Author: Sven Lennartz
Co-Founder of Smashing Magazine. Former writer, web designer, freelancer and webworker. Author of several books.
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30 More Excellent Blog Designs
- November 22nd, 2007
- 111 Comments
It’s not hard to design a weblog, but it’s getting harder when you try to achieve a unique weblog design. It doesn’t matter what weblog-engine you are using — frequently used themes tend to become boring over time, and they also don’t necessarily reflect the unique identity of the blogger. To ...
Read more...Interesting Web Browsers You Have Never Heard Of
- November 21st, 2007
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There are more browsers than you are probably aware of. Apart from Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer there is a number of promising alternatives which can improve your flexibility, increase your productivity and enrich your browsing experience. In fact, there are over 100 existing (although not widely used) browser applications. Most ...
Read more...Crazy Cursors
- November 5th, 2007
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Since mouse cursor is an essential element of user interaction, designers rarely risk to modify its presentation. Usability might keep you away from using experimental solutions in practice, however creative solutions and experiments are worth consideration and always nice to look at. In today’s part of our Monday Inspiration series ...
Read more...RSS: Best Design Practices And Icons
- November 2nd, 2007
- 50 Comments
RSS is extremely simple and yet so powerful. Not only does every weblog need it for content syndication; the number of RSS subscribers is a metric for weblog’s popularity and its success in the blogosphere. However, although millions do use RSS, hundreds of millions don’t. That’s no good news, since ...
Read more...65 Excellent Flash Designs
- October 30th, 2007
- 106 Comments
With Flash you can do more than just displaying videos. You can create stunning visual experience and offer your visitors incredible user interaction. Although Flash is definitely not the favourite medium for usability and accessibility advocates, it has its advantages and it empowers the Web with functionalities which make it ...
Read more...Matt Stuart
- October 30th, 2007
- 15 Comments
Can you shoot photos of things that don’t really exist? Matt Stuart is a professional photographer. He lives in England and is fascinated about people and the way they live their lives. But what is really interesting is that Matt shots photos from perspectives which create an illusion of objects ...
Read more...Extreme Colors
- October 22nd, 2007
- 24 Comments
The beginning of the week is always tough. Coffee breaks are tedious. The aftermath of weekend is still evident. And conversations with your colleagues aren’t that enlightening. Yet there is always a number of tasks you need to get done until the end of the day. To spark your imagination ...
Read more...Screensavers – Best Of
- October 4th, 2007
- 115 Comments
Long, long time ago screensavers have been used to prevent the so-called screen-burn-effect — a permanent disfigurement of areas on a CRT display caused by non-moving text or graphics being displayed continuously for long periods of time. To avoid this effect, screen savers have been used to blank the screen ...
Read more...Creative Favicons: Tiny Artwork
- September 11th, 2007
- 30 Comments
Since visual elements are easier to remember, they can be used to draw visitors’ attention to the brand identity of the site. As visual indicators, favicons can establish the communication with visitors and make a web-site easier to remember and get back to once you need it – for instance, ...
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