In past articles, we’ve delved into dozens of aesthetic topics, but design work isn’t always purely aesthetic. Often, a truly “well-designed” solution is not only visually appealing, but flexible and efficient as well. There are instances when tunnel-visioning on visual appearance — and ignoring…
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For those graphic designers out there taking advantage of jQuery to enhance their sites, this collection of plugins is dedicated specifically to typography enhancing tools. If you’re still hesitant about implementing jQuery, check out our guide, “An Introduction to jQuery for Designers”…
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I found approaching jQuery to be an intimidating experience because I’m not a developer. Implementing JavaScript was what “they” did on the back-end of a website, but had little to do with my process when creating a design for a website. But…
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Showcases are a great way to show your visitors your latest addition to your portfolio or to present the latest product or article. Many sites use this technique to cram information into an area so that your visitors do not miss your…
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All sophisticated design patterns throw up the same fundamental question — is there a concrete advantage to using it in the first place? Without understanding the benefits, it could be very easy to think that it’s just a pointlessly verbose and over-engineered solution, or that it’s only following some kind of fashion.
Read More…I thought it might be interesting to look at a JavaScript design pattern that I use a great deal. I settled on it gradually, over a period of time, absorbing and adapting influences from various sources, until reaching a pattern that offers the flexibility I need.
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Hey guys, sorry for the slight delay this week — I’ve been a bit sick over the last few days but the cast is finally here, and it’s another treat. For this episode I had a chat with Matt Kelly from ZURB, the interaction design and strategy studio behind web apps like Notable and Verify. Matt and I discuss jQuery UI, the library ZURB uses extensively for their web apps.
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With today’s snazzy and competitive “Web 2.0” and social media world, universal design is many times forgotten. It’s bewildering as to why since there are many social, technical, financial, and legal reasons which support universal design practices. Let’s discuss some of the more prevalent issues in websites today, and how they relate to the main universal design principles.
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Welcome to episode nine. Today’s podcast is from Myles Eftos, one of the authors of the Sitepoint book, Build Mobile Websites and Apps for Smart Devices, and the Learnable course, Build Mobile: Develop websites and apps for smart devices. In this episode,…
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Entering data in large fields can be a UX nightmare; it can be a challenge to make it simple for users to enter their data. How do they know what to enter? Can you really explain what they are meant to enter in just a input label?
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