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“design” News Archive (3)

Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
10 Principles of the Best Landing Page Design463
principles, landing-pages
Ethical Design Guide462
websites, guides
The State of UX: 100 Design Lessons for 2021 (fab)461
user-experience, outlooks
To Be Creative, Practice460
creativity
Chasing the Pixel-Perfect Dream (jos)459
css
The Principles of Visual Communication (sma)458
communication, principles, examples
What Apple, Google, and Amazon’s Websites Looked Like in 1999 (mas)457
history
How to Design a Set of Icons456
icons, images
Similarity Principle in Visual Design (nng)455
principles, colors, shapes
How to Create Customer-Centric Landing Pages (sma)454
how-tos, landing-pages, content
Every Website Is an Essay (fon/css)453
communication
The Renaissance of No-Code for Web Designers (sma)452
low-and-no-code
The Ultimate Guide With All the Secrets You Will Need to Know to Become a Fabulous Design Unicorn451
websites, guides
In Defense of a Fussy Website (sar/css)450
user-experience, web
The Importance of Clarity in UX449
user-experience
Equivalent Experiences: What Are They? (eri/sma)448
accessibility, dei, community, user-experience
Design Principles 101447
videos, introductions, principles
How to Design a Brand Logo (With Ease) (sma)446
how-tos, branding, logos, images
Radio Buttons Are Like Selects; Checkboxes Are Like Multiple Selects (chr/css)445
forms
How to Convince Others Not to Use Dark Patterns (boa/sma)444
how-tos, user-experience, ethics, design-patterns, anti-patterns
Designing Intrinsic Layouts (jen)443
videos, css, layout, intrinsic-design
Reducing Design Risk (sma)442
product-management
How to Succeed in Wireframe Design (sma)441
how-tos, prototyping, tooling, link-lists
Listboxes vs. Dropdown Lists (nng)440
forms, usability, comparisons
Neumorphism and CSS (cod/css)439
effects, css
Marginalized by Design (hey/que)438
community, dei, career
Where Does SEO Belong in Your Web Design Process? (sma)437
seo, processes
Cross-Cultural Design (ali)436
culture
Design System UI Is More Expensive Than a Product Team’s UI (nat)435
design-systems
Progressive Brand Enhancement in Design Systems (fro)434
design-systems, progressive-enhancement, branding
An Intro to Designing Accessible Data Visualizations (fos)433
introductions, accessibility, visualization, information-design
RTL Styling 101 (sha)432
introductions, internationalization, layout, css, html
Print-Inspired Layout on the Web (chr/css)431
print, css, layout
The State of UX in 2020 (fab)430
user-experience, outlooks
Better Design With Deep Thinking (sma)429
processes, productivity
Design Muscles (mar)428
The Developer’s Fallacy of Close Collaboration With Designers (j9t)427
collaboration, creativity
Learning How to See (mat)426
Bringing a Better Design Process to Your Organization (sma)425
processes
Design Principles for Developers: Processes and CSS Tips for Better Web Design (css)424
typography, spacing, colors, principles, processes, css, tips-and-tricks
Why MVP Is the Antithesis of Good UX423
videos, user-experience, product-management
So You Think You’re Design Driven422
Queer Design Club (que)421
websites, community
Daily Ethical Design (ali)420
ethics
Tips for Managing Design Systems (sma)419
design-systems, maintenance, communication, efficiency, documentation, processes
A Practical Guide to SVG and Design Tools (sma)418
guides, images, svg, sketch, figma, adobe, tooling
Designing for the Future With Voice Prototypes (sma)417
prototyping, voice
Ethics for Designers (ia)416
ethics
Art Direction for the Web Using CSS Shapes (mal/sma)415
art-direction, html, css, shapes
How to Use Spaces in Web Design With Gestalt Principles (sma)414
how-tos, spacing
Six Tips for Better Web Typography (fon/css)413
typography, tips-and-tricks
5 Simple UX Principles to Guide Your Product Design412
user-experience, principles
Breadcrumbs: 11 Design Guidelines for Desktop and Mobile (nng)411
guidelines, breadcrumbs
The Anchoring Principle (tbf/nng)410
user-experience, principles
Elements to Ditch or Repurpose on Mobile (sma)409
user-experience, mobile
The State of UX in 2019 (fab)408
user-experience, outlooks
Browsing Versus Searching in Design407
