How to tell if your website needs a facelift
Just as the months seem to whizz by at warp speed, so the internet evolves and it's users change their tastes and how they choose to engage with a website. This is the reason why I have outlined some key ways that you can assess whether your website is behind the times.
Design with the user in mind
Perhaps the most important aspect of web design evolution has been the ever growing importance and focus placed on user centric design (or designing a website so that its effectiveness is maximised for its tagert audience).
0 Comment(s)Web Design Trends Come and Go
Just as in clothing, cars, television, and a myriad of other things in our day to day lives, web design also lends itself to trends. Designers are constantly learning new ways and methods of doing things, and introducing new inspirations, which changes the face of the web very rapidly. What's cool and funky in 2009 might be severely dated in 2010.
0 Comment(s)Handy Web Design Resources for Christmas
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and all that kind of jazzy stuff!!! To one and all by the way! Right, so seeing as I'm a really nice guy I thought I would quickly give my fellow web designers some links to a nifty bunch of free resources as a bit of a thrifty Christmas present.
0 Comment(s)2009 = Last Year... Almost
The year is almost up. Weird. Each year seems to be going faster, I'm sure you know what I'm on about. This one has whizzed by, and has seen me complete an 18 month tour of duty in the Feedia theatre of operations.
0 Comment(s)CSS3 Rounded Corners = Cool
I'm sure I'm not the only web designer who can't wait for CSS3 to become fully supported in all browsers. There is so much in there that will not only pave the way for awesome design, but will make things a bazillion times easier for us. For me, one of the things that stands out the most is the border radius property.
Allow yourself to float on into a dream world where you no longer have to use images or image sprites to achieve this effect. Oh what a wonderful world it would be right?
0 Comment(s)Zen Coding - Super quick HTML!
Wow, cool! A new tool is on the horizon for us designers / front end developers. An exciting tool! It's called Zen Coding, and basically what it does is dramatically speeds up the construction of HTML code by using CSS-like selector syntax.
2 Comment(s)Designing with the 960 grid system
As I go along learning new techniques to better improve my design and workflow, occasionally I'll come across a doozy. Well it's happened again folks! For the past month I've been utilising an incredibly handy method of improving not only my designs, but also the time it takes to do that design.
0 Comment(s)Some of my favourite web design resources
Sharing knowledge and resources is what makes the web such a cool place. So, I've decided to share some of my favourites with you, my dear reader.
Icons
Great for enriching layouts and distinguishing content, a good set of icons can really make a difference. Getting your hands on free commercial sets is even more fun! Here are a few of my favourites (be sure to read any terms of use instructions!).
1 Comment(s)More punch from your headings
While this is not an actual typography guide to headings (these will come later!), it is just a starting point to getting more punch from your website's headings.
1 Comment(s)Google's Design Evolution
In light of Google's slight re-design, we thought we would bring you the Golden oldies and showcase this search engine browser's initial designs.
Google Beta, 1998
Google, 2006
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