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Inayaili de Leon - The Future Of CSS Typography

There has been an increasing and sincere interest in typography on the web over the last few years. Most websites rely on text to convey their messages, so it’s not a surprise that text is treated w

Typography , coding , Css

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Jad Limcaco - Wallpaper of the Week - Kiss

This is the tenth edition of Wallpaper of the Week. This design was actually created as part of my daily designs. This wallpaper is entitled KISS, which is short for “Keep it simple stupid!” It’s be

Wallpapers

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Cameron Chapman - Finding Inspiration In Uncommon Sources: 12 Places To Look

To some extent, looking at established website designs can also be somewhat limiting, especially if you’re looking for a fresh solution to a problem. Further Reading on SmashingMag: Offline Ins

music , Inspiration

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Ben MacGowan - Usability Review of Charity Websites Taking the Lead

It has become a recent trend for charities to look at their online identities and branding; spending money on creating user experiences which suit their user base, and over time getting people invol

ux , Usability , Kids

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Janko Jovanovic - User Interfaces In Business Web Application Design

Business web application design is too often neglected. I see a lot of applications that don’t meet the needs of either businesses or users and thus contribute to a loss of profit and poor user expe

ux , Web Design , ui

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Vitaly Friedman - Shalom! Showcase Of Web Design In Israel

Israel is a young country with an old heart. It has been quickly built up over the last 60 years as an independent democratic Jewish state and is shockingly cutting edge for a country so new. It is

Showcases , Inspiration , Web Design

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Christian Heilmann - The Seven Deadly Sins Of JavaScript Implementation

If you look at some of the code that has been released, though, we do seem to have taken a step backwards. In gaining easier access, we also became a bit sloppy with our code. Finding clearly struct

coding , Javascript

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Dan Redding - Art Manifestos and Their Applications in Contemporary Design

What might happen if you injected some of those materials with a healthy dose of poetry, humor, or bravado? Obviously, doing so will not be appropriate in some forums, but when it is, this may be a

Graphic Design , Art , Design

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Paul Boag - Is John The Client Dense Or Are You Failing Him?

Meet John, the client. John runs a reasonably large website. He is a marketer who considers himself smart, articulate and professional. That said, he doesn’t know much about Web design, and so he ne

Clients , Business

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Vitaly Friedman - 50 Useful Coding Techniques (CSS Layouts, Visual Effects and Forms)

This is where we come in. We are always looking to collect such articles for our posts so that we can deliver the most useful and relevant content to our readers. In this post, we present an overvie

Techniques , Layouts , coding , Css

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Steven Snell - Group Interview: Expert Advice For Students and Young Web Designers

Our readers have requested that Smashing Magazine conduct an interview with industry leaders on issues that are relevant to students and those just starting off in their design career.With the help

Community , workflow , Clients , Opinion Column , General

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Steven Snell - Expert Advice For Students And Young Web Designers

Our readers have requested that Smashing Magazine conduct an interview with industry leaders on issues that are relevant to students and those just starting off in their design career. With the h

workflow , Education , Clients , Career

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Jad Limcaco - You Can Use CSS3 Right Now

CSS3 makes a designer’s work easier because they’re able to spend less time hacking their CSS and HTML code to work in IE and more time crafting their design. It is the future of web design and can

Css , Resources

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Vitaly Friedman - 60 Live-Saving Medical Icons [Freebie]

The icons can serve as great in-app icons for desktop or RIAs in the medical domain. With perspective and reflective effects these can be a real stunner on landing pages or in touch screen applicati

Graphics , Downloads , Icons , Freebies

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Chui Chui Tan - Email Newsletter Design: Guidelines And Examples

The fundamental rule for creating an email newsletter is to give it interesting, relevant and up-to-date information that is enjoyable to read. Users sign up for newsletters hoping be informed about

Marketing , Newsletters , Emails , Web Design , Content Strategy , Design

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Lee Munroe - The Definitive Guide To Styling Links With CSS

So without links, we’d be lost. We look for them on the page when we want to venture further. Sure, we pause to read a bit, but inevitably we end up clicking a link of some sort. Further Reading on

seo , Web Design , Design

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Travis King - Successful Strategies For Selling Ad Space On Low-Traffic Websites

Upon first thinking about it, the idea of selling advertising on a website or blog with limited traffic seems a bit daft. After all, aren’t most advertisers interested in putting their product in fr

Marketing , Advertising , adsense , Business

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Brad Colbow - The Life, Times (and Death?) of Internet Explorer 6 (Comic Strip)

In this post we’re looking at what Internet Explorer 6 used to be and why its image changed over the years. You can also see the comic in a larger version. Further Reading on SmashingMag: The

Cartoons , Browsers , Design , Internet Explorer

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Francisco Inchauste - Better User Experience With Storytelling (Part 2)

In the first part of this Better User Experience With Storytelling series, we explored some of the basic structures and story patterns found in myths and religions. We saw how these patterns continu

Storytelling , ux , Usability , Emotional Design

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Vitaly Friedman - Photoshop Shortcut Keys Cheat Sheet [PDF]

The cheat sheet was created by Kenneth Setzer and released especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers. The cheat sheet is a mousepad-sized image featuring a typical PC keyboard. Photoshop’s

Photoshop , Cheat Sheets , Graphics , Downloads

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Christian Heilmann - Developing Sites With AJAX: Design Challenges and Common Issues

This is that moment, and I am here to tell you a few things about our friend in the Web 2.0 world: AJAX. We seem to have AJAX licked. The Web technology is ubiquitous, and libraries and frameworks

Techniques , Ajax , coding

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Adit Gupta - Applying Mathematics To Web Design

“Mathematics is beautiful.” This may sound absurd to people who wince at numbers and equations. But some of the most beautiful things in nature and our universe exhibit mathematical properties, from

Mathematics , Web Design , Design

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Jad Limcaco - How to Drastically Improve Your Designs

Design is everywhere. We see it in on billboards as we drive down the street. When we go to a restaurant and look at the menus, we see it. When we sit down on our couch and watch television, it’s vi

workflow , Techniques , Inspiration , Design

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Kat Neville - The Art And Science Of The Email Signature

Email signatures are so easy to do well, that it’s really a shame how often they’re done poorly. Many people want their signature to reflect their personality, provide pertinent information and more

Inspiration , Emails , Web Design , Content Strategy , Design

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