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“design” News Archive (3)

Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
Design Thinking: Study Guide (nng)584
guides, training, link-lists
UI Cheat Sheet: Spacing Friendships583
spacing, cheat-sheets
Principles by Design582
principles
A Guide to Accessible Digital UX Design581
guides, accessibility, user-experience
Why Are We Talking So Much About Design Leadership?580
leadership
Balancing UX Design and Conversion-Rate Optimization (uxm)579
user-experience, user-conversion, optimization
Avoid the Most Common 18 Mistakes to Make Your UI/UX Design Better578
user-experience, mistakes
Optimizing Your Own Performance as a Designer577
career
Is It Time to Ditch the Design Grid? (mic)576
layout, grids
5 UI Tips to Become a Better Front-End Developer575
colors, tips-and-tricks
The Vanishing Designer574
career
The Future of UX Design (uxm)573
interviews, outlooks, user-experience
Maintaining End-to-End Quality With Visual Testing (sma)572
testing, quality
Principle of Closure in Visual Design (nng)571
principles
Designing for Information Density570
Designing for the Unexpected (ali)569
html, css
Gridless Design (don)568
websites, layout
Five Ways to Include D/Deaf Users in Your Designs (tpg)567
accessibility
Feature Checklists Are Not Enough: How to Avoid Making Bad Software (nng)566
how-tos, usability, checklists
Towards Richer Colors on the Web565
colors
10 Figma Best Practices to 10× Your Workflow564
figma, productivity, best-practices
The Most Popular Design Thinking Strategy Is BS (fas)563
strategies
All You Need Is 5 Fonts562
typography, fonts
Ultimate Guide to Color in UX/UI Design561
guides, colors, figma
How Apple Changed the Way We Navigate—Forever560
navigation, apple
Building a Color Scheme (arg)559
css, colors, color-palettes
Micro-Expressions in User Testing: When Users Reveal Their True Emotional States558
usability
Embracing Design Constraints (aar)557
4 Soft Skills Every Designer Should Aspire to Learn (uxm)556
career
How Artificial Intelligence Is Impacting UX Design (uxm)555
user-experience, ai
Fifteen Design Trends From an Accessibility Perspective554
accessibility, trends
9 Principles of Good Web Design553
principles, simplicity, navigation, content, layout, performance, mobile
Sticky Headers: 5 Ways to Make Them Better (nng)552
navigation, optimization
Minimalism Is Boring551
minimalism
10 Graphic-Design Tips for UX Designers (uxm)550
user-experience, tips-and-tricks
Why Does a Design Look Good? (nng)549
aesthetics
2004–2021: Retrospective (iam)548
tech-stacks, retrospectives
10 Principles of the Best Landing Page Design547
principles, landing-pages
Ethical Design Guide546
websites, guides
The State of UX: 100 Design Lessons for 2021 (fab)545
user-experience, outlooks
To Be Creative, Practice544
creativity
Chasing the Pixel-Perfect Dream (jos)543
css
The Principles of Visual Communication (sma)542
communication, principles, examples
What Apple, Google, and Amazon’s Websites Looked Like in 1999 (mas)541
history
How to Design a Set of Icons540
icons, images
Similarity Principle in Visual Design (nng)539
principles, colors, shapes
How to Create Customer-Centric Landing Pages (sma)538
how-tos, landing-pages, content
Every Website Is an Essay (fon/css)537
communication
The Renaissance of No-Code for Web Designers (sma)536
low-and-no-code
The Ultimate Guide With All the Secrets You Will Need to Know to Become a Fabulous Design Unicorn535
websites, guides
In Defense of a Fussy Website (sar/css)534
user-experience, web
The Importance of Clarity in UX533
user-experience
Equivalent Experiences: What Are They? (eri/sma)532
accessibility, dei, community, user-experience
Design Principles 101531
videos, introductions, principles
How to Design a Brand Logo (With Ease) (sma)530
how-tos, branding, logos, images
Radio Buttons Are Like Selects; Checkboxes Are Like Multiple Selects (chr/css)529
forms
How to Convince Others Not to Use Dark Patterns (boa/sma)528
how-tos, user-experience, ethics, design-patterns, anti-patterns
Designing Intrinsic Layouts527
videos, css, layout, intrinsic-design
Reducing Design Risk (sma)526
product-management
How to Succeed in Wireframe Design (sma)525
how-tos, prototyping, tooling, link-lists
Listboxes vs. Dropdown Lists (nng)524
forms, usability, comparisons
Neumorphism and CSS (cod/css)523
effects, css
Marginalized by Design (hey/que)522
community, dei, career
Where Does SEO Belong in Your Web Design Process? (sma)521
seo, processes
