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You Bet Mar 10, 2009 162 minimalism Graceful Blame dav )Jan 6, 2009 161 career , community Don’t Follow Web Design Trends: Set Them sma )Nov 25, 2008 160 branding Accessibility Experiment Sep 22, 2008 159 accessibility Design by Community mar )Sep 18, 2008 158 redesigning , drupal , community , processes Jina Bolton on Creating Sexy Stylesheets jin )Sep 17, 2008 157 interviews , css A Designer’s Guide to HTML Email mis )Aug 15, 2008 156 guides , email , html Use the Best Available Ampersand sim )Aug 14, 2008 155 typography 7 Essential Guidelines for Functional Design sma )Aug 5, 2008 154 guidelines Web Design Is Not Print Design mat )Jul 25, 2008 153 web , print Compared to What? j9t )Jul 3, 2008 152 information-design Mark Boulton’s Freelance Design Secrets mar )Jul 2, 2008 151 interviews , css Fancy Form Design Using CSS the )Jun 26, 2008 150 forms , accessibility , css Web Design: 10 Additional Research Findings You Should Know j9t )Jun 5, 2008 149 usability , research , conventions , best-practices Design Rants dav )Jun 3, 2008 148 typography , readability , responsive-design , semantics Writing an Interface Style Guide jin /ali )Jun 3, 2008 147 style-guides , design-systems , conventions , documentation Andy Budd on Usability, Design, and the Death of CSS and )May 21, 2008 146 interviews , usability , css Web Design 101: Photoshop dig )Apr 15, 2008 145 introductions , photoshop Footers in Web Design: Creative Examples and Ideas sma )Apr 9, 2008 144 navigation , examples 13 Reasons Why CSS Is Superior to Tables in Website Design Apr 3, 2008 143 layout , tables , css , comparisons Ajaxian Roundup for March 2008: IE 8, Acid3, and Performance dal /aja )Apr 1, 2008 142 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 141 web , desktop , mobile , browsers The 10 Design Theses of Dieter Rams j9t )Mar 25, 2008 140 guidelines Design Is in the Details ali )Mar 4, 2008 139 Ajaxian Roundup for January 2008: JavaScript Turtles and IE 8 dal /aja )Feb 2, 2008 138 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 137 principles , usability , performance , simplicity , whitespace , conventions , testing Do Websites Need to Look Exactly the Same in Every Browser? sim )Dec 10, 2007 136 websites , browsers Understanding Web Design zel /ali )Nov 20, 2007 135 typography Better Web Forms: Redesigning eBay’s Registration gar /dig )Nov 12, 2007 134 forms , case-studies , ebay Monthly Ajaxian Roundup for September 2007: JavaScript Mashups Take a Step Forward dal /aja )Oct 3, 2007 133 dojo , extjs , prototypejs , jquery , yui , browsers , javascript , offline , mobile , adobe , comet , ajaxian , link-lists Web Design 101: Floats vir /dig )Sep 10, 2007 132 introductions , floats , css Are You a Web Designer or a Web Decorator? j9t )Aug 24, 2007 131 career , decoration 80 Beautiful Typefaces for Professional Design sma )Aug 8, 2007 130 fonts Bulletproof Web Design, Second Edition sim )Aug 8, 2007 129 books , xhtml , css Typography and Web Advertising: Making Every Opportunity Count dig )Jun 25, 2007 128 typography , monetization Frameworks for Designers ali )Jun 12, 2007 127 frameworks Re: 55 Reasons to Design in XHTML/CSS May 8, 2007 126 xhtml , html , css The Principles of Beautiful Web Design Apr 2, 2007 125 principles , processes , overviews Icon Design: Sizing dav )Feb 21, 2007 124 images , icons 1 + 1 = 3: Explaining Busyness and Background Noise on Websites j9t )Jan 18, 2007 123 information-design It’s in the Details: Seven Secrets of a Successful International Website dig )Jan 15, 2007 122 internationalization , localization , ecommerce , colors Web Design: 15 Important Research Findings You Should Know j9t )Jan 13, 2007 121 usability , research , conventions , best-practices Design Decisions: Basecamp Help jas )Nov 29, 2006 120 Five Simple Steps to Designing With Colour mar )Oct 19, 2006 119 colors The Ultimate Web Page jus )Sep 19, 2006 118 tech-stacks , prioritization Web Designer’s Guide to Print Design mar )Jun 8, 2006 117 guides , print “Cascading Style Sheets: The Designer’s Edge” by Molly Holzschlag May 3, 2006 116 books , css Principles and Elements of Design dig )Apr 17, 2006 115 principles “Color for Websites” by Molly Holzschlag Apr 2, 2006 114 books , colors Content Is King Mar 16, 2006 113 content , metrics Nine Tips for Designing Rich Internet Applications Jan 7, 2006 112 rich-internet-apps , tips-and-tricks The Value of Graphic Design jus )Jan 3, 2006 111 usability Avoid Edge Cases by Designing Up Front ali )Dec 5, 2005 110 processes Good Designers Redesign, Great Designers Realign cam /ali )Oct 25, 2005 109 branding , career Nice Error Messages Oct 11, 2005 108 errors Top 5 Web Design Mistakes nza )Aug 8, 2005 107 images , javascript , colors , fonts , mistakes Scrolling and Scrollbars nng )Jul 11, 2005 106 scrolling , usability Zoom Layout sto )Jun 24, 2005 105 layout , accessibility , zooming Open Source Design? 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