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“design” News Archive (3)

Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
Designing for the Unexpected (ali)538
html, css
Gridless Design (don)537
websites, layout
Five Ways to Include D/Deaf Users in Your Designs (tpg)536
accessibility
Feature Checklists Are Not Enough: How to Avoid Making Bad Software (nng)535
how-tos, usability, checklists
Towards Richer Colors on the Web534
colors
10 Figma Best Practices to 10× Your Workflow533
figma, productivity, best-practices
The Most Popular Design Thinking Strategy Is BS (fas)532
strategies
All You Need Is 5 Fonts531
typography, fonts
Ultimate Guide to Color in UX/UI Design530
guides, colors, figma
How Apple Changed the Way We Navigate—Forever529
navigation, apple
Building a Color Scheme (arg)528
css, colors, color-palettes
Micro-Expressions in User Testing: When Users Reveal Their True Emotional States527
usability
Embracing Design Constraints (aar)526
4 Soft Skills Every Designer Should Aspire to Learn (uxm)525
career
How Artificial Intelligence Is Impacting UX Design (uxm)524
user-experience, ai
Fifteen Design Trends From an Accessibility Perspective523
accessibility, trends
9 Principles of Good Web Design522
principles, simplicity, navigation, content, layout, performance, mobile
Sticky Headers: 5 Ways to Make Them Better (nng)521
navigation, optimization
Minimalism Is Boring520
minimalism
10 Graphic-Design Tips for UX Designers (uxm)519
user-experience, tips-and-tricks
Why Does a Design Look Good? (nng)518
aesthetics
2004–2021: Retrospective (iam)517
tech-stacks, retrospectives
10 Principles of the Best Landing Page Design516
principles, landing-pages
Ethical Design Guide515
websites, guides
The State of UX: 100 Design Lessons for 2021 (fab)514
user-experience, outlooks
To Be Creative, Practice513
creativity
Chasing the Pixel-Perfect Dream (jos)512
css
The Principles of Visual Communication (sma)511
communication, principles, examples
What Apple, Google, and Amazon’s Websites Looked Like in 1999 (mas)510
history
How to Design a Set of Icons509
icons, images
Similarity Principle in Visual Design (nng)508
principles, colors, shapes
How to Create Customer-Centric Landing Pages (sma)507
how-tos, landing-pages, content
Every Website Is an Essay (fon/css)506
communication
The Renaissance of No-Code for Web Designers (sma)505
low-and-no-code
The Ultimate Guide With All the Secrets You Will Need to Know to Become a Fabulous Design Unicorn504
websites, guides
In Defense of a Fussy Website (sar/css)503
user-experience, web
The Importance of Clarity in UX502
user-experience
Equivalent Experiences: What Are They? (eri/sma)501
accessibility, dei, community, user-experience
Design Principles 101500
videos, introductions, principles
How to Design a Brand Logo (With Ease) (sma)499
how-tos, branding, logos, images
Radio Buttons Are Like Selects; Checkboxes Are Like Multiple Selects (chr/css)498
forms
How to Convince Others Not to Use Dark Patterns (boa/sma)497
how-tos, user-experience, ethics, design-patterns, anti-patterns
Designing Intrinsic Layouts (jen)496
videos, css, layout, intrinsic-design
Reducing Design Risk (sma)495
product-management
How to Succeed in Wireframe Design (sma)494
how-tos, prototyping, tooling, link-lists
Listboxes vs. Dropdown Lists (nng)493
forms, usability, comparisons
Neumorphism and CSS (cod/css)492
effects, css
Marginalized by Design (hey/que)491
community, dei, career
Where Does SEO Belong in Your Web Design Process? (sma)490
seo, processes
Cross-Cultural Design (ali)489
culture
Design System UI Is More Expensive Than a Product Team’s UI (nat)488
design-systems
Progressive Brand Enhancement in Design Systems (fro)487
design-systems, progressive-enhancement, branding
An Intro to Designing Accessible Data Visualizations (fos)486
introductions, accessibility, visualization, information-design