Cross-Cultural Design (ali)520
culture
Design System UI Is More Expensive Than a Product Team’s UI (nat)519
design-systems
Progressive Brand Enhancement in Design Systems (fro)518
design-systems, progressive-enhancement, branding
An Intro to Designing Accessible Data Visualizations (fos)517
introductions, accessibility, visualization, information-design
My Secret Weapon for Design Inspiration (buz)516
creativity
RTL Styling 101 (sha)515
introductions, internationalization, layout, css, html
Print-Inspired Layout on the Web (chr/css)514
print, css, layout
The State of UX in 2020 (fab)513
user-experience, outlooks
Better Design With Deep Thinking (sma)512
processes, productivity
Design Muscles (mar)511
The Developer’s Fallacy of Close Collaboration With Designers (j9t)510
collaboration, creativity
Learning How to See (mat)509
Bringing a Better Design Process to Your Organization (sma)508
processes
Design Principles for Developers: Processes and CSS Tips for Better Web Design (css)507
typography, spacing, colors, principles, processes, css, tips-and-tricks
Why MVP Is the Antithesis of Good UX506
videos, user-experience, product-management
So You Think You’re Design Driven505
Queer Design Club (que)504
websites, community
Daily Ethical Design (ali)503
ethics
Tips for Managing Design Systems (sma)502
design-systems, maintenance, communication, efficiency, documentation, processes
A Practical Guide to SVG and Design Tools (sma)501
guides, images, svg, sketch, figma, adobe, tooling
Designing for the Future With Voice Prototypes (sma)500
prototyping, voice
Ethics for Designers (ia)499
ethics
Art Direction for the Web Using CSS Shapes (mal/sma)498
art-direction, html, css, shapes
How to Use Spaces in Web Design With Gestalt Principles (sma)497
how-tos, spacing
Six Tips for Better Web Typography (fon/css)496
typography, tips-and-tricks
5 Simple UX Principles to Guide Your Product Design495
user-experience, principles
Breadcrumbs: 11 Design Guidelines for Desktop and Mobile (nng)494
guidelines, breadcrumbs
The Anchoring Principle (tbf/nng)493
user-experience, principles
Elements to Ditch or Repurpose on Mobile (sma)492
user-experience, mobile
The State of UX in 2019 (fab)491
user-experience, outlooks
Browsing Versus Searching in Design490
browsing, searching
Should Designers Code (j9t)489
creativity, career
Redesigning Your Product and Website for Dark Mode (mal)488
dark-mode, css
Writing for Designers (ali)487
writing, processes
The Psychology of Design (jon/ali)486
user-experience, principles
Best Practices for Mobile Form Design (sma)485
forms, mobile, best-practices
Designing for Micro-Moments (sma)484
interaction-design, mobile
Better Collaboration by Bringing Designers Into the Code Review Process (sma)483
collaboration, code-reviews, processes
What Is Redux: A Designer’s Guide (sma)482
guides, redux, state-management
The Problem With Patterns (ali)481
design-patterns, processes, user-experience, collaboration
Page Transitions for Everyone (css)480
user-experience, animations, transitions, performance, caching
Things Designers Should Know About SEO in 2018 (myr/sma)479
seo
How to Automate a Design478
how-tos, automation
Priority Guides: A Content-First Alternative to Wireframes (ali)477
prototyping, content
Native-Like Animations for Page Transitions on the Web (sar/css)476
animations, transitions, vuejs, nuxt, css
Designing for Accessibility and Inclusion (sma)475
accessibility, dei, animations, colors, typography, images, multimedia, keyboard-navigation, layout, readability
Art Directing for the Web With CSS Grid Template Areas (mal/sma)474
art-direction, css, grids, layout
Creating a UX Strategy (sma)473
user-experience, strategies
Using Ethics in Web Design (mor/sma)472
user-experience, ethics, checklists
Conversational Design (ali)471
interaction-design, conversational-design
A Comprehensive Guide to User Experience Design (sma)470
guides, user-experience
Tools for Thinking and Tools for Systems (fon/css)469
tooling, sketch, figma, photoshop
Universal Principles of User Experience Design (sma)468
user-experience, principles, typography
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Prototyping (but Were Afraid to Ask) (sma)467
prototyping, processes
The Evolution of User Experience Design (sma)466
user-experience
The State of UX in 2018 (fab)465
user-experience, outlooks
Designing for a Browserless Web (sma)464
progressive-web-apps, web-apps, native
A Comprehensive Guide to Web Design (sma)463
