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Links of the Week 2

June 19th, 2009 — 1 Comment

CSS3 Exciting Functions and Features: 30+ Useful Tutorials

Any designer/developer keeping up with the times must know how to use CSS3 to their advantage so familiarise yourself with this extensive list of tutorials.

Full Screen Image Gallery Using jQuery and Flickr

Very cool use of jQuery and Flickr.

The Doâ€™s & Donâ€™ts of Modern Web Design

Very simple idea but anything that highlights best practices and techniques that you shouldn’t use in web design is great. Each post is a very brief summary of the topic with a link to a full external article.

Usability Post

One of the best blogs about usability out there. Posts generally look at existing designs used on other sites and say what works and what doesn’t work. A good number of quality posts that you’ll learn a lot from.

Sliding Boxes and Captions with jQuery

Great little tutorial demonstrating some very simple but cool effects using jQuery. Check out the demo page to see them in action.

Wallpapers of the Week 2: Beautiful Photography

June 17th, 2009 — 1 Comment

This week’s focus is on beautiful photography.

dawninmadrid Dawn in Madrid

durdledoorstones Durdle Door Stones

smellofholland Smell of Holland

boat Boat

thefieldii The Field II

Links of the Week 1

June 12th, 2009 — 3 Comments

Iconfinder

If you’ve ever had trouble finding the perfect icons for a project then Icon Finder will almost certainly find one for you. You can even limit the pixel size by using the handy slider at the top of the search results page. Â Make sure that you check theÂ licenseÂ to see what usage rights you have by clicking on the info button on any icon. Bookmark it now!

Taking the Guesswork out of Design

As usual, an excellent post from the top minds at A List Apart. Make sure you read it.

Web Design from the Gut

Nishant Kothary talks us through the redesign of MIX Online and the ups and downs of how they got to the what you see now. It’s always interesting to see how other designers work and their thinking behind their decisions, so may sure you check it out.