findings You Should Know (j9t )Jun 5, 2008 96 usability , research , conventions , best-practices Design Rants (dav )Jun 3, 2008 95 typography , readability , responsive-design , semantics Writing an Interface Style Guide (jin /ali )Jun 3, 2008 94 style-guides , design-systems , conventions , documentation Andy Budd on Usability, Design, and the Death of CSS (and )May 21, 2008 93 interviews , usability , css Web Design 101: Photoshop (dig )Apr 15, 2008 92 introductions , photoshop , adobe Footers in Web Design: Creative Examples and Ideas (sma )Apr 9, 2008 91 navigation , examples 13 Reasons Why CSS Is Superior to Tables in Website Design Apr 3, 2008 90 layout , tables , css , comparisons Ajaxian Roundup for March 2008: IE 8, Acid3, and Performance (dal /aja )Apr 1, 2008 89 browsers , javascript , dojo , dwr , extjs , prototypejs , jquery , css , performance , tooling , mobile , databases , comet , ajaxian , link-lists The Web Beyond the Desktop (dav /dig )Apr 1, 2008 88 web , desktop , mobile , browsers The 10 Design Theses of Dieter Rams (j9t )Mar 25, 2008 87 guidelines Design Is in the Details (ali )Mar 4, 2008 86 Ajaxian Roundup for January 2008: JavaScript Turtles and IE 8 (dal /aja )Feb 2, 2008 85 javascript , prototypejs , dojo , extjs , jquery , gwt , yui , dwr , gears , flash , air , json , browsers , standards , css , comet , security , ajaxian , link-lists 10 Principles of Effective Web Design (vit /sma )Jan 31, 2008 84 principles , usability , performance , simplicity , whitespace , conventions , testing Do Websites Need to Look Exactly the Same in Every Browser? (sim )Dec 10, 2007 83 websites , browsers Understanding Web Design (zel /ali )Nov 20, 2007 82 typography Better Web Forms: Redesigning eBay’s Registration (gar /dig )Nov 12, 2007 81 forms , case-studies Monthly Ajaxian Roundup for September 2007: JavaScript Mashups Take a Step Forward (dal /aja )Oct 3, 2007 80 dojo , extjs , prototypejs , jquery , yui , browsers , javascript , offline , mobile , adobe , comet , ajaxian , link-lists Web Design 101: Floats (vir /dig )Sep 10, 2007 79 introductions , floats , css Are You a Web Designer or a Web Decorator? (j9t )Aug 24, 2007 78 career , decoration 80 Beautiful Typefaces for Professional Design (sma )Aug 8, 2007 77 fonts Bulletproof Web Design, Second Edition (sim )Aug 8, 2007 76 books , xhtml , css Typography and Web Advertising: Making Every Opportunity Count (dig )Jun 25, 2007 75 typography , monetization Frameworks for Designers (ali )Jun 12, 2007 74 frameworks Re: 55 Reasons to Design in XHTML/CSS May 8, 2007 73 xhtml , html , css The Principles of Beautiful Web Design Apr 2, 2007 72 principles , processes , overviews Icon Design: Sizing (dav )Feb 21, 2007 71 images , icons 1 + 1 = 3: Explaining Busyness and Background Noise on Websites (j9t )Jan 18, 2007 70 information-design It’s in the Details: Seven Secrets of a Successful International Website (dig )Jan 15, 2007 69 internationalization , localization , ecommerce , colors Web Design: 15 Important Research Findings You Should Know (j9t )Jan 13, 2007 68 usability , research , conventions , best-practices Design Decisions: Basecamp Help (jas )Nov 29, 2006 67 The Ultimate Web Page (jus )Sep 19, 2006 66 tech-stacks , prioritization Principles and Elements of Design (dig )Apr 17, 2006 65 principles Nine Tips for Designing Rich Internet Applications Jan 7, 2006 64 rich-internet-apps , tips-and-tricks The Value of Graphic Design (jus )Jan 3, 2006 63 usability Avoid Edge Cases by Designing Up Front (ali )Dec 5, 2005 62 processes Good Designers Redesign, Great Designers Realign (cam /ali )Oct 25, 2005 61 branding , career Top 5 Web Design Mistakes (nza )Aug 8, 2005 60 images , javascript , colors , fonts , mistakes Scrolling and Scrollbars (nng )Jul 11, 2005 59 scrolling , usability Zoom Layout (sto )Jun 24, 2005 58 layout , accessibility , zooming Open Source Design? (dav )Jun 20, 2005 57 foss , html , css The Principles of Design (dig )Jun 13, 2005 56 principles , fundamentals , link-lists Information Architecture as an Extension of Web Design (dig )Feb 17, 2005 55 information-architecture , layout , hierarchy Invasion of the Body Switchers (sib +/ali )Nov 19, 2004 54 accessibility , css The End of Usability Culture (dig )Nov 10, 2004 53 usability , culture