browsing, searching
Should Designers Code (j9t)406
creativity, career
Redesigning Your Product and Website for Dark Mode (mal)405
dark-mode, css
Writing for Designers (ali)404
writing, processes
The Psychology of Design (jon/ali)403
user-experience, principles
Best Practices for Mobile Form Design (sma)402
forms, mobile, best-practices
Designing for Micro-Moments (sma)401
interaction-design, mobile
Better Collaboration by Bringing Designers Into the Code Review Process (sma)400
collaboration, code-reviews, processes
What Is Redux: A Designer’s Guide (sma)399
guides, redux, state-management
The Problem With Patterns (ali)398
design-patterns, processes, user-experience, collaboration
Page Transitions for Everyone (css)397
user-experience, animations, transitions, performance, caching
Things Designers Should Know About SEO in 2018 (myr/sma)396
seo
How to Automate a Design395
how-tos, automation
Priority Guides: A Content-First Alternative to Wireframes (ali)394
prototyping, content
Native-Like Animations for Page Transitions on the Web (sar/css)393
animations, transitions, vuejs, nuxt, css
Designing for Accessibility and Inclusion (sma)392
accessibility, dei, animations, colors, typography, images, multimedia, keyboard-navigation, layout, readability
Art Directing for the Web With CSS Grid Template Areas (mal/sma)391
art-direction, css, grids, layout
Creating a UX Strategy (sma)390
user-experience, strategies
Using Ethics in Web Design (mor/sma)389
user-experience, ethics, checklists
Conversational Design (ali)388
interaction-design, conversational-design
A Comprehensive Guide to User Experience Design (sma)387
guides, user-experience
Tools for Thinking and Tools for Systems (fon/css)386
tooling, sketch, figma, photoshop
Universal Principles of User Experience Design (sma)385
user-experience, principles, typography
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Prototyping (but Were Afraid to Ask) (sma)384
prototyping, processes
The Evolution of User Experience Design (sma)383
user-experience
The State of UX in 2018 (fab)382
user-experience, outlooks
Designing for a Browserless Web (sma)381
progressive-web-apps, web-apps, native
A Comprehensive Guide to Web Design (sma)380
guides, content, information-architecture, navigation, content-strategy, scrolling, forms, accessibility
Bad Icons: How to Identify and Improve Them (nng)379
how-tos, icons, images, usability
Design Concepts—an Overview378
overviews, processes
Minimalistic Design With Large Impact: Functional Minimalism for Web Design (sma)377
minimalism
Making Flat Design Usable376
videos, flat-design, usability
The Nine Principles of Design Implementation (sma)375
principles, html, css
What Is Timeless Web Design? (chr/css)374
community
And You Thought Buttons Were Easy? (nat)373
buttons, design-systems
When Large Isn’t Large Enough: Designing With Hero Images (sma)372
images
Making Your Design Optically Perfect (raf)371
alignment
The Road to Resilient Web Design (ada/sma)370
responsive-design, resilience
Flat-Design Best Practices (nng)369
flat-design, best-practices
How to Design and Sell Themes (With Success) (dxn)368
how-tos, theming, monetization
Web Layout 101: Vertical Rhythm Is a Drummer (mis)367
introductions, layout
How to Use Shadows and Blur Effects in Modern UI Design (sma)366
how-tos, shadows, effects
The State of UX Agile Development (nng)365
user-experience, agile, processes, collaboration
Mobile First Is Just Not Good Enough: Meet Journey-Driven Design (sma)364
mobile-first, mobile, responsive-design, processes
Align SVG Icons to Text and Say Goodbye to Font Icons (pro)363
svg, images, icons, icon-fonts, fonts, css, alignment
How Functional Animation Helps Improve User Experience (sma)362
animations, user-experience
Web Layout 101: Making the Most of the Top Right Corner361
introductions, layout
The Coming Revolution in Email Design (ali)360
email, mjml
How to Design Better Buttons (sma)359
how-tos, buttons, forms, usability
Top 10 Enduring Web-Design Mistakes (nng)358
mistakes, usability
The Movement Towards Motion in Website Backgrounds357
animations, backgrounds
Continue Normalising Your CSS (css)356
normalize-css, css, consistency
Landing Page Design: 15 Tips for High Conversions355
