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8 Myths About How Blind People Use the Internet

8 Myths About How Blind People Use the Internet

UX Design

As a frontend developer of course I knew about the importance of accessibility. I’d always followed best practices when creating web content that shouldn’t have any problems being read by…

My Essential Design Resources

My Essential Design Resources

Web Design

Great tools make a huge difference in how quickly you can complete a task. I’d like to share a few tools and essential design resources I use when designing web…

A Discussion on the Flat Design Aesthetic

A Discussion on the Flat Design Aesthetic

UX Design / Web Design

In this article we talk about what flat design is, review what other designers are saying about it, and offer some tips on how to achieve it.

How to Create a Basic jQuery Tooltip Plugin

How to Create a Basic jQuery Tooltip Plugin

JavaScript

If you have had anything to do with web development of late, you hardly need an introduction to either jQuery or jQuery plugins. In fact, jQuery plugins have become so…

Native Apps or Web Apps?

Native Apps or Web Apps?

Web Design

The burning debate between native apps and web apps that became the present-day martial epic – seemingly neverending – has finally found its end. Fred Cavazza said “it’s complicated“. Matthew…

Design Trends: The Present, The Future, and You

Design Trends: The Present, The Future, and You

Web Design

Whether you agree with them or not, design trends can teach us important lessons on what works and what doesn’t for users. They’re popular for a reason. The true value…

Should You Keep Your Website Open Source?

Should You Keep Your Website Open Source?

Web Design

When you enter the world of web hosting, you will find yourself inundated with options. Choosing a hosting company is only the beginning. Even after you have a domain, account,…

5 Crucial Points Before Becoming a Freelance Web Designer

5 Crucial Points Before Becoming a Freelance Web Designer

Freelance Design / Web Design

A freelance career offers a plethora of opportunities and rewards for web designers like you, just itching to make it on your own. At the same time, it can lead…

Hoverizr – An In-Depth View of the jQuery Plugin

Hoverizr – An In-Depth View of the jQuery Plugin

JavaScript

As a web designer, from time to time, you may need to make a grayscale image fade into color on mouseover. So the typical solution would be to have each…

The Before & After Redesigns of Popular Design Blogs

The Before & After Redesigns of Popular Design Blogs

Inspiration

There’s a lot to be learned by looking at before and after shots of a website’s redesign. You get to see what the designer or design team has learned about…

Thoughts on why Spec Work is Bad and Why You Shouldn’t Do It

Thoughts on why Spec Work is Bad and Why You Shouldn’t Do It

Web Design

Speculative, or ‘Spec”’, work is in hot debate at the moment in the design industry. Design contest websites in particular have created a furore of debate over freelancers working initially…

An Introduction to HTML Prototyping

An Introduction to HTML Prototyping

UI Design
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