guides, content, information-architecture, navigation, content-strategy, scrolling, forms, accessibility
Bad Icons: How to Identify and Improve Them (nng)462
how-tos, icons, images, usability
Design Concepts—an Overview461
overviews, processes
Minimalistic Design With Large Impact: Functional Minimalism for Web Design (sma)460
minimalism
Making Flat Design Usable459
videos, flat-design, usability
The Nine Principles of Design Implementation (sma)458
principles, html, css
What Is Timeless Web Design? (chr/css)457
community
And You Thought Buttons Were Easy? (nat)456
buttons, design-systems
When Large Isn’t Large Enough: Designing With Hero Images (sma)455
images
Making Your Design Optically Perfect (raf)454
alignment
The Road to Resilient Web Design (sma)453
responsive-design, resilience
Flat-Design Best Practices (nng)452
flat-design, best-practices
How to Design and Sell Themes (With Success) (dxn)451
how-tos, theming, monetization
Web Layout 101: Vertical Rhythm Is a Drummer (mis)450
introductions, layout
How to Use Shadows and Blur Effects in Modern UI Design (sma)449
how-tos, shadows, effects
The State of UX Agile Development (nng)448
user-experience, agile, processes, collaboration
Mobile First Is Just Not Good Enough: Meet Journey-Driven Design (sma)447
mobile-first, mobile, responsive-design, processes
Align SVG Icons to Text and Say Goodbye to Font Icons (pro)446
svg, images, icons, icon-fonts, fonts, css, alignment
How Functional Animation Helps Improve User Experience (sma)445
animations, user-experience
Web Layout 101: Making the Most of the Top Right Corner444
introductions, layout
The Coming Revolution in Email Design (ali)443
email, mjml
How to Design Better Buttons (sma)442
how-tos, buttons, forms, usability
Top 10 Enduring Web-Design Mistakes (nng)441
mistakes, usability
The Movement Towards Motion in Website Backgrounds440
animations, backgrounds
Continue Normalising Your CSS (css)439
normalize-css, css, consistency
Landing Page Design: 15 Tips for High Conversions438
landing-pages, tips-and-tricks, user-conversion
Taking the Pattern Library to the Next Level (sma)437
documentation, pattern-libraries, style-guides, design-systems
How We Use Prototyping, and How It Made Us More Efficient (sma)436
prototyping, processes, efficiency, case-studies
Communicating Animation (rac/ali)435
communication, animations, interaction-design
Pixel Density, Demystified434
pixel-density
Designing Meaningful Animation (vlh/btc)433
videos, animations, css
Advice From a Young Designer to Younger Designers (lil/btc)432
videos, career, tips-and-tricks
Crash Course: Learn the Sketch UI in Roughly 4 Minutes 20 Seconds (dxn)431
crash-courses, sketch
Never Show a Design You Haven’t Tested on Users (ali)430
usability, user-experience, testing
Web Designers, Can You Speak Web?429
html, css, browsers, concepts, link-lists
A Simple Web Developer’s Color Guide (sma)428
guides, colors, color-palettes
Building the UI for the New “The Times” Website427
collaboration, architecture, css, documentation, case-studies
Front-End Style-Guides: Definition, Requirements, Component Checklist (nng)426
style-guides, efficiency, consistency, user-experience, checklists
The Veil of Ignorance (mrm)425
accessibility, ethics
An Interview With Libby Nicholaou on Creative Residency (chr/css)424
interviews, creativity
An Interview With Una Kravets (una+/css)423
interviews, css, sass
All Talk and No Buttons: The Conversational UI (ali)422
interaction-design, conversational-design
7 Trends That Will Define Web Design in 2016421
trends, ai, mobile-first, layout, animations
The Power of Responsive Design Sprints (gri/clo)420
responsive-design, processes, agile
Influencing Web Layouts With Print Layouts (chr/css)419
print, css, shapes
Writing Is Design (pjo)418
writing
Blending Modes Demystified (ali)417
images, colors, effects, css
Design, White Lies, and Ethics (ali)416
testing
Styling Placeholder Texts415
css, placeholders
The 10 Big Web Design Trends of 2015414
layout, trends, minimalism, scrolling, flat-design, animations, colors, backgrounds, typography
Frameworks (bee/ali)413
responsive-design
The Difference Between Responsive and Adaptive Design (geo/css)412
responsive-design, liquid-design, comparisons
Style Guide Best Practices (bra/btc)411
videos, documentation, style-guides, best-practices
Design + Performance (zem/btc)410
videos, performance, user-experience
9 Ways That Design Trends Are Holding You Back409
creativity
Object-Oriented UX (ali)408
user-experience, information-architecture
