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“design” News Archive (3)

Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
Micro-Expressions in User Testing: When Users Reveal Their True Emotional States503
usability
Embracing Design Constraints (aar)502
4 Soft Skills Every Designer Should Aspire to Learn (uxm)501
career
How Artificial Intelligence Is Impacting UX Design (uxm)500
user-experience, ai
Fifteen Design Trends From an Accessibility Perspective499
accessibility, trends
9 Principles of Good Web Design498
principles, simplicity, navigation, content, layout, performance, mobile
Sticky Headers: 5 Ways to Make Them Better (nng)497
navigation, optimization
Minimalism Is Boring496
minimalism
10 Graphic-Design Tips for UX Designers (uxm)495
user-experience, tips-and-tricks
Why Does a Design Look Good? (nng)494
aesthetics
2004–2021: Retrospective (iam)493
tech-stacks, retrospectives
10 Principles of the Best Landing Page Design492
principles, landing-pages
Ethical Design Guide491
websites, guides
The State of UX: 100 Design Lessons for 2021 (fab)490
user-experience, outlooks
To Be Creative, Practice489
creativity
Chasing the Pixel-Perfect Dream (jos)488
css
The Principles of Visual Communication (sma)487
communication, principles, examples
What Apple, Google, and Amazon’s Websites Looked Like in 1999 (mas)486
history
How to Design a Set of Icons485
icons, images
Similarity Principle in Visual Design (nng)484
principles, colors, shapes
How to Create Customer-Centric Landing Pages (sma)483
how-tos, landing-pages, content
Every Website Is an Essay (fon/css)482
communication
The Renaissance of No-Code for Web Designers (sma)481
low-and-no-code
The Ultimate Guide With All the Secrets You Will Need to Know to Become a Fabulous Design Unicorn480
websites, guides
In Defense of a Fussy Website (sar/css)479
user-experience, web
The Importance of Clarity in UX478
user-experience
Equivalent Experiences: What Are They? (eri/sma)477
accessibility, dei, community, user-experience
Design Principles 101476
videos, introductions, principles
How to Design a Brand Logo (With Ease) (sma)475
how-tos, branding, logos, images
Radio Buttons Are Like Selects; Checkboxes Are Like Multiple Selects (chr/css)474
forms
How to Convince Others Not to Use Dark Patterns (boa/sma)473
how-tos, user-experience, ethics, design-patterns, anti-patterns
Designing Intrinsic Layouts (jen)472
videos, css, layout, intrinsic-design
Reducing Design Risk (sma)471
product-management
How to Succeed in Wireframe Design (sma)470
how-tos, prototyping, tooling, link-lists
Listboxes vs. Dropdown Lists (nng)469
forms, usability, comparisons
Neumorphism and CSS (cod/css)468
effects, css
Marginalized by Design (hey/que)467
community, dei, career
Where Does SEO Belong in Your Web Design Process? (sma)466
seo, processes
Cross-Cultural Design (ali)465
culture
Design System UI Is More Expensive Than a Product Team’s UI (nat)464
design-systems
Progressive Brand Enhancement in Design Systems (fro)463
design-systems, progressive-enhancement, branding
An Intro to Designing Accessible Data Visualizations (fos)462
introductions, accessibility, visualization, information-design
My Secret Weapon for Design Inspiration (buz)461
creativity
RTL Styling 101 (sha)460
introductions, internationalization, layout, css, html
Print-Inspired Layout on the Web (chr/css)459
print, css, layout
The State of UX in 2020 (fab)458
user-experience, outlooks
Better Design With Deep Thinking (sma)457
processes, productivity
Design Muscles (mar)456
The Developer’s Fallacy of Close Collaboration With Designers (j9t)455
collaboration, creativity
Learning How to See (mat)454
Bringing a Better Design Process to Your Organization (sma)453
processes
Design Principles for Developers: Processes and CSS Tips for Better Web Design (css)452
typography, spacing, colors, principles, processes, css, tips-and-tricks
Why MVP Is the Antithesis of Good UX451
videos, user-experience, product-management
So You Think You’re Design Driven450
Queer Design Club (que)449
websites, community
Daily Ethical Design (ali)448
ethics
Tips for Managing Design Systems (sma)447
design-systems, maintenance, communication, efficiency, documentation, processes