My Secret Weapon for Design Inspiration (buz)485
creativity
RTL Styling 101 (sha)484
introductions, internationalization, layout, css, html
Print-Inspired Layout on the Web (chr/css)483
print, css, layout
The State of UX in 2020 (fab)482
user-experience, outlooks
Better Design With Deep Thinking (sma)481
processes, productivity
Design Muscles (mar)480
The Developer’s Fallacy of Close Collaboration With Designers (j9t)479
collaboration, creativity
Learning How to See (mat)478
Bringing a Better Design Process to Your Organization (sma)477
processes
Design Principles for Developers: Processes and CSS Tips for Better Web Design (css)476
typography, spacing, colors, principles, processes, css, tips-and-tricks
Why MVP Is the Antithesis of Good UX475
videos, user-experience, product-management
So You Think You’re Design Driven474
Queer Design Club (que)473
websites, community
Daily Ethical Design (ali)472
ethics
Tips for Managing Design Systems (sma)471
design-systems, maintenance, communication, efficiency, documentation, processes
A Practical Guide to SVG and Design Tools (sma)470
guides, images, svg, sketch, figma, adobe, tooling
Designing for the Future With Voice Prototypes (sma)469
prototyping, voice
Ethics for Designers (ia)468
ethics
Art Direction for the Web Using CSS Shapes (mal/sma)467
art-direction, html, css, shapes
How to Use Spaces in Web Design With Gestalt Principles (sma)466
how-tos, spacing
Six Tips for Better Web Typography (fon/css)465
typography, tips-and-tricks
5 Simple UX Principles to Guide Your Product Design464
user-experience, principles
Breadcrumbs: 11 Design Guidelines for Desktop and Mobile (nng)463
guidelines, breadcrumbs
The Anchoring Principle (tbf/nng)462
user-experience, principles
Elements to Ditch or Repurpose on Mobile (sma)461
user-experience, mobile
The State of UX in 2019 (fab)460
user-experience, outlooks
Browsing Versus Searching in Design459
browsing, searching
Should Designers Code (j9t)458
creativity, career
Redesigning Your Product and Website for Dark Mode (mal)457
dark-mode, css
Writing for Designers (ali)456
writing, processes
The Psychology of Design (jon/ali)455
user-experience, principles
Best Practices for Mobile Form Design (sma)454
forms, mobile, best-practices
Designing for Micro-Moments (sma)453
interaction-design, mobile
Better Collaboration by Bringing Designers Into the Code Review Process (sma)452
collaboration, code-reviews, processes
What Is Redux: A Designer’s Guide (sma)451
guides, redux, state-management
The Problem With Patterns (ali)450
design-patterns, processes, user-experience, collaboration
Page Transitions for Everyone (css)449
user-experience, animations, transitions, performance, caching
Things Designers Should Know About SEO in 2018 (myr/sma)448
seo
How to Automate a Design447
how-tos, automation
Priority Guides: A Content-First Alternative to Wireframes (ali)446
prototyping, content
Native-Like Animations for Page Transitions on the Web (sar/css)445
animations, transitions, vuejs, nuxt, css
Designing for Accessibility and Inclusion (sma)444
accessibility, dei, animations, colors, typography, images, multimedia, keyboard-navigation, layout, readability
Art Directing for the Web With CSS Grid Template Areas (mal/sma)443
art-direction, css, grids, layout
Creating a UX Strategy (sma)442
user-experience, strategies
Using Ethics in Web Design (mor/sma)441
user-experience, ethics, checklists
Conversational Design (ali)440
interaction-design, conversational-design
A Comprehensive Guide to User Experience Design (sma)439
guides, user-experience
Tools for Thinking and Tools for Systems (fon/css)438
tooling, sketch, figma, photoshop
Universal Principles of User Experience Design (sma)437
user-experience, principles, typography
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Prototyping (but Were Afraid to Ask) (sma)436
prototyping, processes