landing-pages, tips-and-tricks, user-conversion
Taking the Pattern Library to the Next Level (vit/sma)354
documentation, pattern-libraries, style-guides, design-systems
How We Use Prototyping, and How It Made Us More Efficient (sma)353
prototyping, processes, efficiency, case-studies
Communicating Animation (ali)352
communication, animations, interaction-design
Pixel Density, Demystified351
pixel-density
Designing Meaningful Animation (vlh/btc)350
videos, animations, css
Advice From a Young Designer to Younger Designers (lil/btc)349
videos, career, tips-and-tricks
Crash Course: Learn the Sketch UI in Roughly 4 Minutes 20 Seconds (dxn)348
crash-courses, sketch
Never Show a Design You Haven’t Tested on Users (ali)347
usability, user-experience, testing
Web Designers, Can You Speak Web?346
html, css, browsers, concepts, link-lists
A Simple Web Developer’s Color Guide (sma)345
guides, colors, color-palettes
Building the UI for the New “The Times” Website344
collaboration, architecture, css, documentation, case-studies
Front-End Style-Guides: Definition, Requirements, Component Checklist (nng)343
style-guides, efficiency, consistency, user-experience, checklists
The Veil of Ignorance (mrm)342
accessibility, ethics
An Interview With Libby Nicholaou on Creative Residency (chr/css)341
interviews, creativity
An Interview With Una Kravets (una+/css)340
interviews, css, sass
All Talk and No Buttons: The Conversational UI (ali)339
interaction-design, conversational-design
7 Trends That Will Define Web Design in 2016338
trends, ai, mobile-first, layout, animations
The Power of Responsive Design Sprints (gri/clo)337
responsive-design, processes, agile
Influencing Web Layouts With Print Layouts (chr/css)336
print, css, shapes
Writing Is Design (pjo)335
writing
Blending Modes Demystified (ali)334
images, colors, effects, css
Design, White Lies, and Ethics (ali)333
testing
Styling Placeholder Texts (ppk)332
css, placeholders
The 10 Big Web Design Trends of 2015331
layout, trends, minimalism, scrolling, flat-design, animations, colors, backgrounds, typography
Frameworks (bee/ali)330
responsive-design
The Difference Between Responsive and Adaptive Design (geo/css)329
responsive-design, liquid-design, comparisons
Style Guide Best Practices (bra/btc)328
videos, documentation, style-guides, best-practices
Design + Performance (zem/btc)327
videos, performance, user-experience
9 Ways That Design Trends Are Holding You Back326
creativity
Object-Oriented UX (ali)325
user-experience, information-architecture
How to Create a Web Style Guide You’ll Be Proud Of324
how-tos, documentation, style-guides
Normalize (CSS) No More323
normalize-css
Hey Designers: Stop Being an Afterthought (rhj/sma)322
processes, collaboration, communication
A Brief History of Web Design (dav/btc)321
videos, history
Atomic Design (bra/btc)320
videos, atomic-design
Cheat Your Way With UX (btc)319
videos, user-experience
Making Minimalism Work in Mobile and Web318
prototyping, minimalism, desktop, mobile
Web Design Has as Much Soul Now as It Did Before317
aesthetics, economics
The Characteristics of Minimalism in Web Design (nng)316
minimalism, trends
Web Design Is Dead. No, It Isn’t. (vit/sma)315
tooling, web-platform
Web Design Is Dead (mas)314
tooling, mobile
Design Principles: Compositional, Symmetrical, and Asymmetrical Balance (sma)313
principles
The Roots of Minimalism in Web Design (nng)312
minimalism, history, tips-and-tricks
The Homepage Exception (han/ali)311
homepages, user-experience
Practical Techniques on Designing Animation (sar/sma)310
animations, techniques
Designing for Explicit Choice (sma)309
forms, examples
Meta-Moments: Thoughtfulness by Design (ali)308
user-experience
5 Ridiculously Common Misconceptions About UX307
user-experience
The Web’s Grain (fch)306
web
Content-First Design (ali)305
content
Design Principles: Compositional Flow and Rhythm (sma)304
principles
New Web Layout Ideas for 2015303
layout
An In-Depth Overview of Living Style Guide Tools (sma)302
documentation, style-guides, pattern-libraries, tooling, overviews
How to Automate Style Guide-Driven Development (sma)301
guides, style-guides, automation
Design Principles: Dominance, Focal Points, and Hierarchy (sma)300
principles, hierarchy
