Author: Sven Lennartz
Co-Founder of Smashing Magazine. Former writer, web designer, freelancer and webworker. Author of several books.
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Block Quotes and Pull Quotes: Examples and Good Practices
- June 12th, 2008
- 61 Comments
Quotes are used to emphasize excerpts of text. Since users almost never read but scan we need to provide them with some focus anchors to fix their attention to the most important parts of our articles. Furthermore, quotes are always used for testimonials and sometimes for blog comments. They can ...
Read more...Style Switchers Are Back: Ideas, Examples and a Contest
- June 5th, 2008
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Design a style switcher and win an Apple Cinema 20 Flat Panel Display with 16.7 million colors, 400:1 contrast ratio, 0.258 mm dot pitch, 16 ms response time and 170-degree viewing angles. Yes, that’s that easy. Style switchers are used to provide users with a choice of layouts, fonts, colors ...
Read more...Smashing Texture Contest Results
- May 27th, 2008
- 103 Comments
Last week was really full of hard work for us. The response to Smashing Texture Contest was impressive and overwhelming. We have received over 740 e-mails from over 600 participants, resulting in far more than 2000 photos. The result, however, is not just literally zillion of textures, but truly brilliant ...
Read more...The Showcase Of BIG Typography – Second Edition
- May 20th, 2008
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In Web typography doesn’t have to support the overall design. It can dominate. It can be loud. It can be bold. And it can be everywhere on a web-site. In many situations it’s reasonable to give the typography the prominent position it deserves, leaving visual cues in ...
Read more...Smashing Textures Contest
- May 9th, 2008
- 72 Comments
Take a shot, send us the image and win a Canon Digital Rebel camera. In web design textures are needed in background-images and header graphics. Graphic designers use textures to transport some concrete aspects of real-life into the digital presentation. Textures are also used to create an atmosphere which fits ...
Read more...Now More Than Ever: 50 More Excellent Blog Designs
- May 8th, 2008
- 77 Comments
Designing blogs is easy. Designing blogs in a unique way is hard. Whatever blog engine you are using, there are literally thousands of templates available which you can apply directly, without any significant code modifications. That’s efficient, but it’s not creative, because using a default blog-template you risk to end ...
Read more...35 Useful Source Code Editors Reviewed
- May 7th, 2008
- 303 Comments
To edit HTML- and CSS-code you only need a simple plaintext-editor — the rest depends on your skills and your creativity. However, to make your life a little bit easier, you can use some more comfortable source-code editors with advanced editing features. These features can effectively support you during coding, ...
Read more...25 Useful WYSIWYG Editors Reviewed
- May 6th, 2008
- 274 Comments
When it comes to coding editors, it’s damn hard to a get a clear overview of all the benefits and functionalities different editors have to offer. However, in the end everybody needs one, so it’s important to know which editor is best tailored to your personal needs. WYSIWYG-editors are often criticized ...
Read more...Footers In Modern Web Design: Creative Examples and Ideas
- April 8th, 2008
- 112 Comments
According to classic principles of web design, everything at the bottom of the page isn’t that important. Most users think like that. And most designers are convinced that this is true. Site elements at the bottom of the page aren’t really able to catch visitors’ attention which is why footers ...
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