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Jan Constantin - Typographic Design Patterns And Current Practices (2013 Edition)

Good typography has always been a defining aspect of effective Web design, and this holds true especially for websites in which the emphasis is on presenting a large amount of content — specifically

Design Patterns , Trends , Typography , Web Design , Design

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Jonathan Wold - Migrating A Website To WordPress Is Easier Than You Think

Now powering over 17% of the Web, WordPress is increasingly becoming the content management system (CMS) of choice for the average user. But what about websites built with an outdated CMS or without

wordpress , Themes , Techniques (WP)

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Luca Passani - How To Provide The Greatest Mobile User Experience Possible

Now and again, I hit the swimming pool. It’s a good way to exercise, but also to relax after a long day in front of my PC. I can do quite a few laps in my front crawl, but only because I don’t use m

mobile , Navigation , ux

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Senongo Akpem - Converting Our Stories Into Multi-Screen Experiences

Storytelling takes many forms. In the past, stories were told orally, with people telling and retelling myths, fables and even histories. As writing technology became more prevalent, we began to rec

Interaction Design , Storytelling , ux , Interfaces

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Siobhan McKeown - How To Contribute To WordPress

WordPress is built by volunteers. People from all over the world collaborate to create the core software, write the documentation, provide support, translate WordPress, organize events and generally

Community , wordpress , Design

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Dave Newton - How To Avoid Duplicate Downloads In Responsive Images

The picture element is a new addition to HTML5 that’s being championed by the W3C’s Responsive Images Community Group (RICG). It is intended to provide a declarative, markup-based solution to enable

webp , Techniques , Responsive Design , mobile

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Alexander Komarov & Nikita Yermolayev - How To Design For A Maturing Android

Android is huge: 480 million people currently use Android devices, and 1 million new devices are activated daily. This means that every three weeks, the number of people who activate new Android dev

Techniques , mobile , Apps , Android

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Vitaly Friedman - The Smashing Editor’s Choice: A Free eBook

Nearly half a year ago, we introduced our eBook subscription model, also known as the Smashing Library. We knew we were onto something good, realizing that the Smashing Library was the next step in

Events , Resources , Smashing Books

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Will Dayble - Whiteboards, Visions And Banned Words

This article is about design consultancy. It’s about wrangling that client who uses empty sentences like, “We want a snappy, simple experience,” or, “It should be on brand and should really pop.” It

ux , Process , Design

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Vasilis van Gemert - How Much Has The Web Really Changed?

Responsive design is about more than just layout; it’s about designing for the Web, which means, mostly, for people with browsers. And that’s just about everything we know about the people who visit

Graphic Design , Navigation , Content , Design

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Jacob Cook - How I Work: IDEO’s Duane Bray On Creating Great Digital Experiences

Welcome to another interview in the series called “How I Work.” These interviews revolve around how leading thinkers and creators in the Web world design, code and create. The goal is not to get in

workflow , Interviews , Inspiration , Design

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Yogev Ahuvia - Infinite Scroll: Let’s Get To The Bottom Of This

Human nature demands hierarchy and structures that are easy to navigate. But infinite scrolling sometimes leaves users feeling disoriented as they travel down a page that never ends. Infinite

Trends , Navigation , ux , Web Design

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Dmitry Semenov - Magnific Popup, A Truly Responsive Lightbox Plugin

A lightbox is one of those tools that work great on the desktop but often fail on small mobile devices. These days, finding a plugin that is responsive and that displays content right away is hard.

Responsive Design , coding , plugins , Css

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Joshua Mauldin - iOS Grid System, A Free Extension For Adobe Fireworks

I’ll come right out and say it. I think the grid is the unsung hero of a good design. It gives structure and lets the design fall perfectly into place on the canvas. With a grid, adapting and buildi

Fireworks , Freebies , extensions , ios

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Vitaly Friedman - Desktop Wallpaper Calendars: May 2013

We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a

Wallpapers , Graphics , Tools

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Sara Wachter-Boettcher - Content Knowledge Is Power

“Content matters!” “Comp with real copy!” “Have a plan!” By now, you’ve probably heard the refrain: making mobile work is hard if you don’t consider your content. But content knowledge isn’t just ab

Inspiration , Content , Web Design , Content Strategy , Design

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Iris Lješnjanin - The Art And Craft Of Arabic Type Design

The beauty of typography has no borders. While many of us work with the familiar Latin alphabet, international projects usually require quite extensive knowledge of less familiar writing systems fro

Interviews , Inspiration , Career

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Rodney Rehm - CSS3 Transitions: Thank God We Have A Specification!

This article is packed with a number of quirks and issues you should be aware of when working with CSS3 transitions. Please note that I’m not showing any workarounds or giving advice on how to circu

css3 , Techniques , coding , Css

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Steven Bradley - How To Maintain Hierarchy Through Content Choreography

One of the issues we need to be concerned with in responsive design is how to maintain hierarchy as elements on the screen are resized and reflowed. Trent Walton first called attention to the issue

flexbox , Responsive Design , Content , Design

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Dan Rose - Repurposing Photoshop For The Web

Like any overzealous teenager aspiring to be a Web designer back in 1999, I found myself in an “Electronic Design” class, behind the wheel of one of those old-school aqua iMacs. If you found yoursel

Photoshop , workflow , Web Design , Design

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Melanie Lang - 59 Exciting Podcasts For Web Designers And Developers

With a phone or tablet in your pocket, you get instant access to a huge variety of podcasts — both audio and video. They keep you entertained while you’re commuting or on a long plane ride, and they

Podcasts , Inspiration , Resources , Design

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Zack Grossbart - An Introduction To Programming Type Systems

Static typing is great because it keeps you out of trouble. Dynamic typing is great because it gets out of your way and lets you get your work done faster. The debate between strongly and dynamicall

optimization , coding , Essentials , Javascript

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Joseph Alessio - Making Sense Of Type Classification (Part 1)

In my previous article on Smashing Magazine Understanding the Difference Between Typography and Lettering, I wrote about how understanding type terminology can help us better appreciate the arts of

Typography , fonts , Design

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Zack Grossbart - Creating Realistic iPhone Games With Cocos2D

Animation makes games real. Movement adds excitement to a game and makes the characters more realistic. In this article, we’ll look at the Cocos2D library and how it supports programmatic animations

mobile , iphone , ios , Games

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