Why Developers and Designers Should Work Together299
collaboration, processes
The Love You Make (zel/ali)298
business-relations, career
The Big Web Design Trends for 2015297
trends
Style Guide Generator Roundup (ali)296
documentation, style-guides, tooling, link-lists
Web Design and Principles (j9t)295
principles
Designing WordPress Themes for Printing294
wordpress, theming, print
Designing for Print With CSS (rac/sma)293
print, css
Design Principles: Visual Weight and Direction (sma)292
principles
Why You Should Include Your Developer in the Design Process (boa/sma)291
processes
Fundamental Principles of Great UX Design—How to Deliver Great UX Design (uxm)290
principles, fundamentals, how-tos, user-experience
Website Style Guide Resources289
websites, style-guides, pattern-libraries, documentation, overviews, link-lists
Progress Indicators Make a Slow System Less Insufferable (nng)288
progress-indicators, performance, user-experience
A Front-End Developer’s Ode to Specifications (sma)287
documentation, design-systems, processes
Is Everyone a Designer?286
Before You Hire Designers (mon/ali)285
hiring
Design Principles: Connecting and Separating Elements Through Contrast and Similarity (sma)284
principles, contrast, colors
Junior Designers vs. Senior Designers283
career, processes, comparisons
Consistency (jus)282
consistency, user-experience
Designer’s Guide to DPI281
guides, print, pixel-density
Ten CSS One-Liners to Replace Native Apps (ali)280
css, layout
How Do You Design Interaction? (sma)279
interaction-design
Breaking Web Design Conventions = Breaking the User Experience (nng)278
conventions, usability, user-experience
I Don’t Like It (lau/ali)277
business-relations, communication
What Web Designers Can Learn From Art History276
art, colors
Design Principles: Space and the Figure-Ground Relationship (sma)275
principles, spacing
The Definitive Guide to Form Label Positioning274
guides, forms, labels, accessibility, positioning
A Different Letter to a Junior Designer (mal/ali)273
career
The Web Is a Rectangle272
responsive-design
Creating Style Guides (ali)271
documentation, style-guides, pattern-libraries
Why Your HTML and CSS Mastery Are Not Enough270
html, css, career, learning
Web Animation at Work (ali)269
css, animations
Getting Started With Pattern Libraries (ali)268
introductions, documentation, pattern-libraries, case-studies
A Word on Contemporary Web Design (j9t)267
information-design
Should Designers Code?266
career
Sass for Web Designers (sim)265
books, sass
Art Directed Articles—Still a Good Idea? (chr/css)264
art-direction, trends, examples, responsive-design, link-lists
Flat UI and Forms (ali)263
forms, buttons, accessibility
Flat Design and Thin Is In (sma)262
flat-design
What Makes a Website Look Dated?261
The Web Designer’s Guide to Image Copyrights260
guides, images, licensing
Flat Design as a New Foundation for the Web259
fundamentals, flat-design, responsive-design
Discovering Sketch258
tooling, sketch
Happy 10th Birthday CSS Zen Garden (cra)257
anniversaries, css, css-zen-garden
How Much Has the Web Really Changed? (vas/sma)256
web
Material Honesty on the Web (ali)255
Is Responsive Design Soulless?254
responsive-design, creativity
Defensive Design253
books, user-experience, usability, errors
Andy Clarke: The Interview—Killing Contracts (mal/sma)252
interviews, business-relations, legal
Grid-Based Layouts 101251
layout, grids, adobe
Great Design Is Great Writing (kel)250
flat-design, writing
Twas The Night Before Responsive249
responsive-design
Exploration of Single-Page Websites (sma)248
navigation, landing-pages, examples
20 Inspirational Landing Page Designs247
landing-pages, examples, link-lists
Why Should Web Design Be a Profession? (sma)246
career
5 CSS Properties That Give Designers Fits245
css, floats, shadows, gradients, borders, navigation
Color Theory 101244
introductions, colors
Stefan Sagmeister Interview (sma)243
interviews
The Flat Design Era242
flat-design, link-lists
Homepage Design Changes (nng)241
homepages, history
Facilitating Great Design (ali)240
collaboration, processes
Website Design for Tablets and Mobile239
responsive-design, mobile
Repurposing vs. Optimized Design (nng)238
desktop, mobile, print, optimization, comparisons, user-experience