A Practical Guide to SVG and Design Tools (sma)446
guides, images, svg, sketch, figma, adobe, tooling
Designing for the Future With Voice Prototypes (sma)445
prototyping, voice
Ethics for Designers (ia)444
ethics
Art Direction for the Web Using CSS Shapes (mal/sma)443
art-direction, html, css, shapes
How to Use Spaces in Web Design With Gestalt Principles (sma)442
how-tos, spacing
Six Tips for Better Web Typography (fon/css)441
typography, tips-and-tricks
5 Simple UX Principles to Guide Your Product Design440
user-experience, principles
Breadcrumbs: 11 Design Guidelines for Desktop and Mobile (nng)439
guidelines, breadcrumbs
The Anchoring Principle (tbf/nng)438
user-experience, principles
Elements to Ditch or Repurpose on Mobile (sma)437
user-experience, mobile
The State of UX in 2019 (fab)436
user-experience, outlooks
Browsing Versus Searching in Design435
browsing, searching
Should Designers Code (j9t)434
creativity, career
Redesigning Your Product and Website for Dark Mode (mal)433
dark-mode, css
Writing for Designers (ali)432
writing, processes
The Psychology of Design (jon/ali)431
user-experience, principles
Best Practices for Mobile Form Design (sma)430
forms, mobile, best-practices
Designing for Micro-Moments (sma)429
interaction-design, mobile
Better Collaboration by Bringing Designers Into the Code Review Process (sma)428
collaboration, code-reviews, processes
What Is Redux: A Designer’s Guide (sma)427
guides, redux, state-management
The Problem With Patterns (ali)426
design-patterns, processes, user-experience, collaboration
Page Transitions for Everyone (css)425
user-experience, animations, transitions, performance, caching
Things Designers Should Know About SEO in 2018 (myr/sma)424
seo
How to Automate a Design423
how-tos, automation
Priority Guides: A Content-First Alternative to Wireframes (ali)422
prototyping, content
Native-Like Animations for Page Transitions on the Web (sar/css)421
animations, transitions, vuejs, nuxt, css
Designing for Accessibility and Inclusion (sma)420
accessibility, dei, animations, colors, typography, images, multimedia, keyboard-navigation, layout, readability
Art Directing for the Web With CSS Grid Template Areas (mal/sma)419
art-direction, css, grids, layout
Creating a UX Strategy (sma)418
user-experience, strategies
Using Ethics in Web Design (mor/sma)417
user-experience, ethics, checklists
Conversational Design (ali)416
interaction-design, conversational-design
A Comprehensive Guide to User Experience Design (sma)415
guides, user-experience
Tools for Thinking and Tools for Systems (fon/css)414
tooling, sketch, figma, photoshop
Universal Principles of User Experience Design (sma)413
user-experience, principles, typography
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Prototyping (but Were Afraid to Ask) (sma)412
prototyping, processes
The Evolution of User Experience Design (sma)411
user-experience
The State of UX in 2018 (fab)410
user-experience, outlooks
Designing for a Browserless Web (sma)409
progressive-web-apps, web-apps, native
A Comprehensive Guide to Web Design (sma)408
guides, content, information-architecture, navigation, content-strategy, scrolling, forms, accessibility
Bad Icons: How to Identify and Improve Them (nng)407
how-tos, icons, images, usability
Design Concepts—an Overview406
overviews, processes
Minimalistic Design With Large Impact: Functional Minimalism for Web Design (sma)405
minimalism
Making Flat Design Usable404
videos, flat-design, usability
The Nine Principles of Design Implementation (sma)403
principles, html, css
What Is Timeless Web Design? (chr/css)402
community
And You Thought Buttons Were Easy? (nat)401
buttons, design-systems
When Large Isn’t Large Enough: Designing With Hero Images (sma)400
images
Making Your Design Optically Perfect (raf)399
alignment
The Road to Resilient Web Design (ada/sma)398
responsive-design, resilience
Flat-Design Best Practices (nng)397
flat-design, best-practices
How to Design and Sell Themes (With Success) (dxn)396
how-tos, theming, monetization
Web Layout 101: Vertical Rhythm Is a Drummer (mis)395
introductions, layout
How to Use Shadows and Blur Effects in Modern UI Design (sma)394
how-tos, shadows, effects
The State of UX Agile Development (nng)393