The Evolution of User Experience Design (sma)435
user-experience
The State of UX in 2018 (fab)434
user-experience, outlooks
Designing for a Browserless Web (sma)433
progressive-web-apps, web-apps, native
A Comprehensive Guide to Web Design (sma)432
guides, content, information-architecture, navigation, content-strategy, scrolling, forms, accessibility
Bad Icons: How to Identify and Improve Them (nng)431
how-tos, icons, images, usability
Design Concepts—an Overview430
overviews, processes
Minimalistic Design With Large Impact: Functional Minimalism for Web Design (sma)429
minimalism
Making Flat Design Usable428
videos, flat-design, usability
The Nine Principles of Design Implementation (sma)427
principles, html, css
What Is Timeless Web Design? (chr/css)426
community
And You Thought Buttons Were Easy? (nat)425
buttons, design-systems
When Large Isn’t Large Enough: Designing With Hero Images (sma)424
images
Making Your Design Optically Perfect (raf)423
alignment
The Road to Resilient Web Design (sma)422
responsive-design, resilience
Flat-Design Best Practices (nng)421
flat-design, best-practices
How to Design and Sell Themes (With Success) (dxn)420
how-tos, theming, monetization
Web Layout 101: Vertical Rhythm Is a Drummer (mis)419
introductions, layout
How to Use Shadows and Blur Effects in Modern UI Design (sma)418
how-tos, shadows, effects
The State of UX Agile Development (nng)417
user-experience, agile, processes, collaboration
Mobile First Is Just Not Good Enough: Meet Journey-Driven Design (sma)416
mobile-first, mobile, responsive-design, processes
Align SVG Icons to Text and Say Goodbye to Font Icons (pro)415
svg, images, icons, icon-fonts, fonts, css, alignment
How Functional Animation Helps Improve User Experience (sma)414
animations, user-experience
Web Layout 101: Making the Most of the Top Right Corner413
introductions, layout
The Coming Revolution in Email Design (ali)412
email, mjml
How to Design Better Buttons (sma)411
how-tos, buttons, forms, usability
Top 10 Enduring Web-Design Mistakes (nng)410
mistakes, usability
The Movement Towards Motion in Website Backgrounds409
animations, backgrounds
Continue Normalising Your CSS (css)408
normalize-css, css, consistency
Landing Page Design: 15 Tips for High Conversions407
landing-pages, tips-and-tricks, user-conversion
Taking the Pattern Library to the Next Level (vit/sma)406
documentation, pattern-libraries, style-guides, design-systems
How We Use Prototyping, and How It Made Us More Efficient (sma)405
prototyping, processes, efficiency, case-studies
Communicating Animation (rac/ali)404
communication, animations, interaction-design
Pixel Density, Demystified403
pixel-density
Designing Meaningful Animation (vlh/btc)402
videos, animations, css
Advice From a Young Designer to Younger Designers (lil/btc)401
videos, career, tips-and-tricks
Crash Course: Learn the Sketch UI in Roughly 4 Minutes 20 Seconds (dxn)400
crash-courses, sketch
Never Show a Design You Haven’t Tested on Users (ali)399
usability, user-experience, testing
Web Designers, Can You Speak Web?398
html, css, browsers, concepts, link-lists
A Simple Web Developer’s Color Guide (sma)397
guides, colors, color-palettes
Building the UI for the New “The Times” Website396
collaboration, architecture, css, documentation, case-studies
Front-End Style-Guides: Definition, Requirements, Component Checklist (nng)395
style-guides, efficiency, consistency, user-experience, checklists
The Veil of Ignorance (mrm)394
accessibility, ethics
An Interview With Libby Nicholaou on Creative Residency (chr/css)393
interviews, creativity
An Interview With Una Kravets (una+/css)392
interviews, css, sass
All Talk and No Buttons: The Conversational UI (ali)391
interaction-design, conversational-design
7 Trends That Will Define Web Design in 2016390
trends, ai, mobile-first, layout, animations
The Power of Responsive Design Sprints (gri/clo)389
