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Firefox brings in font inspector, WebRTC

Craig Grannell — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:56:25 GMT

New desktop beta also includes web notifications API

Design in the browser is ‘stifling’

Craig Grannell — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:33:39 GMT

David Bushell argues against design extremism and instant dismissal

Design 100 objects at once in Photoshop

Dmitry Tsozik — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:08 GMT

Having to manually apply the same features to near-identical elements can get tiresome. Fortunately, Dmitry Tsozik has a great trick for generating variants of an object or icon

CSSmatic toolkit brings new design tools

Craig Grannell — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:36:45 GMT

Animations and transitions to soon join gradients, noise, shadows and borders

Five killer ways to use modular design

Gene Crawford — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:44 GMT

Breaking website design into chunks will help your current project and enable you to reuse work in the future, says Gene Crawford

HTML5’s ‘performance issue’ rubbished

Craig Grannell — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:06:49 GMT

Paul Bakaus argues context is key when considering cross-platform technology

Make the most of ARIA landmark roles

Léonie Watson — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT

ARIA landmark roles are getting more common: great for accessibility. Léonie Watson explains how you can make them even more useful

The web needs fewer doorslams and more personality

Craig Grannell — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:35:41 GMT

Terence Eden talks swearing and anti-patterns

To hell with jQuery

Karolina Szczur — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:20:15 GMT

JavaScript library jQuery has divided industry opinion. Karolina Szczur asks if libraries cause substandard code – or if devs are to blame

Make a kinetic typography video with CSS

Sam Hampton-Smith — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT

Sam Hampton-Smith shows how to use CSS3 transitions and animations to create a kinetic typography motion graphic piece, timed to match an HTML5 audio clip

The Responsive Web Design Handbook: on sale now

Tanya Combrinck — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:59:29 GMT

226 pages of inspiration, tutorials, tools and interviews: everything you need to learn how to build responsive sites

Kyle Steed on professional doodling

Martin Cooper — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:43:14 GMT

Designer Kyle Steed’s past took in architectural dreams and Air Force reality. He tells Martin Cooper about finding happiness as a freelancer and why there’s no ‘secret ingredient’

Facebook’s top 10 social design secrets

Paul Adams — Mon, 13 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT

Social design demands stepping outside of your comfort zone. Facebook’s Paul Adams offers a series of pointers to guide you on your way

Adobe demos its vision for the future of CSS

Craig Grannell — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:21:12 GMT

Responsive layout includes regions, editor's marks and more

Migrating the Magento 2 test suite to Magento

Tim Wagner — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:30:11 GMT

Tim Wagner describes how to perform the migration and demonstrates the suite’s potential for integration into a build and deployment process

GAAD 2013 wants accessibility on web devs' minds

Craig Grannell — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:35:55 GMT

Accessibility experts think web pros need to do more to cater for all

It’s all about the context

Joe Johnston — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:07:02 GMT

In the near future everything we design must be hooked to context, says Joe Johnston

Dave Shea on the return of CSS Zen Garden

Craig Grannell — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:32:43 GMT

Dave Shea is bringing back his legendary site for a new generation of designers. .net spoke with him about the site's rest and rebirth, and what he hopes to see from new designs

CSS Zen Garden returns for tenth anniversary

Craig Grannell — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:19:13 GMT

A fresh start planned for the pioneering web-standards site

Google sets precedent for new gTLDs to be open

Stephen Ewart — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:58:38 GMT

Stephen Ewart, marketing manager at names.co.uk, on how Google is intending to allow more open use of any gTLDs they acquire. But not everyone is following suit

10 things developers need to know about Firefox OS

Craig Grannell — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:54:21 GMT

OS aiming to “make the web work for millions on mobile”

Fireworks axed as Adobe pro software goes cloud-only

Craig Grannell — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:11:49 GMT

Adobe embraces software as a service, with new CC apps

How to monetise your apps

Miika Kettunen — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:35:43 GMT

Making money from apps is not just about which licensing model you choose. Miika Kettunen argues that being able to monitor customer behaviour is also vital

Make a CSS TARDIS

John Galantini — Tue, 07 May 2013 09:58:27 GMT

Doctor Who fanatic John Galantini has materialised the Time Lord’s iconic police box into a whole new dimension: the modern browser. Here’s how he did it

The pro’s guide to user research

Stuart Pill — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT

Stuart Pill from TH_NK guides you through how to collect objective insights using ethnographic research