user-experience, agile, processes, collaboration
Mobile First Is Just Not Good Enough: Meet Journey-Driven Design (sma)392
mobile-first, mobile, responsive-design, processes
Align SVG Icons to Text and Say Goodbye to Font Icons (pro)391
svg, images, icons, icon-fonts, fonts, css, alignment
How Functional Animation Helps Improve User Experience (sma)390
animations, user-experience
Web Layout 101: Making the Most of the Top Right Corner389
introductions, layout
The Coming Revolution in Email Design (ali)388
email, mjml
How to Design Better Buttons (sma)387
how-tos, buttons, forms, usability
Top 10 Enduring Web-Design Mistakes (nng)386
mistakes, usability
The Movement Towards Motion in Website Backgrounds385
animations, backgrounds
Continue Normalising Your CSS (css)384
normalize-css, css, consistency
Landing Page Design: 15 Tips for High Conversions383
landing-pages, tips-and-tricks, user-conversion
Taking the Pattern Library to the Next Level (vit/sma)382
documentation, pattern-libraries, style-guides, design-systems
How We Use Prototyping, and How It Made Us More Efficient (sma)381
prototyping, processes, efficiency, case-studies
Communicating Animation (rac/ali)380
communication, animations, interaction-design
Pixel Density, Demystified379
pixel-density
Designing Meaningful Animation (vlh/btc)378
videos, animations, css
Advice From a Young Designer to Younger Designers (lil/btc)377
videos, career, tips-and-tricks
Crash Course: Learn the Sketch UI in Roughly 4 Minutes 20 Seconds (dxn)376
crash-courses, sketch
Never Show a Design You Haven’t Tested on Users (ali)375
usability, user-experience, testing
Web Designers, Can You Speak Web?374
html, css, browsers, concepts, link-lists
A Simple Web Developer’s Color Guide (sma)373
guides, colors, color-palettes
Building the UI for the New “The Times” Website372
collaboration, architecture, css, documentation, case-studies
Front-End Style-Guides: Definition, Requirements, Component Checklist (nng)371
style-guides, efficiency, consistency, user-experience, checklists
The Veil of Ignorance (mrm)370
accessibility, ethics
An Interview With Libby Nicholaou on Creative Residency (chr/css)369
interviews, creativity
An Interview With Una Kravets (una+/css)368
interviews, css, sass
All Talk and No Buttons: The Conversational UI (ali)367
interaction-design, conversational-design
7 Trends That Will Define Web Design in 2016366
trends, ai, mobile-first, layout, animations
The Power of Responsive Design Sprints (gri/clo)365
responsive-design, processes, agile
Influencing Web Layouts With Print Layouts (chr/css)364
print, css, shapes
Writing Is Design (pjo)363
writing
Blending Modes Demystified (ali)362
images, colors, effects, css
Design, White Lies, and Ethics (ali)361
testing
Styling Placeholder Texts (ppk)360
css, placeholders
The 10 Big Web Design Trends of 2015359
layout, trends, minimalism, scrolling, flat-design, animations, colors, backgrounds, typography
Frameworks (bee/ali)358
responsive-design
The Difference Between Responsive and Adaptive Design (geo/css)357
responsive-design, liquid-design, comparisons
Style Guide Best Practices (bra/btc)356
videos, documentation, style-guides, best-practices
Design + Performance (zem/btc)355
videos, performance, user-experience
9 Ways That Design Trends Are Holding You Back354
creativity
Object-Oriented UX (ali)353
user-experience, information-architecture
How to Create a Web Style Guide You’ll Be Proud Of352
how-tos, documentation, style-guides
Normalize (CSS) No More351
normalize-css
Hey Designers: Stop Being an Afterthought (rhj/sma)350
processes, collaboration, communication
A Brief History of Web Design (dav/btc)349
videos, history
Atomic Design (bra/btc)348
videos, atomic-design
Cheat Your Way With UX (btc)347
videos, user-experience
Making Minimalism Work in Mobile and Web346
prototyping, minimalism, desktop, mobile
Web Design Has as Much Soul Now as It Did Before345
aesthetics, economics
The Characteristics of Minimalism in Web Design (nng)344
minimalism, trends
Web Design Is Dead. No, It Isn’t. (vit/sma)343
tooling, web-platform
Web Design Is Dead (mas)342
tooling, mobile
Design Principles: Compositional, Symmetrical, and Asymmetrical Balance (sma)341
principles
