Making User Interface Elements Difficult to Use By Intent

In modern web interface design, no other principle has been heralded and pushed onto us as much as the concept of user-centered design. User-centered design tells us that we should do everything we can to make our user interfaces as easy to use and as intuitive as possible. However, a big part of designing user interfaces [...]

Posted on 30 July 2010 | 9:54 am

Source: Six Revisions

How to Navigate Design by Committee

Let's examine why design by committee exists and why it so often fails.

Posted on 29 July 2010 | 10:00 am

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The Web’s Undead

For most people, the web looks and feels like things are all peachy — vibrant, alive, new, fresh. However for those of us in the know, below this facade exists a consistent cycle of death and rebirth. While many technologies and practices have left this world and passed on to the next (R.I.P Netscape), some have [...]

Posted on 28 July 2010 | 10:46 am

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How Web Designers Can Adopt a Global Mindset

Globalization is one of the biggest business buzzwords in the 21st century. The rise of the internet as the world’s dominant medium is largely responsible for the onset of this global mindset, as businesses of all sizes realize the potential of tapping into new or emerging markets afforded by the World Wide Web. So what can [...]

Posted on 27 July 2010 | 10:00 am

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Making Money Designing Themes: What You Should Know

Alongside my primary income stream, which is my web design freelance business, I’ve also been selling themes and templates for content management systems and publishing platforms like WordPress for close to two years now. Although theme design can seem like the promised land for web designers and web developers — with some theme authors making tens [...]

Posted on 26 July 2010 | 10:00 am

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