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Turning Small Projects Into Big Profit, A Case Study

From Jon Savage and Simon H.
December 19th, 2011
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In the Web world, hearing businesses and freelancers alike complain about low-budget projects is not too uncommon. Let’s say that a local coffee shop needs to update its Web presence and contacts you for a redesign. It also requires a blog so that it can announce new coffees, events and ...

Breaking The Rules: A UX Case Study

From Laura Klein
August 17th, 2011
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I read a lot of design articles about best practices for improving the flow of sign-up forms. Most of these articles offer great advice, such as minimizing the number of steps, asking for as little information up front as possible, and providing clear feedback on the status of the user’s ...

Behind The Scenes Of Nike Better World

From Richard Shepherd
July 12th, 2011
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Perhaps one of the most talked about websites in the last 12 months has been Nike Better World. It’s been featured in countless Web design galleries, and it still stands as an example of what a great idea and some clever design and development techniques can produce. In this article, we’ll ...

Five Useful Interactive CSS/jQuery Techniques Deconstructed

From Jon Raasch
June 16th, 2011
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With the wide variety of CSS3 and JavaScript techniques available today, it’s easier than ever to create unique interactive websites that delight visitors and provide a more engaging user experience. In this article, we’ll walk through five interactive techniques that you can start using right now. We’ll cover animated text ...

Proximity in Design: Why I Can’t Use My Car’s A/C

From David Cole
April 26th, 2011
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I’m always fumbling with the A/C controls in my car. My daily commute is in hot, sunny Southern California, home of the courteous freeway driver. I can’t afford to take my eyes off the road for too long to find the control I’m looking for. Half of the time when ...

Case-Study: Deconstructing Popular Websites

From ZURB
May 12th, 2010
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In our past articles, we’ve experimented with better ways to engage users on web pages with CSS3. We love getting into the nuts and bolts of web design by showing off some nifty coding tricks. In this article we’ll take a step back to provide some reasoning for ...

Portfolio Design Study: Design Patterns and Current Practices

From Vitaly Friedman
September 17th, 2009
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In our recent study on Typographic Design Patterns and Best Practices, we asked our readers about case studies they would like us to conduct. One of the most popular suggestions was a detailed case study of portfolio websites. Following the requests of our readers, we have carefully selected 55 design ...

Typographic Design Patterns and Best Practices

From Michael Martin
August 20th, 2009
126 Comments

Even with a relatively limited set of options in CSS, typography can vary tremendously using pure CSS syntax. Serif or sans-serif? Large or small font? Line height, spacing, font size and padding… The list goes on and on. To find typographic design patterns that are common in modern Web design and ...

A Small Study Of Big Blogs: Further Findings

From Vitaly Friedman
July 31st, 2008
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Last week we presented the first results of our study of top blogs. As promised, this week we publish the second part of the survey, including further findings and problem solutions we have found out during the study. In the first part we discussed layout design and typographic settings. What ...