The Roots of Minimalism in Web Design (nng)340
minimalism, history, tips-and-tricks
The Homepage Exception (han/ali)339
homepages, user-experience
Practical Techniques on Designing Animation (sar/sma)338
animations, techniques
Designing for Explicit Choice (sma)337
forms, examples
Meta-Moments: Thoughtfulness by Design (ali)336
user-experience
5 Ridiculously Common Misconceptions About UX335
user-experience
The Web’s Grain (fch)334
web
Content-First Design (ali)333
content
Design Principles: Compositional Flow and Rhythm (sma)332
principles
New Web Layout Ideas for 2015331
layout
An In-Depth Overview of Living Style Guide Tools (sma)330
documentation, style-guides, pattern-libraries, tooling, overviews
How to Automate Style Guide-Driven Development (sma)329
guides, style-guides, automation
Design Principles: Dominance, Focal Points, and Hierarchy (sma)328
principles, hierarchy
Why Developers and Designers Should Work Together327
collaboration, processes
The Love You Make (zel/ali)326
business-relations, career
The Big Web Design Trends for 2015325
trends
Style Guide Generator Roundup (ali)324
documentation, style-guides, tooling, link-lists
Web Design and Principles (j9t)323
principles
Designing WordPress Themes for Printing322
wordpress, theming, print
Designing for Print With CSS (rac/sma)321
print, css
Design Principles: Visual Weight and Direction (sma)320
principles
Why You Should Include Your Developer in the Design Process (boa/sma)319
processes
Fundamental Principles of Great UX Design—How to Deliver Great UX Design (uxm)318
principles, fundamentals, how-tos, user-experience
Website Style Guide Resources317
websites, style-guides, pattern-libraries, documentation, overviews, link-lists
Progress Indicators Make a Slow System Less Insufferable (nng)316
progress-indicators, performance, user-experience
Is Everyone a Designer?315
A Front-End Developer’s Ode to Specifications (sma)314
documentation, design-systems, processes
Before You Hire Designers (mon/ali)313
hiring
Design Principles: Connecting and Separating Elements Through Contrast and Similarity (sma)312
principles, contrast, colors
Junior Designers vs. Senior Designers311
career, processes, comparisons
Consistency (jus)310
consistency, user-experience
Designer’s Guide to DPI309
guides, print, pixel-density
Ten CSS One-Liners to Replace Native Apps (ali)308
css, layout
How Do You Design Interaction? (sma)307
interaction-design
Breaking Web Design Conventions = Breaking the User Experience (nng)306
conventions, usability, user-experience
I Don’t Like It (lau/ali)305
business-relations, communication
What Web Designers Can Learn From Art History304
art, colors
Design Principles: Space and the Figure-Ground Relationship (sma)303
principles, spacing
The Definitive Guide to Form Label Positioning302
guides, forms, labels, accessibility, positioning
A Different Letter to a Junior Designer (mal/ali)301
career
The Web Is a Rectangle300
responsive-design
Creating Style Guides (ali)299
documentation, style-guides, pattern-libraries
Why Your HTML and CSS Mastery Are Not Enough298
html, css, career, learning
Web Animation at Work (rac/ali)297
css, animations
Getting Started With Pattern Libraries (ali)296
introductions, documentation, pattern-libraries, case-studies
A Word on Contemporary Web Design (j9t)295
information-design
Should Designers Code?294
career
Sass for Web Designers (sim)293
books, sass
Art Directed Articles—Still a Good Idea? (chr/css)292
art-direction, trends, examples, responsive-design, link-lists
Flat UI and Forms (ali)291
forms, buttons, accessibility
Flat Design and Thin Is In (sma)290
flat-design
What Makes a Website Look Dated?289
The Web Designer’s Guide to Image Copyrights288
guides, images, licensing
Flat Design as a New Foundation for the Web287
fundamentals, flat-design, responsive-design
Discovering Sketch286
tooling, sketch
Happy 10th Birthday CSS Zen Garden (cra)285
anniversaries, css, css-zen-garden
How Much Has the Web Really Changed? (vas/sma)284
web
Material Honesty on the Web (ali)283
Is Responsive Design Soulless?282
responsive-design, creativity
Defensive Design281
books, user-experience, usability, errors
Andy Clarke: The Interview—Killing Contracts (mal/sma)280