responsive-design, processes, agile
Influencing Web Layouts With Print Layouts (chr/css)388
print, css, shapes
Writing Is Design (pjo)387
writing
Blending Modes Demystified (ali)386
images, colors, effects, css
Design, White Lies, and Ethics (ali)385
testing
Styling Placeholder Texts (ppk)384
css, placeholders
The 10 Big Web Design Trends of 2015383
layout, trends, minimalism, scrolling, flat-design, animations, colors, backgrounds, typography
Frameworks (bee/ali)382
responsive-design
The Difference Between Responsive and Adaptive Design (geo/css)381
responsive-design, liquid-design, comparisons
Style Guide Best Practices (bra/btc)380
videos, documentation, style-guides, best-practices
Design + Performance (zem/btc)379
videos, performance, user-experience
9 Ways That Design Trends Are Holding You Back378
creativity
Object-Oriented UX (ali)377
user-experience, information-architecture
How to Create a Web Style Guide You’ll Be Proud Of376
how-tos, documentation, style-guides
Normalize (CSS) No More375
normalize-css
Hey Designers: Stop Being an Afterthought (rhj/sma)374
processes, collaboration, communication
A Brief History of Web Design (dav/btc)373
videos, history
Atomic Design (bra/btc)372
videos, atomic-design
Cheat Your Way With UX (btc)371
videos, user-experience
Making Minimalism Work in Mobile and Web370
prototyping, minimalism, desktop, mobile
Web Design Has as Much Soul Now as It Did Before369
aesthetics, economics
The Characteristics of Minimalism in Web Design (nng)368
minimalism, trends
Web Design Is Dead. No, It Isn’t. (vit/sma)367
tooling, web-platform
Web Design Is Dead (mas)366
tooling, mobile
Design Principles: Compositional, Symmetrical, and Asymmetrical Balance (sma)365
principles
The Roots of Minimalism in Web Design (nng)364
minimalism, history, tips-and-tricks
The Homepage Exception (han/ali)363
homepages, user-experience
Practical Techniques on Designing Animation (sar/sma)362
animations, techniques
Designing for Explicit Choice (sma)361
forms, examples
Meta-Moments: Thoughtfulness by Design (ali)360
user-experience
5 Ridiculously Common Misconceptions About UX359
user-experience
The Web’s Grain (fch)358
web
Content-First Design (ali)357
content
Design Principles: Compositional Flow and Rhythm (sma)356
principles
New Web Layout Ideas for 2015355
layout
An In-Depth Overview of Living Style Guide Tools (sma)354
documentation, style-guides, pattern-libraries, tooling, overviews
How to Automate Style Guide-Driven Development (sma)353
guides, style-guides, automation
Design Principles: Dominance, Focal Points, and Hierarchy (sma)352
principles, hierarchy
Why Developers and Designers Should Work Together351
collaboration, processes
The Love You Make (zel/ali)350
business-relations, career
Style Guide Generator Roundup (ali)349
documentation, style-guides, tooling, link-lists
The Big Web Design Trends for 2015348
trends
Web Design and Principles (j9t)347
principles
Designing WordPress Themes for Printing346
wordpress, theming, print
Designing for Print With CSS (sma)345
print, css
Design Principles: Visual Weight and Direction (sma)344
principles
Why You Should Include Your Developer in the Design Process (boa/sma)343
processes
Fundamental Principles of Great UX Design—How to Deliver Great UX Design (uxm)342
principles, fundamentals, how-tos, user-experience
Website Style Guide Resources341
websites, style-guides, pattern-libraries, documentation, overviews, link-lists
Progress Indicators Make a Slow System Less Insufferable (nng)340
progress-indicators, performance, user-experience
Is Everyone a Designer?339
A Front-End Developer’s Ode to Specifications (sma)338
documentation, design-systems, processes
Before You Hire Designers (mon/ali)337
hiring
Design Principles: Connecting and Separating Elements Through Contrast and Similarity (sma)336
principles, contrast, colors