How to Create a Web Style Guide You’ll Be Proud Of407
how-tos, documentation, style-guides
Normalize (CSS) No More406
normalize-css
Hey Designers: Stop Being an Afterthought (rhj/sma)405
processes, collaboration, communication
A Brief History of Web Design (dav/btc)404
videos, history
Atomic Design (bra/btc)403
videos, atomic-design
Cheat Your Way With UX (btc)402
videos, user-experience
Making Minimalism Work in Mobile and Web401
prototyping, minimalism, desktop, mobile
Web Design Has as Much Soul Now as It Did Before400
aesthetics, economics
The Characteristics of Minimalism in Web Design (nng)399
minimalism, trends
Web Design Is Dead. No, It Isn’t. (sma)398
tooling, web-platform
Web Design Is Dead (mas)397
tooling, mobile
Design Principles: Compositional, Symmetrical, and Asymmetrical Balance (sma)396
principles
The Roots of Minimalism in Web Design (nng)395
minimalism, history, tips-and-tricks
The Homepage Exception (han/ali)394
homepages, user-experience
Practical Techniques on Designing Animation (sar/sma)393
animations, techniques
Designing for Explicit Choice (sma)392
forms, examples
Meta-Moments: Thoughtfulness by Design (ali)391
user-experience
5 Ridiculously Common Misconceptions About UX390
user-experience
The Web’s Grain (fch)389
web
Content-First Design (ali)388
content
Design Principles: Compositional Flow and Rhythm (sma)387
principles
New Web Layout Ideas for 2015386
layout
An In-Depth Overview of Living Style Guide Tools (sma)385
documentation, style-guides, pattern-libraries, tooling, overviews
How to Automate Style Guide-Driven Development (sma)384
guides, style-guides, automation
Design Principles: Dominance, Focal Points, and Hierarchy (sma)383
principles, hierarchy
Why Developers and Designers Should Work Together382
collaboration, processes
The Love You Make (zel/ali)381
business-relations, career
Style Guide Generator Roundup (ali)380
documentation, style-guides, tooling, link-lists
The Big Web Design Trends for 2015379
trends
Web Design and Principles (j9t)378
principles
Designing WordPress Themes for Printing377
wordpress, theming, print
Designing for Print With CSS (sma)376
print, css
Design Principles: Visual Weight and Direction (sma)375
principles
Why You Should Include Your Developer in the Design Process (boa/sma)374
processes
Fundamental Principles of Great UX Design—How to Deliver Great UX Design (uxm)373
principles, fundamentals, how-tos, user-experience
Website Style Guide Resources372
websites, style-guides, pattern-libraries, documentation, overviews, link-lists
Progress Indicators Make a Slow System Less Insufferable (nng)371
progress-indicators, performance, user-experience
Is Everyone a Designer?370
A Front-End Developer’s Ode to Specifications (sma)369
documentation, design-systems, processes
Before You Hire Designers (mon/ali)368
hiring
Design Principles: Connecting and Separating Elements Through Contrast and Similarity (sma)367
principles, contrast, colors
Junior Designers vs. Senior Designers366
career, processes, comparisons
Consistency (jus)365
consistency, user-experience
Designer’s Guide to DPI364
guides, print, pixel-density
Ten CSS One-Liners to Replace Native Apps (ali)363
css, layout
How Do You Design Interaction? (sma)362
interaction-design
Breaking Web Design Conventions = Breaking the User Experience (nng)361
conventions, usability, user-experience
I Don’t Like It (lau/ali)360
business-relations, communication
What Web Designers Can Learn From Art History359
art, colors
Design Principles: Space and the Figure-Ground Relationship (sma)358
principles, spacing
The Definitive Guide to Form Label Positioning357
guides, forms, labels, accessibility, positioning
A Different Letter to a Junior Designer (mal/ali)356
career
The Web Is a Rectangle355
responsive-design
Creating Style Guides (ali)354
documentation, style-guides, pattern-libraries
Why Your HTML and CSS Mastery Are Not Enough353
html, css, career, learning
Web Animation at Work (rac/ali)352
css, animations
Getting Started With Pattern Libraries (ali)351
introductions, documentation, pattern-libraries, case-studies
A Word on Contemporary Web Design (j9t)350
information-design
Should Designers Code?349
career
Sass for Web Designers (sim)348
books, sass
Art Directed Articles—Still a Good Idea? (chr/css)347
art-direction, trends, examples, responsive-design, link-lists
Flat UI and Forms (ali)346
forms, buttons, accessibility
Flat Design and Thin Is In (sma)345
flat-design
What Makes a Website Look Dated?344