interviews, business-relations, legal
Grid-Based Layouts 101279
layout, grids, adobe
Great Design Is Great Writing (kel)278
flat-design, writing
Twas The Night Before Responsive277
responsive-design
Exploration of Single-Page Websites (sma)276
navigation, landing-pages, examples
20 Inspirational Landing Page Designs275
landing-pages, examples, link-lists
Why Should Web Design Be a Profession? (sma)274
career
5 CSS Properties That Give Designers Fits273
css, floats, shadows, gradients, borders, navigation
Color Theory 101272
introductions, colors
Stefan Sagmeister Interview (sma)271
interviews
The Flat Design Era270
flat-design, link-lists
Homepage Design Changes (nng)269
homepages, history
Facilitating Great Design (ali)268
collaboration, processes
Website Design for Tablets and Mobile267
responsive-design, mobile
Repurposing vs. Optimized Design (nng)266
desktop, mobile, print, optimization, comparisons, user-experience
Web Design Manifesto 2012 (zel)265
manifestos, blogging
7 Basic Best Practices for Buttons (cjf/uxm)264
buttons, best-practices
Stop Making Endless Design Changes263
processes
An Introduction to Modernizr for Designers (lou/web)262
introductions, modernizr
Design Advice From Jony Ive261
principles
Multi-Device Layout Patterns260
responsive-design, design-patterns, layout, mobile, desktop
For a Future-Friendly Web (bra/ali)259
web, content
Why Transitions Are Important (sma)258
interaction-design, transitions
Responsive Navigation Patterns (bra)257
responsive-design, navigation, design-patterns
Redefining Hick’s Law (sma)256
principles
An Introduction to jQuery for Designers255
introductions, jquery
What Does Google’s Page Layout Algorithm Mean for Web Designers?254
layout, seo
An Important Time for Design (ali)253
Skeuomorphic Design vs. Modern and/or Futuristic Design (mat)252
comparisons
CSS Transitions: A Simple Way to Delight Your Visitors251
css, transitions
Top Minimalist Website Designs: Trends and Examples250
minimalism, trends, examples
Demystifying Design (ali)249
Elements of a Viral Launch Page (sma)248
landing-pages, marketing
A Few Design Trends (jas)247
trends
How to Become a Web Design Expert (boa/sma)246
how-tos, career
Mobile Design Is Not Only Responsive (hcr)245
responsive-design, mobile
Adapted (sim)244
responsive-design, mobile-first
5 Principles of User-Centered Interface Design243
principles, user-experience
Defending the Generalists in the Web Design Industry (boa/sma)242
career
The UX of Learning (ali)241
user-experience, learning
Emphasis in Design (jas)240
Responsive Web Design Techniques, Tools, and Design Strategies (vit/sma)239
responsive-design, techniques, tooling, strategies, link-lists
Following a Web Design Process (sma)238
processes, project-management
Defining Good Design (jas)237
usability, aesthetics
Getting Started With Defensive Web Design (sma)236
introductions, examples
Color Theory 101 (jas)235
introductions, colors
Designing for the Future Web (sma)234
mobile, seo
The Psychology of Color (jas)233
colors
Why User Experience Cannot Be Designed (sma)232
user-experience
The Art of the Single Page Web Site231
examples, link-lists
A Simpler Page (cra/ali)230
typography, readability, html, css, simplicity
Typography Is Not Your Brand, So Don’t Steal It (tim)229
typography, branding
If You’re in Online Marketing and Strategy, This Will Piss You Off (tim)228
marketing, processes, collaboration
The Future of Web Fonts Is Sooner Than It Used to Be227
fonts, woff
5 Quick Ways to Freshen Up Your Web Site Copy226
content, maintenance
Prof. Dr. Style—Top 10 Web Design Styles of 1993 (gif)225
retrospectives
Tips for Web Design That Crosses Cultures (css)224
localization, navigation, unicode, colors, seo
In Defense of Hard (pjo)223
simplicity, complexity
Transparency in Web Design (chr/css)222
transparency+opacity, css, png, images
Principles of Icon Design (jon)221
principles, icons, images
Wabi Sabi: Natural Simplicity in Web Design220
simplicity, principles
Grid-Based Web Design, Simplified (sma)219
layout, grids, css
The Dying Art of Design (sma)218
art
The Sad State of the Web Design Community (sma)217
community
The Art of the Web Background216
backgrounds, examples, link-lists