Junior Designers vs. Senior Designers335
career, processes, comparisons
Consistency (jus)334
consistency, user-experience
Designer’s Guide to DPI333
guides, print, pixel-density
Ten CSS One-Liners to Replace Native Apps (ali)332
css, layout
How Do You Design Interaction? (sma)331
interaction-design
Breaking Web Design Conventions = Breaking the User Experience (nng)330
conventions, usability, user-experience
I Don’t Like It (lau/ali)329
business-relations, communication
What Web Designers Can Learn From Art History328
art, colors
Design Principles: Space and the Figure-Ground Relationship (sma)327
principles, spacing
The Definitive Guide to Form Label Positioning326
guides, forms, labels, accessibility, positioning
A Different Letter to a Junior Designer (mal/ali)325
career
The Web Is a Rectangle324
responsive-design
Creating Style Guides (ali)323
documentation, style-guides, pattern-libraries
Why Your HTML and CSS Mastery Are Not Enough322
html, css, career, learning
Web Animation at Work (rac/ali)321
css, animations
Getting Started With Pattern Libraries (ali)320
introductions, documentation, pattern-libraries, case-studies
A Word on Contemporary Web Design (j9t)319
information-design
Should Designers Code?318
career
Sass for Web Designers (sim)317
books, sass
Art Directed Articles—Still a Good Idea? (chr/css)316
art-direction, trends, examples, responsive-design, link-lists
Flat UI and Forms (ali)315
forms, buttons, accessibility
Flat Design and Thin Is In (sma)314
flat-design
What Makes a Website Look Dated?313
The Web Designer’s Guide to Image Copyrights312
guides, images, licensing
Flat Design as a New Foundation for the Web311
fundamentals, flat-design, responsive-design
Discovering Sketch310
tooling, sketch
Happy 10th Birthday CSS Zen Garden (cra)309
anniversaries, css, css-zen-garden
How Much Has the Web Really Changed? (vas/sma)308
web
Material Honesty on the Web (ali)307
Is Responsive Design Soulless?306
responsive-design, creativity
Defensive Design305
books, user-experience, usability, errors
Andy Clarke: The Interview—Killing Contracts (mal/sma)304
interviews, business-relations, legal
Grid-Based Layouts 101303
layout, grids, adobe
Great Design Is Great Writing (kel)302
flat-design, writing
Twas The Night Before Responsive301
responsive-design
Exploration of Single-Page Websites (sma)300
navigation, landing-pages, examples
20 Inspirational Landing Page Designs299
landing-pages, examples, link-lists
Why Should Web Design Be a Profession? (sma)298
career
5 CSS Properties That Give Designers Fits297
css, floats, shadows, gradients, borders, navigation
Color Theory 101296
introductions, colors
Stefan Sagmeister Interview (sma)295
interviews
The Flat Design Era294
flat-design, link-lists
Homepage Design Changes (nng)293
homepages, history
Facilitating Great Design (ali)292
collaboration, processes
Website Design for Tablets and Mobile291
responsive-design, mobile
Repurposing vs. Optimized Design (nng)290
desktop, mobile, print, optimization, comparisons, user-experience
Web Design Manifesto 2012 (zel)289
manifestos, blogging
7 Basic Best Practices for Buttons (cjf/uxm)288
buttons, best-practices
Stop Making Endless Design Changes287
processes
An Introduction to Modernizr for Designers (lou/web)286
introductions, modernizr
Design Advice From Jony Ive285
principles
Multi-Device Layout Patterns284
responsive-design, design-patterns, layout, mobile, desktop
For a Future-Friendly Web (bra/ali)283
web, content
Why Transitions Are Important (sma)282
interaction-design, transitions
Responsive Navigation Patterns (bra)281
responsive-design, navigation, design-patterns
Redefining Hick’s Law (sma)280
principles
An Introduction to jQuery for Designers279
introductions, jquery
What Does Google’s Page Layout Algorithm Mean for Web Designers?278
layout, seo
An Important Time for Design (ali)277
Skeuomorphic Design vs. Modern and/or Futuristic Design (mat)276
