Posts tagged with 'Design Patterns'
It's not exactly new, but you probably encountered far more sites with infinite scrolling functionality in 2012 than you did in 2011, and there's a good chance you'll come across even more in 2013.
With popular services like Twitter and Pinterest bringing infinite scrolling into the mainstream, it's no surprise that more and more designers and publishers are considering doing away with old school pagination.
But is infinite scrolling a good trend or will it soon become a design worst practice?
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by Patricio Robles
07 January 2013 14:39pm
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The web has been around for well over a decade now and during that time, the field of web design has evolved quite a bit. Yet while web technology has changed at a record pace, the principles of good design largely remain the same.
Here are 10 informative web design presentations that discuss web design and web design principles.
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by Patricio Robles
03 July 2009 09:02am
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As I read the December 8 issue of BusinessWeek on my 20+ hour journey home last week from the United States, I came across an interesting article that discussed a new youth-oriented banking product called 'Virtual Wallet' that was launched by PNC Financial Services (PNC).
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by Drama 2.0
03 December 2008 12:00pm
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This past weekend, the New York Times published an interesting article.
In it, Matt Richtel and Ashlee Vance discussed the computer industry's plans to offer PCs that boot up more quickly.
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by Patrick Oak
31 October 2008 08:45am
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When reviewing new or redesigned websites, I've noticed a few that don't fill the whole screen, which has got me thinking about the best way for designers to approach the issue.
It's impossible to ensure that your website looks the same in every browser, mobile device, or screen resolution, but there are ways to deal with the problem.
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by Graham Charlton
23 October 2008 11:30am
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Transactional emails can be useful for building trust and improving customer service, but many are not as user-friendly as they could be.
That's Jakob Nielsen's verdict in his latest Alertbox post, in which he details tests of a range of emails; customer service responses and order confirmations.
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by Graham Charlton
22 October 2008 10:00am
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As ever, Grokdotcom has some useful e-commerce tips, this time on optimising site search results pages.
According to Daniel McGuigan, the search box can be the last chance to get a visitor to take action on your site, if they haven't found what they want through navigation, landing pages or your homepage.
This is certainly true, but some visitors may also use the search box as their first port of call if they have a particular product in mind when visiting a site.
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by Graham Charlton
15 October 2008 09:00am
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Home pages for high street retailers may initially come across as similar, but their actual performance differs strongly due to the design of the navigation menus.
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by Mihkel Jäätma
02 October 2008 17:00pm
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Choosing the right colours when designing a website is something that requires a lot of patience and experimentation, and – ideally – a minimum of guesswork.
Thankfully there are some useful rules of thumb to follow when it comes to working with colours, as well as some truly excellent sources of inspiration out there to help you make the right colour choices for your brand, website, and audience.
Let's start off by considering why colour matters, then I’ll list 20 colour recommendations for web professionals, followed by some pointers to my favourite tools at the end of this article.
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by Chris Lake
04 August 2008 11:08am
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Are you validating your website's HTML/XHTML and CSS? If not, you should be.
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by Patrick Oak
23 July 2008 08:45am
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