Web Design Manifesto 2012 (zel)237
manifestos, blogging
7 Basic Best Practices for Buttons (cjf/uxm)236
buttons, best-practices
Stop Making Endless Design Changes235
processes
An Introduction to Modernizr for Designers (lou/web)234
introductions, modernizr
Design Advice From Jony Ive233
principles
Multi-Device Layout Patterns232
responsive-design, design-patterns, layout, mobile, desktop
For a Future-Friendly Web (bra/ali)231
web, content
Why Transitions Are Important (sma)230
interaction-design, transitions
Responsive Navigation Patterns (bra)229
responsive-design, navigation, design-patterns
Redefining Hick’s Law (sma)228
principles
An Introduction to jQuery for Designers227
introductions, jquery
What Does Google’s Page Layout Algorithm Mean for Web Designers?226
layout, seo
An Important Time for Design (ali)225
Skeuomorphic Design vs. Modern and/or Futuristic Design (mat)224
comparisons
CSS Transitions: A Simple Way to Delight Your Visitors223
css, transitions
Top Minimalist Website Designs: Trends and Examples222
minimalism, trends, examples
Demystifying Design (ali)221
Elements of a Viral Launch Page (sma)220
landing-pages, marketing
A Few Design Trends (jas)219
trends
How to Become a Web Design Expert (boa/sma)218
how-tos, career
Mobile Design Is Not Only Responsive (hcr)217
responsive-design, mobile
Adapted (sim)216
responsive-design, mobile-first
5 Principles of User-Centered Interface Design215
principles, user-experience
Defending the Generalists in the Web Design Industry (boa/sma)214
career
The UX of Learning (ali)213
user-experience, learning
Emphasis in Design (jas)212
Responsive Web Design Techniques, Tools, and Design Strategies (vit/sma)211
responsive-design, techniques, tooling, strategies, link-lists
Following a Web Design Process (sma)210
processes, project-management
Defining Good Design (jas)209
usability, aesthetics
Getting Started With Defensive Web Design (sma)208
introductions, examples
Color Theory 101 (jas)207
introductions, colors
Designing for the Future Web (sma)206
mobile, seo
The Psychology of Color (jas)205
colors
Why User Experience Cannot Be Designed (sma)204
user-experience
The Art of the Single Page Web Site203
examples, link-lists
A Simpler Page (cra/ali)202
typography, readability, html, css, simplicity
Typography Is Not Your Brand, So Don’t Steal It (tim)201
typography, branding
If You’re in Online Marketing and Strategy, This Will Piss You Off (tim)200
marketing, processes, collaboration
The Future of Web Fonts Is Sooner Than It Used to Be199
fonts, woff
5 Quick Ways to Freshen Up Your Web Site Copy198
content, maintenance
Tips for Web Design That Crosses Cultures (css)197
localization, navigation, unicode, colors, seo
In Defense of Hard (pjo)196
simplicity, complexity
Transparency in Web Design (chr/css)195
transparency+opacity, css, png, images
Principles of Icon Design (jon)194
principles, icons, images
Wabi Sabi: Natural Simplicity in Web Design193
simplicity, principles
Grid-Based Web Design, Simplified (sma)192
layout, grids, css
The Dying Art of Design (sma)191
art
The Sad State of the Web Design Community (sma)190
community
The Art of the Web Background189
backgrounds, examples, link-lists
How to Improve Usability With Fitts’ and Hick’s Laws188
how-tos, usability, principles, optimization
The 7 Components of Design187
concepts
Less Ridiculous Standard Ad Sizes (chr/css)186
monetization
Subtle Contrast in Design185
contrast, colors
Principles of Design: Color184
principles, colors
Principles of Design: Contrast183
principles, contrast, colors
The Evolution of Web Design182
history, tables, flash, dhtml, css
Principles of Design: Proximity181
principles
The Death of the Blog Post (vit/sma)180
blogging
Print Design to Web Design: Comparative Analogies (chr/css)179
print, web, comparisons
20 Extraordinary Blogs With Unique Post Designs (sma)178
blogging, link-lists
Vital Tips for Effective Logo Design (sma)177
logos, images, tips-and-tricks
Informative and Usable Footers in Web Design (sma)176
navigation, usability, link-lists
The Battlefield of Design: Designers vs. Clients (boa)175
business-relations, collaboration, processes
Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Comic Sans174
fonts
Even Designers Are Using CSS3? (dal/aja)173