How to Improve Usability With Fitts’ and Hick’s Laws215
how-tos, usability, principles, optimization
The 7 Components of Design214
concepts
Less Ridiculous Standard Ad Sizes (chr/css)213
monetization
Subtle Contrast in Design212
contrast, colors
Principles of Design: Color211
principles, colors
Principles of Design: Contrast210
principles, contrast, colors
The Evolution of Web Design209
history, tables, flash, dhtml, css
Principles of Design: Proximity208
principles
The Death of the Blog Post (vit/sma)207
blogging
Print Design to Web Design: Comparative Analogies (chr/css)206
print, web, comparisons
20 Extraordinary Blogs With Unique Post Designs (sma)205
blogging, link-lists
Vital Tips for Effective Logo Design (sma)204
logos, images, tips-and-tricks
Inspiration: Web Design Trends in 2009 (and Probably 2010)—Where Are We Heading?203
trends, link-lists
Informative and Usable Footers in Web Design (sma)202
navigation, usability, link-lists
The Battlefield of Design: Designers vs. Clients (boa)201
business-relations, collaboration, processes
Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Comic Sans200
fonts
Even Designers Are Using CSS3? (dal/aja)199
css
In Defense of Eye Candy (ali)198
decoration, user-experience
Do You Do Spec Work?197
business-relations, economics
8 Simple Typography Tips for Your Designs (sma)196
typography, css, tips-and-tricks
10 Principles of Readability and Web Typography (sma)195
typography, readability, principles
Is Minimalist Still in Vogue? You Bet194
minimalism
Graceful Blame (dav)193
career, community
Don’t Follow Web Design Trends: Set Them (sma)192
branding
Accessibility Experiment191
accessibility
Design by Community (mar)190
redesigning, drupal, community, processes
Jina Bolton on Creating Sexy Stylesheets (jin)189
interviews, css
A Designer’s Guide to HTML Email (mis)188
guides, email, html
Use the Best Available Ampersand (sim)187
typography
7 Essential Guidelines for Functional Design (sma)186
guidelines
Web Design Is Not Print Design (mat)185
web, print
Compared to What? (j9t)184
information-design
Mark Boulton’s Freelance Design Secrets (mar)183
interviews, css
Fancy Form Design Using CSS (the)182
forms, accessibility, css
Web Design: 10 Additional Research Findings You Should Know (j9t)181
usability, research, conventions, best-practices
Design Rants (dav)180
typography, readability, responsive-design, semantics
Writing an Interface Style Guide (jin/ali)179
style-guides, design-systems, conventions, documentation
Andy Budd on Usability, Design, and the Death of CSS (and)178
interviews, usability, css
Web Design 101: Photoshop (dig)177
introductions, photoshop
Footers in Web Design: Creative Examples and Ideas (sma)176
navigation, examples
13 Reasons Why CSS Is Superior to Tables in Website Design175
layout, tables, css, comparisons
Ajaxian Roundup for March 2008: IE 8, Acid3, and Performance (dal/aja)174
browsers, javascript, dojo, dwr, extjs, prototypejs, jquery, css, performance, tooling, mobile, databases, comet, ajaxian, link-lists
The Web Beyond the Desktop (dav/dig)173
web, desktop, mobile, browsers
The 10 Design Theses of Dieter Rams (j9t)172
guidelines
Design Is in the Details (ali)171
Ajaxian Roundup for January 2008: JavaScript Turtles and IE 8 (dal/aja)170
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)169
principles, usability, performance, simplicity, whitespace, conventions, testing
Do Websites Need to Look Exactly the Same in Every Browser? (sim)168
websites, browsers
Best of CSS Design 2007167
css, retrospectives, link-lists
Understanding Web Design (zel/ali)166
typography
Better Web Forms: Redesigning eBay’s Registration (gar/dig)165
forms, case-studies, ebay
Monthly Ajaxian Roundup for September 2007: JavaScript Mashups Take a Step Forward (dal/aja)164
dojo, extjs, prototypejs, jquery, yui, browsers, javascript, offline, mobile, adobe, comet, ajaxian, link-lists
Web Design 101: Floats (vir/dig)163
introductions, floats, css
Are You a Web Designer or a Web Decorator? (j9t)162
career, decoration
80 Beautiful Typefaces for Professional Design (sma)161
fonts
Bulletproof Web Design, Second Edition (sim)160
books, xhtml, css
Typography and Web Advertising: Making Every Opportunity Count (dig)159
typography, monetization