comparisons
CSS Transitions: A Simple Way to Delight Your Visitors275
css, transitions
Top Minimalist Website Designs: Trends and Examples274
minimalism, trends, examples
Demystifying Design (ali)273
Elements of a Viral Launch Page (sma)272
landing-pages, marketing
A Few Design Trends (jas)271
trends
How to Become a Web Design Expert (boa/sma)270
how-tos, career
Mobile Design Is Not Only Responsive (hcr)269
responsive-design, mobile
Adapted (sim)268
responsive-design, mobile-first
5 Principles of User-Centered Interface Design267
principles, user-experience
Defending the Generalists in the Web Design Industry (boa/sma)266
career
The UX of Learning (ali)265
user-experience, learning
Emphasis in Design (jas)264
Responsive Web Design Techniques, Tools, and Design Strategies (vit/sma)263
responsive-design, techniques, tooling, strategies, link-lists
Following a Web Design Process (sma)262
processes, project-management
Defining Good Design (jas)261
usability, aesthetics
Getting Started With Defensive Web Design (sma)260
introductions, examples
Color Theory 101 (jas)259
introductions, colors
Designing for the Future Web (sma)258
mobile, seo
The Psychology of Color (jas)257
colors
Why User Experience Cannot Be Designed (sma)256
user-experience
The Art of the Single Page Web Site255
examples, link-lists
A Simpler Page (cra/ali)254
typography, readability, html, css, simplicity
Typography Is Not Your Brand, So Don’t Steal It (tim)253
typography, branding
If You’re in Online Marketing and Strategy, This Will Piss You Off (tim)252
marketing, processes, collaboration
The Future of Web Fonts Is Sooner Than It Used to Be251
fonts, woff
5 Quick Ways to Freshen Up Your Web Site Copy250
content, maintenance
Prof. Dr. Style—Top 10 Web Design Styles of 1993 (gif)249
retrospectives
Tips for Web Design That Crosses Cultures (css)248
localization, navigation, unicode, colors, seo
In Defense of Hard (pjo)247
simplicity, complexity
Transparency in Web Design (chr/css)246
transparency+opacity, css, png, images
Principles of Icon Design (jon)245
principles, icons, images
Wabi Sabi: Natural Simplicity in Web Design244
simplicity, principles
Grid-Based Web Design, Simplified (sma)243
layout, grids, css
The Dying Art of Design (sma)242
art
The Sad State of the Web Design Community (sma)241
community
The Art of the Web Background240
backgrounds, examples, link-lists
How to Improve Usability With Fitts’ and Hick’s Laws239
how-tos, usability, principles, optimization
The 7 Components of Design238
concepts
Less Ridiculous Standard Ad Sizes (chr/css)237
monetization
Subtle Contrast in Design236
contrast, colors
Principles of Design: Color235
principles, colors
Principles of Design: Contrast234
principles, contrast, colors
The Evolution of Web Design233
history, tables, flash, dhtml, css
Principles of Design: Proximity232
principles
The Death of the Blog Post (vit/sma)231
blogging
Print Design to Web Design: Comparative Analogies (chr/css)230
print, web, comparisons
20 Extraordinary Blogs With Unique Post Designs (sma)229
blogging, link-lists
Vital Tips for Effective Logo Design (sma)228
logos, images, tips-and-tricks
Inspiration: Web Design Trends in 2009 (and Probably 2010)—Where Are We Heading?227
trends, link-lists
Informative and Usable Footers in Web Design (sma)226
navigation, usability, link-lists
The Battlefield of Design: Designers vs. Clients (boa)225
business-relations, collaboration, processes
Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Comic Sans224
fonts
Even Designers Are Using CSS3? (dal/aja)223
css
In Defense of Eye Candy (ali)222
decoration, user-experience
Do You Do Spec Work?221
business-relations, economics
8 Simple Typography Tips for Your Designs (sma)220
typography, css, tips-and-tricks
10 Principles of Readability and Web Typography (sma)219
typography, readability, principles
