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Open Call For International Communities

From Vitaly Friedman
January 21st, 2012
18 Comments

At Smashing Magazine, we are big proponents of diversity and sharing. We encourage designers and developers worldwide to step up and use Smashing Magazine as a platform to share their opinions, ideas or techniques. Our editorial process is quite evolved, yet we are very open to users’ suggestions. In fact, ...

Teach Them How To Hit The Ground Running And Faceplant At The Same Time?

From Christian Heilmann
December 27th, 2011
37 Comments

A few days ago, a tutorial on how to Create A Christmas Wish List With PHP was published on Smashing Magazine’s Coding section that frustrated me. It frustrated me as it was incredibly easy to predict the comment reactions it caused. It also frustrated me as it was a classic ...

How Do You Deal With Overstressed, Irrational Clients? An Entrepreneur’s View

From Brian Scordato
December 23rd, 2011
33 Comments

As an entrepreneur who has been on the client’s side of the design and development process, I’d like to discuss the thought process of the client, as well as some effective ways to interact with them. For example, why do they ask for Shakira music on the home page? And ...

The Smashing Guide To Moving The Web Forward

From Addy Osmani
November 30th, 2011
24 Comments

Many of us rely on open source tools, technologies and standards to help improve the work we do on a daily basis. None of this would however be possible without the hard work, commitment and dedication that others, just like you, have invested in giving back to the Web community ...

Easier Is Better Than Better

From Paul Scrivens
November 28th, 2011
97 Comments

In his book, The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz comes to an interesting conclusion involving human choice. “People choose not on the basis of what’s most important, but on what’s easiest to evaluate.” Common sense would dictate that if you were given a list of choices, you would choose the ...

Pursuing Semantic Value

From Jeremy Keith
November 12th, 2011
0 Comments

Disclaimer: This post by Jeremy Keith is one of the many reactions to our recent article on the pursuit of semantic value by Divya Manian. Both articles are published in the Opinion column section in which we provide active members of the community with the opportunity to share their ...

Our Pointless Pursuit Of Semantic Value

From Divya Manian
November 11th, 2011
0 Comments

Update (November 12th 2011): Read a reply by Jeremy Keith to this article in which he strongly argues about the importance of pursuing semantic value and addresses issues discussed in the article as well as in the comments here on Smashing Magazine. Disclaimer: This article is published in the Opinion column ...

“But The Client Wants IE 6 Support!”

From Lea Verou
November 3rd, 2011
193 Comments

Frequently, when I discuss CSS3 with other developers, the issue of stubborn clients comes up. They tell me that even though they personally don’t think a website should look the same in all browsers and they’re eager to try all of these new techniques, their clients insist that their website ...

Are You Ready For A Web Design Challenge?

From Paul Boag
September 21st, 2011
67 Comments

This is not a normal Smashing Magazine post. I’m not going to teach you something new or inspire you with examples of great work. Instead, I want to encourage you to complete a Web design challenge. I believe this will help to address a weakness that exists in many of ...

Defending The Generalists In The Web Design Industry

From Paul Boag
July 26th, 2011
98 Comments

In recent years there has been a move away from generalist Web designers to specialists such as content strategists, user experience architects and front-end coders. Where once there was a single job, there are now many, with ever-narrower spheres of responsibility. Not everybody agrees with Paul Boag. Anita Hart is convinced ...