Frameworks for Designers (ali)158
frameworks
Re: 55 Reasons to Design in XHTML/CSS157
xhtml, html, css
The Principles of Beautiful Web Design (jas)156
principles, processes, overviews
Icon Design: Sizing (dav)155
images, icons
1 + 1 = 3: Explaining Busyness and Background Noise on Websites (j9t)154
information-design
It’s in the Details: Seven Secrets of a Successful International Website (dig)153
internationalization, localization, ecommerce, colors
Web Design: 15 Important Research Findings You Should Know (j9t)152
usability, research, conventions, best-practices
Design Decisions: Basecamp Help (jas)151
Five Simple Steps to Designing With Colour (mar)150
colors
The Ultimate Web Page (jus)149
tech-stacks, prioritization
Web Designer’s Guide to Print Design (mar)148
guides, print
“Cascading Style Sheets: The Designer’s Edge” by Molly Holzschlag147
books, css
Principles and Elements of Design (dig)146
principles
“Color for Websites” by Molly Holzschlag145
books, colors
Content Is King144
content, metrics
Nine Tips for Designing Rich Internet Applications143
rich-internet-apps, tips-and-tricks
The Value of Graphic Design (jus)142
usability
Avoid Edge Cases by Designing Up Front (ali)141
processes
Creating a CSS Design From Scratch140
html, css
Good Designers Redesign, Great Designers Realign (cam/ali)139
branding, career
Nice Error Messages138
errors
Dan Cederholm [Interview] (sim+/dig)137
interviews, css
Is 1024 OK? (jon)136
viewport, trends
Top 5 Web Design Mistakes (nza)135
images, javascript, colors, fonts, mistakes
16 Things That Really Annoy Most Web Users134
web, metrics, user-experience, pop-ups, performance, link-rot, content, search, navigation
Amazon: No Longer the Role Model for E-Commerce Design (nng)133
amazon, ecommerce, usability
How to: Design for Color Blindness132
how-tos, color-blindness, colors, accessibility
Scrolling and Scrollbars (nng)131
scrolling, usability
Zoom Layout (sto)130
layout, accessibility, zooming
Lazy, Stupid, and Evil Design (the)129
usability
Open Source Design? (dav)128
foss, html, css
The Principles of Design (dig)127
principles, fundamentals, link-lists
Designing for the Subtlety of AJAX (vee)126
ajax
Ten Questions for Russ Weakley (rus)125
standards
10 Bad Project Warning Signs (and)124
business-relations, project-management
Ten Questions for Jason Santa Maria (jas+)123
interviews, css
Visual Communication and Web Application Design122
web-apps, usability
Liquid vs. Fixed121
liquid-design, comparisons
Innovative Design Inspired by Accessibility (dig)120
accessibility
Cameron Moll [Interview] (cam+/dig)119
interviews
Information Architecture as an Extension of Web Design (dig)118
information-architecture, layout, hierarchy
What Should Drive Site Organization and Design: Consistency or Flow?117
information-design, information-architecture, consistency, navigation
Accessibility From the Ground Up (mat/dig)116
accessibility, wcag, tables, colors, javascript, flash
Big, Stark, and Chunky (ali)115
accessibility, zooming, screen-magnification, examples, layout, navigation
What Makes a Design Seem “Intuitive”? (jms)114
usability
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
An Objective Look at Table Based vs. CSS Based Design84
layout, tables, css, html
Web Designers on a Fence83
career
To Hell With Color Coding82
colors
Interface Design Issues: The Myth of Navigation81
navigation, myths, examples
PHP for Designers (pho)80
php
I Care About Accessibility79
accessibility
Accessible, Stylish Form Layout78
forms, html, accessibility
Don’t Forget to Architect the Home Page (dig)77
homepages
Hi-Fi Design With CSS (dav)76
css, css-zen-garden
I Don’t Care About Accessibility (vee)75
accessibility, craft
An Open Letter to Jakob Nielsen74
interaction-design, usability
Interface Design Issues: The Complexity Principle73
principles, complexity
High Accessibility, High Design72
accessibility, css, colors, color-blindness
Great CSS Design (dav)71
css, link-lists
Web Design Beyond Usability70
usability
Design and Accessibility Best Practice (sto)69
accessibility, best-practices
Don’t Design on Spec (zel)68
The IE Factor (sto)67
internet-explorer, browsers, css
Redesigning Google’s Search Results Page66
