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May’s Free Professional PSD Web Templates

NetKit — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:31:55 +0000

Here’s a collection of fully customizable templates which contain the graphic source files in .PSD format, fresh and creative resources from design community (May 2010).

April’s Free Professional PSD Web Templates

NetKit — Fri, 14 May 2010 20:34:05 +0000

Here’s a collection of fully customizable templates which contain the graphic source files in .PSD format, fresh and creative resources from design community (April 2010).

Seven Must-See Web Design Videos and Presentations - Smashing Magazine

elving — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:57:47 +0000

The list includes a brief description of each video, some notable quotes from the presentations, and related links. So, sit back, take your time and enjoy some great technical insights and design principles from some well-known web designers, developers, and conference speakers.

What If Oscars Were Given To Movie Websites? - Smashing Magazine

web-toad — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:55:44 +0000

In this post, we imagine Oscars being given to both movies and their websites. This is, of course, not a new award from Smashing Magazine and far less an attempt to assume the right and honor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It’s just a fun way to observe the latest trends in movie website design and to showcase the best websites of the 2009 blockbusters, as well as recent and upcoming movies.

Daily Graphic Design Inspiration | InspireBit — 15 Tutorials That Helped Me Grow as a Designer

elving — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:24 +0000

As a Trainee in a Advertising Agency, I’m learning every Day awesome new things. As i started designing, I followed these Tutorials. They showed me the “Way’s” in Photoshop and co.

25+ Coming Soon pages with style! | TheLanceLife

web-toad — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:41:33 +0000

The first thing to do when starting a new client’s project is placing a splash page also known as “coming soon” or “holding page” and here are a few trends in designing a coming soon page with style.

Sneaking into Future: 25 Ultra Modern Websites Using HTML5 | Graphic and Web Design Blog

elving — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:26:33 +0000

We explore 25 of the best below, the vast majority of which belong to web developers and web development agencies keen to show off their HTML5 skills to potential clients.

Free Printable Sketching, Wireframing and Note-Taking PDF Templates - Smashing Magazine

elving — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:48:20 +0000

Below you will find a concise collection of ready to print sketching, wireframing and note-taking templates. Most, as expected, are geared towards the design community, but there are also templates that could be used within any industry and for any purpose.

Style Up Your Twitter Profile with a Custom Design

elving — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:04:19 +0000

A custom Twitter background is a must if you want to stand out from the crowd on Twitter. In this Photoshop tutorial we’ll look at building a stunning cosmic design that not only looks great, but fits within the crucial margins between the Twitter profile, allowing it to work at multiple monitor resolutions.

SSW Rules to Better Interfaces

elving — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:58:11 +0000

What is software? From a technical perspective, a piece of software comprises forms for managing, collecting and transmitting data. But that is not what a user thinks. From the user's perspective software is a computer tool for performing tasks quickly, efficiently, accurately and with a minimum amount of cognitive demand. Aim for the second one, there's a big difference.

Good Usability » Preventing issues on web forms

elving — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:57:30 +0000

This post is a follow-up to to my previous post on validating web forms. In that post I gave you tips on helping users recover from validation problems. In this post I give you tips on avoiding the problems in the first place. You can write a whole book on this subject (and many have) so I’m just covering a few examples that

Best User Interface Design Resources: The Round-up | Dzine Blog

elving — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:32:57 +0000

If you strive to be a great designer (like most), then you’re more than likely to know that a web application or websites success many times rely solely on how well designed the User Interface may be. As you scale the web and even read books, there can be an influx of misleading information pertaining to the way you should design your UI.

iPad Application Design » Matt Legend Gemmell

elving — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:01:42 +0000

I held a 6-hour workshop at NSConference in both the UK and USA recently, focusing on software design and user experience. Predictably, an extremely popular topic was the iPad, and how to approach the design of iPad applications. I gave a 90-minute presentation on the subject to start each workshop, and I want to share some of my observations here.

30 Awesome Design Enhancing jQuery Plugins

elving — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:48:10 +0000

There is a vast range of ready made jQuery plugins available from generous designers and developers from across the web that can help add stunning functionality and effects to your website. Check out these 30 awesome examples, including content sliders, image galleries, tooltips, accordions, lightboxes and modal windows. Download the pre-built scripts and add the code along with the jQuery framework to quickly and easily enhance your web designs.