Category: Web Design
Inc. – How to Kill a Bad Idea
Start learning to say no and push back against bad ideas.
Signal vs. Noise – There is no place for just shitting all over other people’s work
Vitriol isn’t helpful, valid criticism is.
UX Movement – Why Your Form Buttons Should Never Say Submit
While submit describes a generic case of what the user is doing (ie. submitting a form) it doesn’t really help the user know what the button is for.
SmartlyEdu Blog – Ugly Software Gives Education a Bad Name
Education software has to be the software that I hear most widely and routinely criticized, especially by people who otherwise have little to no opinion on the design of software in general.
52 Weeks of UX – Knowing Your Audience: Lessons from the Gaming Industry
Very important tip for designing interfaces is recognizing the audience and thus the focus of the interface.
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report – 2010: The Year in Web Standards
What a year indeed for web design and web standards.
Seth’s Blog – Sadly stuck with the status quo
Easily the best way to improve customer facing aspects of a company is for top executives to have go through all of what you expect your customers to do.
Both Sides of the Table – Design for the Novice, Configure for the Pro
It’s easier to say than to implement but probably the most important aspect to implementing a well designed application.
Retinart – Forget All The Rules About Graphic Design
This was a really good read both in creating a design that is both worth writing home about and pleases clients.
Jon Raasch’s Blog – CSS Data URIs: Use Them In All Browsers Now!
Excellent post on how to use Data URI’s in all browsers down to IE7/6.