The Web Designer’s Guide to Image Copyrights343
guides, images, licensing
Flat Design as a New Foundation for the Web342
fundamentals, flat-design, responsive-design
Discovering Sketch341
tooling, sketch
Happy 10th Birthday CSS Zen Garden (cra)340
anniversaries, css, css-zen-garden
How Much Has the Web Really Changed? (vas/sma)339
web
Material Honesty on the Web (ali)338
Is Responsive Design Soulless?337
responsive-design, creativity
Defensive Design336
books, user-experience, usability, errors
Andy Clarke: The Interview—Killing Contracts (mal/sma)335
interviews, business-relations, legal
Grid-Based Layouts 101334
introductions, layout, grids, adobe
Great Design Is Great Writing (kel)333
flat-design, writing
Twas The Night Before Responsive332
responsive-design
Exploration of Single-Page Websites (sma)331
navigation, landing-pages, examples
20 Inspirational Landing Page Designs330
landing-pages, examples, link-lists
Why Should Web Design Be a Profession? (sma)329
career
5 CSS Properties That Give Designers Fits328
css, floats, shadows, gradients, borders, navigation
Color Theory 101327
introductions, colors
Stefan Sagmeister Interview (sma)326
interviews
The Flat Design Era325
flat-design, link-lists
Homepage Design Changes (nng)324
homepages, history
Facilitating Great Design (ali)323
collaboration, processes
Website Design for Tablets and Mobile322
responsive-design, mobile
Repurposing vs. Optimized Design (nng)321
desktop, mobile, print, optimization, comparisons, user-experience
Web Design Manifesto 2012 (zel)320
manifestos, blogging
7 Basic Best Practices for Buttons (cjf/uxm)319
buttons, best-practices
Stop Making Endless Design Changes318
processes
An Introduction to Modernizr for Designers (lou/web)317
introductions, modernizr
Design Advice From Jony Ive316
principles
Multi-Device Layout Patterns315
responsive-design, design-patterns, layout, mobile, desktop
For a Future-Friendly Web (bra/ali)314
web, content
Why Transitions Are Important (sma)313
interaction-design, transitions
Responsive Navigation Patterns (bra)312
responsive-design, navigation, design-patterns
Redefining Hick’s Law (sma)311
principles
An Introduction to jQuery for Designers310
introductions, jquery
What Does Google’s Page Layout Algorithm Mean for Web Designers?309
layout, seo
An Important Time for Design (ali)308
Skeuomorphic Design vs. Modern and/or Futuristic Design (mat)307
comparisons
CSS Transitions: A Simple Way to Delight Your Visitors306
css, transitions
Top Minimalist Website Designs: Trends and Examples305
minimalism, trends, examples
Demystifying Design (ali)304
Elements of a Viral Launch Page (sma)303
landing-pages, marketing
A Few Design Trends (jas)302
trends
How to Become a Web Design Expert (boa/sma)301
how-tos, career
Mobile Design Is Not Only Responsive (hcr)300
responsive-design, mobile
Adapted (sim)299
responsive-design, mobile-first
5 Principles of User-Centered Interface Design298
principles, user-experience, user-focus
Defending the Generalists in the Web Design Industry (boa/sma)297
career
The UX of Learning (ali)296
user-experience, learning
Emphasis in Design (jas)295
Responsive Web Design Techniques, Tools, and Design Strategies (sma)294
responsive-design, techniques, tooling, strategies, link-lists
Following a Web Design Process (sma)293
processes, project-management
Defining Good Design (jas)292
usability, aesthetics
Getting Started With Defensive Web Design (sma)291
introductions, examples
Color Theory 101 (jas)290
introductions, colors
Designing for the Future Web (sma)289
mobile, seo
The Psychology of Color (jas)288
colors
Why User Experience Cannot Be Designed (sma)287
user-experience
The Art of the Single Page Web Site286
examples, link-lists
A Simpler Page (cra/ali)285
typography, readability, html, css, simplicity
Typography Is Not Your Brand, So Don’t Steal It (tim)284
typography, branding
If You’re in Online Marketing and Strategy, This Will Piss You Off (tim)283
marketing, processes, collaboration
The Future of Web Fonts Is Sooner Than It Used to Be282
fonts, woff
5 Quick Ways to Freshen Up Your Web Site Copy281
content, maintenance
Prof. Dr. Style—Top 10 Web Design Styles of 1993 (gif)280
retrospectives
Tips for Web Design That Crosses Cultures (css)279
localization, navigation, unicode, colors, seo
In Defense of Hard (pjo)278
simplicity, complexity
Transparency in Web Design (chr/css)277
transparency+opacity, css, png, images
Principles of Icon Design (jon)276
principles, icons, images
Wabi Sabi: Natural Simplicity in Web Design275