Is Minimalist Still in Vogue? You Bet218
minimalism
Graceful Blame (dav)217
career, community
Don’t Follow Web Design Trends: Set Them (sma)216
branding
Accessibility Experiment215
accessibility
Design by Community (mar)214
redesigning, drupal, community, processes
Jina Bolton on Creating Sexy Stylesheets (jin)213
interviews, css
A Designer’s Guide to HTML Email (mis)212
guides, email, html
Use the Best Available Ampersand (sim)211
typography
7 Essential Guidelines for Functional Design (sma)210
guidelines
Web Design Is Not Print Design (mat)209
web, print
Compared to What? (j9t)208
information-design
Mark Boulton’s Freelance Design Secrets (mar)207
interviews, css
Fancy Form Design Using CSS (the)206
forms, accessibility, css
Web Design: 10 Additional Research Findings You Should Know (j9t)205
usability, research, conventions, best-practices
Design Rants (dav)204
typography, readability, responsive-design, semantics
Writing an Interface Style Guide (jin/ali)203
style-guides, design-systems, conventions, documentation
Andy Budd on Usability, Design, and the Death of CSS (and)202
interviews, usability, css
Web Design 101: Photoshop (dig)201
introductions, photoshop
Footers in Web Design: Creative Examples and Ideas (sma)200
navigation, examples
13 Reasons Why CSS Is Superior to Tables in Website Design199
layout, tables, css, comparisons
Ajaxian Roundup for March 2008: IE 8, Acid3, and Performance (dal/aja)198
browsers, javascript, dojo, dwr, extjs, prototypejs, jquery, css, performance, tooling, mobile, databases, comet, ajaxian, link-lists
The Web Beyond the Desktop (dav/dig)197
web, desktop, mobile, browsers
The 10 Design Theses of Dieter Rams (j9t)196
guidelines
Design Is in the Details (ali)195
Ajaxian Roundup for January 2008: JavaScript Turtles and IE 8 (dal/aja)194
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)193
principles, usability, performance, simplicity, whitespace, conventions, testing
Do Websites Need to Look Exactly the Same in Every Browser? (sim)192
websites, browsers
Best of CSS Design 2007191
css, retrospectives, link-lists
Understanding Web Design (zel/ali)190
typography
Better Web Forms: Redesigning eBay’s Registration (gar/dig)189
forms, case-studies, ebay
Monthly Ajaxian Roundup for September 2007: JavaScript Mashups Take a Step Forward (dal/aja)188
dojo, extjs, prototypejs, jquery, yui, browsers, javascript, offline, mobile, adobe, comet, ajaxian, link-lists
Web Design 101: Floats (vir/dig)187
introductions, floats, css
Are You a Web Designer or a Web Decorator? (j9t)186
career, decoration
80 Beautiful Typefaces for Professional Design (sma)185
fonts
Bulletproof Web Design, Second Edition (sim)184
books, xhtml, css
Typography and Web Advertising: Making Every Opportunity Count (dig)183
typography, monetization
Frameworks for Designers (ali)182
frameworks
Re: 55 Reasons to Design in XHTML/CSS181
xhtml, html, css
The Principles of Beautiful Web Design (jas)180
principles, processes, overviews
Icon Design: Sizing (dav)179
images, icons
1 + 1 = 3: Explaining Busyness and Background Noise on Websites (j9t)178
information-design
It’s in the Details: Seven Secrets of a Successful International Website (dig)177
internationalization, localization, ecommerce, colors
Web Design: 15 Important Research Findings You Should Know (j9t)176
usability, research, conventions, best-practices
Design Decisions: Basecamp Help (jas)175
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?169
viewport, optimization
When the Web Team Gets It Totally Wrong (ger)168
usability
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 CSS161
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 Series135
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
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
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 Design59
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