Links of the Week 18

Become a font embedding master, myth of the page fold, web dev goodies, minimize complexity and my dock.

Links of Interest

Becoming a Font Embedding Master

fontMaster

Everything you wanted to know about font embedding and more.

The myth of the page fold: evidence from user testing

pagefoldMyth

A must read if a client requests all of their content must be crammed in above the fold. Show them this.

Fresh Web Development Goodies Bag

goodies

A great roundup of the latest free tools and resources in the web design/development world.

Minimizing Complexity In User Interfaces

minimiseComplexityUI

Simplifying user interfaces is a great way of improving usability and this article does a great job of showing examples of how to achieve this.

Show Me Your Dock Series! Part 19 (with me!)

showMeYourDock

Grace Smith asked me if I wanted to be in her awesome Show Me Your Dock! series and of course I said yes. Check out what apps are in my dock.

Design of the Week

Abduzeedo

abduzeedo

Abduzeedo has had a bit of a makeover. I especially like the way that the headers become part of the main image.

Inspiration for the Weekend

39 Astonishing Examples of 3D Typography

3dtypography

Coming from a 3D background, I love this collection of inspiration 3D typography.

This Week on Inspect Element

Design Trend Showcase: Textured Backgrounds

Wallpapers of the Week 18: Abstract Art

The Future of Web Use: Something We Need to Think About

Author Tom Kenny

I'm the creater of Inspect Element and currently work as a web designer for TUI Travel. You can view my portfolio and follow me on Twitter.

Discussion

  1. Sean says:

    Thanks for the list! I really enjoy the site design of Tutorial9

  2. Corbin says:

    Awesome stuff. Only just recently come across your site and now ensure its part of my weekly ritual.

    Can you please check the link to the User Interface article, as it doesn’t seem to work.

    http://inspectelement.com/bestoftheweek/links-of-the-week-18/Minimizing%20Complexity%20In%20User%20Interfaces

  3. Tom Kenny says:

    Well spotted Corbin.

    Fixed it now of course.

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