css
In Defense of Eye Candy (ali)172
decoration, user-experience
Do You Do Spec Work?171
business-relations, economics
8 Simple Typography Tips for Your Designs (sma)170
typography, css, tips-and-tricks
10 Principles of Readability and Web Typography (sma)169
typography, readability, principles
Is Minimalist Still in Vogue? You Bet168
minimalism
Graceful Blame (dav)167
career, community
Don’t Follow Web Design Trends: Set Them (sma)166
branding
Accessibility Experiment165
accessibility
Design by Community (mar)164
redesigning, drupal, community, processes
Jina Bolton on Creating Sexy Stylesheets (jin)163
interviews, css
A Designer’s Guide to HTML Email (mis)162
guides, email, html
Use the Best Available Ampersand (sim)161
typography
7 Essential Guidelines for Functional Design (sma)160
guidelines
Web Design Is Not Print Design (mat)159
web, print
Compared to What? (j9t)158
information-design
Mark Boulton’s Freelance Design Secrets (mar)157
interviews, css
Fancy Form Design Using CSS (the)156
forms, accessibility, css
Web Design: 10 Additional Research Findings You Should Know (j9t)155
usability, research, conventions, best-practices
Design Rants (dav)154
typography, readability, responsive-design, semantics
Writing an Interface Style Guide (jin/ali)153
style-guides, design-systems, conventions, documentation
Andy Budd on Usability, Design, and the Death of CSS (and)152
interviews, usability, css
Web Design 101: Photoshop (dig)151
introductions, photoshop
Footers in Web Design: Creative Examples and Ideas (sma)150
navigation, examples
13 Reasons Why CSS Is Superior to Tables in Website Design149
layout, tables, css, comparisons
Ajaxian Roundup for March 2008: IE 8, Acid3, and Performance (dal/aja)148
browsers, javascript, dojo, dwr, extjs, prototypejs, jquery, css, performance, tooling, mobile, databases, comet, ajaxian, link-lists
The Web Beyond the Desktop (dav/dig)147
web, desktop, mobile, browsers
The 10 Design Theses of Dieter Rams (j9t)146
guidelines
Design Is in the Details (ali)145
Ajaxian Roundup for January 2008: JavaScript Turtles and IE 8 (dal/aja)144
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)143
principles, usability, performance, simplicity, whitespace, conventions, testing
Do Websites Need to Look Exactly the Same in Every Browser? (sim)142
websites, browsers
Understanding Web Design (zel/ali)141
typography
Better Web Forms: Redesigning eBay’s Registration (gar/dig)140
forms, case-studies, ebay
Monthly Ajaxian Roundup for September 2007: JavaScript Mashups Take a Step Forward (dal/aja)139
dojo, extjs, prototypejs, jquery, yui, browsers, javascript, offline, mobile, adobe, comet, ajaxian, link-lists
Web Design 101: Floats (vir/dig)138
introductions, floats, css
Are You a Web Designer or a Web Decorator? (j9t)137
career, decoration
80 Beautiful Typefaces for Professional Design (sma)136
fonts
Bulletproof Web Design, Second Edition (sim)135
books, xhtml, css
Typography and Web Advertising: Making Every Opportunity Count (dig)134
typography, monetization
Frameworks for Designers (ali)133
frameworks
Re: 55 Reasons to Design in XHTML/CSS132
xhtml, html, css
The Principles of Beautiful Web Design131
principles, processes, overviews
Icon Design: Sizing (dav)130
images, icons
1 + 1 = 3: Explaining Busyness and Background Noise on Websites (j9t)129
information-design
It’s in the Details: Seven Secrets of a Successful International Website (dig)128
internationalization, localization, ecommerce, colors
Web Design: 15 Important Research Findings You Should Know (j9t)127
usability, research, conventions, best-practices
Design Decisions: Basecamp Help (jas)126
Five Simple Steps to Designing With Colour (mar)125
colors
The Ultimate Web Page (jus)124
tech-stacks, prioritization
Web Designer’s Guide to Print Design (mar)123
guides, print
“Cascading Style Sheets: The Designer’s Edge” by Molly Holzschlag122
books, css
Principles and Elements of Design (dig)121
principles
“Color for Websites” by Molly Holzschlag120
books, colors
Content Is King119
content, metrics
Nine Tips for Designing Rich Internet Applications118
rich-internet-apps, tips-and-tricks
The Value of Graphic Design (jus)117
usability
Avoid Edge Cases by Designing Up Front (ali)116
processes
