Tag web design

Bootstrap, from Twitter

Bootstrap, from Twitter: Wow. This is a full CSS library of sorts for that web app you were going to build next. Great treatments for forms, too. Even supports IE7. Spotted via Daniel.

Daniel’s status treatment

I really like what Daniel is doing with his “statuses” in WordPress. Assume this is a custom post type. I think he started blogging these while taking a(nother) break from Twitter.

In his RSS feed, these show up with a plain title of “Status” — I find this to be sort of amusing.

Best of Digital News Design Winners

Best of Digital News Design Winners: From March 2011, SND’s online news design award winners.

Prime numbers, semi-transparent PNGs, and organic randomness in tiled backgrounds

Prime numbers, semi-transparent PNGs, and organic randomness in tiled backgrounds: The Cicada Principle and Why It Matters to Web Designers. Wish I had an excuse to use this.

Jakob Nielsen asks if “hated” web design elements can still be useful

Can Hated Design Elements Be Made to Work?: Jakob Nielsen asks the hard questions, makes an example of one great technique being used in a less-than-stellar way.

In which I realize I stopped learning new CSS tricks a few years ago

In which I realize I stopped learning new CSS tricks a few years ago: CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions (via)

iPad Usability: First Findings From User Testing

Web usability guru Jakob Nielsen thinks your innovative iPad UI is too “weird.” I think he should, just maybe, stop worrying about a “back” button.

iPad Usability: First Findings From User Testing

Information architecture for news websites

A series of highly valuable posts by a young European student journalist bent on redesigning the way we build our news sites.

Information architecture for news websites

iA’s 2006 Facebook Designs, Redesigned

A design firm that will be familiar if you’ve followed discussions about online news design over the past few years recently shared their updated mockups for a redesign of Facebook. And they’re pretty.

iA’s 2006 Facebook Designs, Redesigned