Sven Lennartz | Smashing Magazine

Author: Sven Lennartz

The Co-Founder of Smashing Magazine. Former writer, web designer, freelancer and webworker. Author of several books. And co-inventor of our book series. Have a look at the new Smashing Book #4 - New Perspectives On Web Design (Pre-Release).

Website: Freiburg entdecken

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30 More Excellent Blog Designs

November 22nd, 2007
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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 ...

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 ...

Pagination Gallery: Examples And Good Practices

November 16th, 2007
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Structure and hierarchy reduce complexity and improve readability. The more organized your articles or web-sites are, the easier it is for users to follow your arguments and get the message you are trying to deliver. On the Web this can be done in a variety of ways. In body copy headlines ...

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 ...

RSS: Best Design Practices And Icons

November 2nd, 2007
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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 ...

65 Excellent Flash Designs

October 30th, 2007
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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 ...

Matt Stuart

October 30th, 2007
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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 ...

Extreme Colors

October 22nd, 2007
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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 ...

Screensavers – Best Of

October 4th, 2007
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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 ...

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