google, search, redesigning
Dave Shea [Interview] (dav/dig)65
interviews, standards
Web Design: Never Let an Ad Agency Near Your Website (ger)64
branding, business-relations
Comments on “10 Design Mistakes” (mer)63
mistakes
Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2003 (nng)62
mistakes, usability
An Interesting Navigation Idea61
navigation
The Ten Most Violated Homepage Design Guidelines (nng)60
guidelines, homepages, usability
CSS Based Design (ada)59
css, positioning, floats, xhtml
Sites Still Have the Same Usability Problems58
usability, search
The Myth of Perfect Web Design57
myths
The One Magic Rule of Web Design56
principles
Usability 101: Satisfaction55
usability, concepts
Default Web Browser Text Size54
browsers, user-styles, readability
The Quiet Death of the Major Re-Launch (jms)53
marketing, processes
GAWDS.org52
websites, accessibility, community, advocacy
CSS Zen Garden: The Beauty in CSS Design (dav)51
websites, css, examples, css-zen-garden
CSS Zen Garden (dav)50
css, examples, css-zen-garden
Table-Less Design (dav)49
css, layout
Alternative Interfaces for Accessibility (nng)48
accessibility, usability
Progressive Enhancement and the Future of Web Design47
outlooks, progressive-enhancement, graceful-degradation, print
Inclusive Web Design for the Future (sch)46
slides, history, browsers, graceful-degradation, standards, strategies, comparisons
Credibility and CSS (sim)45
layout, css
Are Guidelines Useless? (cwo)44
usability, testing
Form Follows Function (ppk/dig)43
art, print, web
Has Your Web Designer Ever Heard of Contrast? (ayc)42
contrast, colors, accessibility
Top 10 Web Design Mistakes of 2002 (nng)41
usability, mistakes, retrospectives
An Introduction to Accessible Web Design40
introductions, accessibility
What Is Liquid Design?39
liquid-design, concepts
Nathan Shedroff: The v-2 Interview (nat)38
interviews, user-experience, information-design, information-architecture, interaction-design
Fluid Thinking (ppk/dig)37
liquid-design, graceful-degradation, css
Reality Check for Web Design (wir)36
accessibility
Steal Your Interface: A History (lka/wir)35
history, apple
CSS Design: Taming Lists (ali)34
lists, css
Debate—Design Is Not Dead!33
Debate—Design Is Dead!32
CSS Design: Going to Print (mey/ali)31
css, print
When Design Motivates (dig)30
Reading Design (ali)29
content, readability, typography
The Real History of the GUI28
history
Criteria for Optimal Web Design (Designing for Usability)27
usability, accessibility, frames, link-lists
Web Designer and Proud of It (ali)26
career
The Tao of Design (dig)25
To Use or Not to Use: An XHTML Roadmap for Designers (mho/dig)24
xhtml, html
Tips: Design for Accessible Web Sites23
accessibility, tips-and-tricks
Flash: 99% Bad (nng)22
flash, user-experience
What Makes Those Damn Clients So Difficult? (dig)21
business-relations, collaboration
When Web Pages Don’t Work20
user-experience, navigation, performance, graceful-degradation, usability, testing
End of Web Design (nng)19
content, interaction-design, information-architecture, usability
The Birth of Design Is Kinky (dig)18
case-studies
A Dao of Web Design (joh/ali)17
principles
Web Design Concerns16
accessibility, internationalization, frames, link-lists
Digital Fashion (dig)15
Ten Good Deeds in Web Design (nng)14
usability, best-practices, conventions
MIT Disabilities Resources: Universal Design and Web Accessibility (mit)13
accessibility, link-lists
Liquid Web Design: Build It Right and It Will Work No Matter What the Container (nic/dig)12
liquid-design
Web Design for Dyslexia11
accessibility, dyslexia
Disabled Accessibility: The Pragmatic Approach (nng)10
accessibility, processes
A Divided Approach to Web Site Design: Separating Content and Visuals for Rapid Results9
processes
Who Commits the “Top Ten Mistakes” of Web Design? (nng)8
performance, usability, mistakes
“Top Ten Mistakes” Revisited Three Years Later (nng)7
mistakes, frames, urls, scrolling, retrospectives
The Creative Process (ali)6
creativity, processes
Differences Between Print Design and Web Design (nng)5
web, print, comparisons
Unified Web Site Accessibility Guidelines (w3c)4
guidelines, accessibility, html, content, lists, tables, links, images, multimedia, frames, forms