links for 2009-05-05
Posted on 05. May, 2009 by Kimberly in delicious
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Designing websites, as with designing any user–interface, should be done with the needs of users in the forefront. Complicated interfaces can and will make your users leave. Oh, and they take their wallets and everything else with them. No happy users = no users = no conversion = career switch.
Here are 5 essential books that—simply put—change the way you think about your users and the interfaces you design for them.
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#WDNDL For 5/05/2009 – HUGE Edition! – an awesome, amazing and hudge list. Andy does not disappoint!
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We are all well aware that web design is not an easy task. There are many variables to consider, some of them technical, some of them human. The technical considerations of designing for the web can (and do) change quite regularly, but the human variables change at a slower rate. Sometimes the human variables change at such a slow rate that we have a hard time believing that it happens.
This is happening right now in web design. There is an astonishing amount of disbelief that the users of web pages have learned to scroll and that they do so regularly. Holding on to this disbelief – this myth that users won’t scroll to see anything below the fold – is doing everyone a great disservice, most of all our users.
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"We like to think of ourselves as quite unique in the huge and busy world of web design blogs, mainly because we (hopefully!) post quite unusual and distinctive sites. Here we show you some great resources we use to discover new web design.
Firstly, we should talk about a other web inspiration galleries, of which there are many hundreds but only a few that we personally feel deliver genuinely interesting content." SiteInspire
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We advocate using CSS whenever possible, and we often successed. Modern browsers have very good support for CSS — it’s certainly good enough for you to use CSS to control layout and presentation. Sometimes however, certain page elements will appear differently in different browsers. That’s why today we wanted to highlight 15 jQuery solutions for the most common browser issues that you’ll encounter when building web applications among other jQuery plugins that will give you a nice browser effect.
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WordPress awesomeness lies in its fact that it can be customized to power any type of site you like! But what happens when you combine the power of javascript with WordPress, the possibilities are infinite. This article will share 10 great practices, examples & Plugins for using the most popular Javascript frameworks out there to spice up your WordPress theme.
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Along with content, most would agree that navigation is one of the most important aspects of any website. That’s why it’s crucial to make site navigation intuitive and engaging. jQuery is an excellent choice for achieving this. There are many things you can do with jQuery to spice up menus, but here are 15 of the best techniques and solutions for enhancing website navigation.
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Quality is a word that a lot of people like to use when describing their web design services. But what is quality, how do you know if a design is quality or not. Well, I think that there’s quite a few ways to spot quality within web designs. Once you can see just what goes into making a quality web design, you can use the techniques to perfect your own style.
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Tons of iphone optimized site – a great inspiration if you are considering developing an iphone version of your site, or a site for a client.
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25 Great Examples of iPhone Optimized Sites
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Kimberly Beaven is a Web Designer and Creative Director of BlueWave Media. She is is truly a gadget girl who loves architecture, photography, design and coding. Learn more via twitter or her Google Profile. If you enjoyed this post, please subscribe to our RSS feed.