simplicity, principles
Grid-Based Web Design, Simplified (sma)274
layout, grids, css
The Dying Art of Design (sma)273
art
The Sad State of the Web Design Community (sma)272
community
The Art of the Web Background271
backgrounds, examples, link-lists
How to Improve Usability With Fitts’ and Hick’s Laws270
how-tos, usability, principles, optimization
The 7 Components of Design269
concepts
Less Ridiculous Standard Ad Sizes (chr/css)268
monetization
Subtle Contrast in Design267
contrast, colors
Principles of Design: Color266
principles, colors
Principles of Design: Contrast265
principles, contrast, colors
The Evolution of Web Design264
history, tables, flash, dhtml, css
Principles of Design: Proximity263
principles
The Death of the Blog Post (sma)262
blogging
Print Design to Web Design: Comparative Analogies (chr/css)261
print, web, comparisons
20 Extraordinary Blogs With Unique Post Designs (sma)260
blogging, link-lists
Vital Tips for Effective Logo Design (sma)259
logos, images, tips-and-tricks
Inspiration: Web Design Trends in 2009 (and Probably 2010)—Where Are We Heading?258
trends, link-lists
Informative and Usable Footers in Web Design (sma)257
navigation, usability, link-lists
The Battlefield of Design: Designers vs. Clients (boa)256
business-relations, collaboration, processes
Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Comic Sans255
fonts
Even Designers Are Using CSS3? (dal/aja)254
css
In Defense of Eye Candy (ali)253
decoration, user-experience
Do You Do Spec Work?252
business-relations, economics
8 Simple Typography Tips for Your Designs (sma)251
typography, css, tips-and-tricks
10 Principles of Readability and Web Typography (sma)250
typography, readability, principles
Is Minimalist Still in Vogue? You Bet249
minimalism
Graceful Blame (dav)248
career, community
Don’t Follow Web Design Trends: Set Them (sma)247
branding
Accessibility Experiment246
accessibility
Design by Community (mar)245
redesigning, drupal, community, processes
Jina Bolton on Creating Sexy Stylesheets (jin)244
interviews, css
A Designer’s Guide to HTML Email (mis)243
guides, email, html
Use the Best Available Ampersand (sim)242
typography
7 Essential Guidelines for Functional Design (sma)241
guidelines
Web Design Is Not Print Design (mat)240
web, print
Compared to What? (j9t)239
information-design
Mark Boulton’s Freelance Design Secrets (mar)238
interviews, css
Fancy Form Design Using CSS (the)237
forms, accessibility, css
Web Design: 10 Additional Research Findings You Should Know (j9t)236
usability, research, conventions, best-practices
Design Rants (dav)235
typography, readability, responsive-design, semantics
Writing an Interface Style Guide (jin/ali)234
style-guides, design-systems, conventions, documentation
Andy Budd on Usability, Design, and the Death of CSS (and)233
interviews, usability, css
Web Design 101: Photoshop (dig)232
introductions, photoshop
Footers in Web Design: Creative Examples and Ideas (sma)231
navigation, examples
13 Reasons Why CSS Is Superior to Tables in Website Design230
layout, tables, css, comparisons
Ajaxian Roundup for March 2008: IE 8, Acid3, and Performance (dal/aja)229
browsers, javascript, dojo, dwr, extjs, prototypejs, jquery, css, performance, tooling, mobile, databases, comet, ajaxian, link-lists
The Web Beyond the Desktop (dav/dig)228
web, desktop, mobile, browsers
The 10 Design Theses of Dieter Rams (j9t)227
guidelines
Design Is in the Details (ali)226
Ajaxian Roundup for January 2008: JavaScript Turtles and IE 8 (dal/aja)225
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 (sma)224
principles, usability, performance, simplicity, whitespace, conventions, testing
The Kimberly Blessing Interview (obi+)223
interviews, web-standards-project, standards, email
Web 2.0 Can Be Dangerous… (nng)222
usability, complexity, web-2.0, ajax, rich-internet-apps, user-generated-content, branding, monetization
peterme and “The Don” Norman in Conversation (pet)221
podcasts, interviews
Do Websites Need to Look Exactly the Same in Every Browser? (sim)220
websites, browsers
10 Ways to Get Design Approval (boa/24w)219
processes
Best of CSS Design 2007218
css, retrospectives, link-lists
Future-Proof Your Web Site Design by Planning Your CSS in Advance217
css, headings, lists, tables, images, links, forms, javascript
Understanding Web Design (zel/ali)216
typography
UI12: Web Form Design Best Practices215
slides, forms, best-practices
Better Web Forms: Redesigning eBay’s Registration (gar/dig)214
forms, case-studies, ebay