Good Designers Redesign, Great Designers Realign (cam/ali)115
branding, career
Nice Error Messages114
errors
Top 5 Web Design Mistakes (nza)113
images, javascript, colors, fonts, mistakes
Scrolling and Scrollbars (nng)112
scrolling, usability
Zoom Layout (sto)111
layout, accessibility, zooming
Open Source Design? (dav)110
foss, html, css
The Principles of Design (dig)109
principles, fundamentals, link-lists
Information Architecture as an Extension of Web Design (dig)108
information-architecture, layout, hierarchy
Invasion of the Body Switchers (sib+/ali)107
accessibility, css
Ten Questions for Roger Johansson (rus)106
interviews, html, standards
The End of Usability Culture (dig)105
usability, culture
Designing a CSS Layout With an Interesting Header Treatment104
layout, css
Iterative Design (jus)103
processes
Please Make Me Think! Are High-Tech Usability Priorities Backwards?102
usability
Rebranding the World Wide Web Consortium101
w3c, branding
Speaking Up for Accessibility, Open Standards, and Good Design100
accessibility, standards, advocacy
Ten Questions for Jon Hicks (jon+)99
interviews, standards, css
The Need for Web Design Standards (nng)98
usability, conventions
Liquid Bleach (sto)97
liquid-design, css, case-studies
Mastery, Mystery, and Misery: The Ideologies of Web Design (nng)96
user-experience, concepts
Fitts’s Law (dav)95
principles, usability
8 Quick Ways to Fix Your Search Engine (vee)94
search, usability
Are Web Sites Identical? (jon)93
Design Sites Do Web Standards92
standards, conformance
Eight Things I Wish I’d Known When I Started (cam)91
career
Fixed or Fluid, You Decide (mal)90
liquid-design
Integrated Web Design: Seven Deadly Markup Sins (mho)89
encoding, doctypes, attributes, conformance, character-references, html, xhtml
!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Unrestricted"88
standards
Integrated Web Design: Strategies for Long-Term CSS Hack Management (mho)87
css, hacks, maintainability, strategies
Designing for Scalability (dig)86
scalability
Ten Questions for Dan Cederholm (sim+)85
interviews, standards
What’s in a Name (mal)84
html, naming, semantics, conventions
Tables vs. CSS—a Fight to the Death83
html, tables, css, layout, comparisons
Stylish, Accessible Forms (mal)82
forms, xhtml, accessibility, css
An Objective Look at Table Based vs. CSS Based Design81
layout, tables, css, html
Web Designers on a Fence80
career
To Hell With Color Coding79
colors
Interface Design Issues: The Myth of Navigation78
navigation, myths, examples
PHP for Designers (pho)77
php
I Care About Accessibility76
accessibility
Accessible, Stylish Form Layout75
forms, html, accessibility
Don’t Forget to Architect the Home Page (dig)74
homepages
Hi-Fi Design With CSS (dav)73
css, css-zen-garden
I Don’t Care About Accessibility (vee)72
accessibility, craft
An Open Letter to Jakob Nielsen71
interaction-design, usability
Interface Design Issues: The Complexity Principle70
principles, complexity
High Accessibility, High Design69
accessibility, css, colors, color-blindness
Great CSS Design (dav)68
css, link-lists
Web Design Beyond Usability67
usability
Design and Accessibility Best Practice (sto)66
accessibility, best-practices
Don’t Design on Spec (zel)65
The IE Factor (sto)64
internet-explorer, browsers, css
Redesigning Google’s Search Results Page63
google, search, redesigning
Web Design: Never Let an Ad Agency Near Your Website (ger)62
branding, business-relations
Comments on “10 Design Mistakes” (mer)61
mistakes
Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2003 (nng)60
mistakes, usability
An Interesting Navigation Idea59
navigation
The Ten Most Violated Homepage Design Guidelines (nng)58
guidelines, homepages, usability
CSS Based Design (ada)57
css, positioning, floats, xhtml
Sites Still Have the Same Usability Problems56
usability, search
The Myth of Perfect Web Design55
myths
The One Magic Rule of Web Design54
principles
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
Best Viewed With Any Browser3
browsers, support, principles
Art and the Zen of Web Sites2
web, colors, images, image-maps, tables, frames, java, javascript, monetization, testing, maintenance, tips-and-tricks
WWW: Beyond the Basics1
books, web, history, standards, programming, outlooks