Iterative Design (jus )Oct 13, 2004 52 processes The Need for Web Design Standards (nng )Sep 13, 2004 51 usability , conventions Fitts’s Law (dav )Aug 19, 2004 50 principles , usability Are Web Sites Identical? (jon )Jul 28, 2004 49 Great CSS Design (dav )Feb 29, 2004 48 css , link-lists Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2003 (nng )Dec 22, 2003 47 mistakes , usability WaSP Interviews Dan Cederholm (sim )Nov 17, 2003 46 interviews , standards , case-studies CSS Based Design (ada )Sep 23, 2003 45 css , positioning , floats , xhtml CSS Zen Garden: The Beauty in CSS Design (dav )May 7, 2003 44 websites , css , examples , css-zen-garden CSS Zen Garden (dav )May 7, 2003 43 css , examples , css-zen-garden Table-Less Design (dav )Apr 8, 2003 42 css , layout Alternative Interfaces for Accessibility (nng )Apr 7, 2003 41 accessibility , usability Progressive Enhancement and the Future of Web Design Mar 21, 2003 40 outlooks , progressive-enhancement , graceful-degradation , print Inclusive Web Design for the Future (sch )Mar 11, 2003 39 slides , history , browsers , graceful-degradation , standards , strategies , comparisons Credibility and CSS (sim )Mar 6, 2003 38 layout , css Form Follows Function (ppk /dig )Feb 6, 2003 37 art , print , web Top 10 Web Design Mistakes of 2002 (nng )Dec 22, 2002 36 usability , mistakes , retrospectives What Is Liquid Design? Nov 29, 2002 35 liquid-design Fluid Thinking (ppk /dig )Oct 2, 2002 34 liquid-design , graceful-degradation , css CSS Design: Taming Lists (ali )Sep 27, 2002 33 lists , css Debate—Design Is Dead! Aug 1, 2002 32 Debate—Design Is Not Dead! Aug 1, 2002 31 CSS Design: Going to Print (mey /ali )May 10, 2002 30 css , print When Design Motivates (dig )Jan 22, 2002 29 Reading Design (ali )Nov 23, 2001 28 content , readability , typography The Real History of the GUI Aug 13, 2001 27 history Web Designer and Proud of It (ali )Apr 2, 2001 26 career The Tao of Design (dig )Mar 7, 2001 25 To Use or Not to Use: An XHTML Roadmap for Designers (mho /dig )Jan 7, 2001 24 xhtml , html Tips: Design for Accessible Web Sites Nov 3, 2000 23 accessibility , tips-and-tricks Flash: 99% Bad (nng )Oct 29, 2000 22 flash , user-experience What Makes Those Damn Clients So Difficult? (dig )Oct 15, 2000 21 business-relations , collaboration When Web Pages Don’t Work Aug 29, 2000 20 user-experience , navigation , performance , graceful-degradation , usability , testing End of Web Design (nng )Jul 23, 2000 19 content , interaction-design , information-architecture , usability The Birth of Design Is Kinky (dig )Jul 9, 2000 18 case-studies A Dao of Web Design (joh /ali )Apr 7, 2000 17 principles Web Design Concerns Jan 2, 2000 16 accessibility , internationalization , frames , link-lists Digital Fashion (dig )Nov 23, 1999 15 Ten Good Deeds in Web Design (nng )Oct 3, 1999 14 usability , best-practices , conventions MIT Disabilities Resources: Universal Design and Web Accessibility (mit )Sep 22, 1999 13 accessibility , link-lists Liquid Web Design: Build It Right and It Will Work No Matter What the Container (nic /dig )Aug 29, 1999 12 liquid-design Web Design for Dyslexia Jun 16, 1999 11 accessibility , dyslexia Disabled Accessibility: The Pragmatic Approach (nng )Jun 13, 1999 10 accessibility , processes A Divided Approach to Web Site Design: Separating Content and Visuals for Rapid Results Jun 5, 1999 9 processes Who Commits the “Top Ten Mistakes” of Web Design? (nng )May 16, 1999 8 performance , usability , mistakes “Top Ten Mistakes” Revisited Three Years Later (nng )May 2, 1999 7 mistakes , frames , urls , scrolling , retrospectives The Creative Process (ali )Mar 12, 1999 6 creativity , processes Differences Between Print Design and Web Design (nng )Jan 24, 1999 5 web , print , comparisons Unified Web Site Accessibility Guidelines (w3c )Jan 20, 1998 4 guidelines , accessibility , html , content , lists , tables , links , images , multimedia , frames , forms Best Viewed With Any Browser Jan 10, 1998 3 browsers , support , principles Art and the Zen of Web Sites Jan 7, 1997 2 web , colors , images , image-maps , tables , frames , java , javascript , monetization , testing , maintenance , tips-and-tricks WWW: Beyond the Basics Sep 22, 1996 1 books , web , history , standards , programming , outlooks