Adams and Clarke on CSS, the W3C, and Design (mal+)213
interviews, typography, css-eleven, w3c
Ask 37signals: Personas? (jas)212
personas
The Five Competencies of User Experience Design (uxm)211
user-experience, information-architecture, interaction-design, prototyping, career
Information Design Principles for Web 2.0 Design: Simple and Social210
information-design, principles, web-2.0
Amazon.com Soon to Launch New Navigation (jms)209
amazon, navigation, case-studies
Monthly Ajaxian Roundup for September 2007: JavaScript Mashups Take a Step Forward (dal/aja)208
dojo, extjs, prototypejs, jquery, yui, browsers, javascript, offline, mobile, adobe, comet, ajaxian, link-lists
10 Usability Nightmares You Should Be Aware Of (sma)207
usability, anti-patterns, mistakes
How to Be an Empathic Web Designer206
how-tos, career
Web Design 101: Floats (vir/dig)205
introductions, css, floats, examples
50 Web Designers × 6 Questions (sma)204
interviews, myths, community
Primary and Secondary Actions in Web Forms203
forms, buttons, usability, concepts
Are You a Web Designer or a Web Decorator? (j9t)202
career, decoration
80 Beautiful Typefaces for Professional Design (sma)201
fonts
Bulletproof Web Design, Second Edition (sim)200
books, xhtml, css
CSS Layouts: The Fixed. The Fluid. The Elastic.199
css, layout, liquid-design
Blasting the Myth of the Fold198
myths, viewport
Typography and Web Advertising: Making Every Opportunity Count (dig)197
typography, monetization
Frameworks for Designers (ali)196
frameworks
You Are Not a Robot (ali)195
processes, project-management
E-Mail Is Not a Platform for Design (zel)194
email, html
Interview With Luke Wroblewski, Senior Principal Designer, Yahoo! Inc.193
interviews, usability, testing
Re: 55 Reasons to Design in XHTML/CSS192
xhtml, html, css
Usability Is Design191
usability
An Interview With Mike Kuniavsky190
interviews
The Principles of Beautiful Web Design (jas)189
principles, processes, overviews
Rules and Context188
art
Five Principles to Design By187
principles
Icon Design: Sizing (dav)186
images, icons
Link Hide-and-Seek185
links, usability
Accessibility in the Design Process184
accessibility, processes, case-studies
Interview With Doug Bowman (sto+/dig)183
interviews, google, internet-explorer, browsers
1 + 1 = 3: Explaining Busyness and Background Noise on Websites (j9t)182
information-design
It’s in the Details: Seven Secrets of a Successful International Website (dig)181
internationalization, localization, ecommerce, colors
Web Design: 15 Important Research Findings You Should Know (j9t)180
usability, research, conventions, best-practices
Five Simple Steps to Designing With Colour: Colour Combinations (mar)179
colors
Elastic Layout—Wrong Term?178
layout, liquid-design, terminology, accessibility, css
When Should You Use Personas? (jms)177
personas
Design Decisions: Basecamp Help (jas)176
Don’t Start With the Home Page (cam)175
homepages, processes
Jeff Veen [Interview] (vee)174
interviews, usability, google, career
Is Left-Hand Navigation Evil?173
navigation
Five Simple Steps to Designing With Colour (mar)172
colors
The Ridiculous Discussion About Monitor Sizes and Screen Resolutions (rob)171
viewport
The Ultimate Web Page (jus)170
tech-stacks, prioritization
Optimal Width for 1024px Resolution? (cam)169
viewport, optimization
When the Web Team Gets It Totally Wrong (ger)168
usability, user-focus
Accessibility Has Not Been Taken Too Far (joe)167
accessibility
Giving You Fitts (jen)166
principles, usability
Ten Questions for Donna Maurer (rus)165
interviews, information-architecture, usability
Veerle Pieters Interview (vee/dig)164
interviews, processes, business-relations
An Interview With Molly E. Holzschlag (mho)163
interviews, standards, css
Eyetracking Web Forms162
forms, usability
Real Hackers Don’t Use CSS (emi)161
images, image-maps, links, standards
Web Designer’s Guide to Print Design (mar)160
guides, print
Design Patterns159
design-patterns
“Cascading Style Sheets: The Designer’s Edge” by Molly Holzschlag158
books, css
Principles and Elements of Design (dig)157
principles
“Color for Websites” by Molly Holzschlag156
books, colors
Content Is King155
content, metrics
Accessibility First! A New Approach to Web Design154
studies, research, accessibility, link-lists
Zoom Layouts Update153
layout, zooming, accessibility
Exclusive: Web Design God Steve Krug152
interviews, usability
Nine Tips for Designing Rich Internet Applications151
rich-internet-apps, tips-and-tricks
The Value of Graphic Design (jus)150
usability
Avoid Edge Cases by Designing Up Front (ali)149
processes
Creating a CSS Design From Scratch148
html, css
Interview With Andy Clarke (aka “Accessibility, the Gloves Come Off”) (mal)147
interviews, accessibility, standards
Good Designers Redesign, Great Designers Realign (cam/ali)146
branding, career
Nice Error Messages145
errors
Documentation Takes Time—Make It Worth the Effort144
documentation, prioritization
It’s Hard Being a Custodian (rob)143
business-relations, quality
Why AJAX Matters Now (jes)142
ajax, javascript, web
Dan Cederholm [Interview] (sim+/dig)141
interviews, css
9 Lessons From 9 Years of Interface Design140
lessons, link-lists
Is 1024 OK? (jon)139
viewport, trends
Simplicity Is Hard Work (ger)138
simplicity
Top 5 Web Design Mistakes (nza)137
images, javascript, colors, fonts, mistakes
16 Things That Really Annoy Most Web Users136
web, metrics, user-experience, pop-ups, performance, link-rot, content, search, navigation
Mobile Web Design—the Series (cam)135
mobile
Amazon: No Longer the Role Model for E-Commerce Design (nng)134
amazon, ecommerce, usability
How to: Design for Color Blindness133
how-tos, color-blindness, colors, accessibility
Scrolling and Scrollbars (nng)132
scrolling, usability
Zoom Layout (sto)131
layout, accessibility, zooming
Lazy, Stupid, and Evil Design (the)130
usability
Open Source Design? (dav)129
foss, html, css
The Principles of Design (dig)128
principles, fundamentals, link-lists
Designing for the Subtlety of AJAX (vee)127
ajax
Ten Questions for Russ Weakley (rus)126
standards, web-standards-group
10 Bad Project Warning Signs (and)125
business-relations, project-management
Ten Questions for Jason Santa Maria (jas+)124
interviews, css
Visual Communication and Web Application Design123
web-apps, usability
Liquid vs. Fixed122
liquid-design, comparisons
Innovative Design Inspired by Accessibility (dig)121
accessibility
Cameron Moll [Interview] (cam+/dig)120
interviews
Information Architecture as an Extension of Web Design (dig)119
information-architecture, layout, hierarchy
What Should Drive Site Organization and Design: Consistency or Flow?118
information-design, information-architecture, consistency, navigation
Accessibility From the Ground Up (mat/dig)117
accessibility, wcag, tables, colors, javascript, flash
Big, Stark, and Chunky (ali)116
accessibility, zooming, screen-magnification, examples, layout, navigation
What Makes a Design Seem “Intuitive”? (jms)115
usability
Why Design Accessible Web Sites?114
accessibility, link-lists
Color for Coders—Color and Design for the Non-Designer113
colors, concepts
Why Usability Folks Don’t Focus on Visuals in Design112
usability
Growing Up With Web Standards111
standards, css
Invasion of the Body Switchers (sib+/ali)110
accessibility, css
Ten Questions for Roger Johansson (rus)109
interviews, html, standards
The End of Usability Culture (dig)108
usability, culture
Designing a CSS Layout With an Interesting Header Treatment107
layout, css
Iterative Design (jus)106
processes
Please Make Me Think! Are High-Tech Usability Priorities Backwards?105
usability
Rebranding the World Wide Web Consortium104
w3c, branding
Speaking Up for Accessibility, Open Standards, and Good Design103
accessibility, standards, advocacy
Ten Questions for Jon Hicks (jon+)102
interviews, standards, css
The Need for Web Design Standards (nng)101
usability, conventions
Liquid Bleach (sto)100
liquid-design, css, case-studies
Mastery, Mystery, and Misery: The Ideologies of Web Design (nng)99
user-experience, concepts
Fitts’s Law (dav)98
principles, usability
8 Quick Ways to Fix Your Search Engine (vee)97
search, usability
Are Web Sites Identical? (jon)96
Design Sites Do Web Standards95
standards, conformance
Eight Things I Wish I’d Known When I Started (cam)94
career
Fixed or Fluid, You Decide (mal)93
liquid-design
Integrated Web Design: Seven Deadly Markup Sins (mho)92
encoding, doctypes, attributes, conformance, character-references, html, xhtml
!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Unrestricted"91
standards
Integrated Web Design: Strategies for Long-Term CSS Hack Management (mho)90
css, hacks, maintainability, strategies
Designing for Scalability (dig)89
scalability
Ten Questions for Dan Cederholm (sim+)88
interviews, standards
What’s in a Name (mal)87
html, naming, semantics, conventions
Tables vs. CSS—a Fight to the Death86
html, tables, css, layout, comparisons
Stylish, Accessible Forms (mal)85
forms, xhtml, accessibility, css