8 Ways Blogging about Web Design will Improve Your Work
October 12th, 2009 — 33 Comments
Here at Inspect Element, I’ve been blogging for just over four months now and have noticed a significant improvement in my overall day-to-day work since I began. Everything from my time management to development work has improved in a short amount of time and I expect it to improve in the future too.
I think it is the most effective way of improving your work and here are eight reasons why it will.
Read more...The Future of Web Use: Something We Need to Think About
October 8th, 2009 — 6 Comments
It has been a couple of days that I have been mulling over the future impact of the web development and design.
With so many different devices being able to connect to the internet, what are our future considerations for design, development and usability.
Read more...Design Trend Showcase: Textured Backgrounds
October 5th, 2009 — 6 Comments
Recently there appears to have been a trend towards textured backgrounds in web design. They’ve always been around in web design but have risen in popularity recently. They can add a bit of interest or create a much needed extra layer of depth on a web design. The following are good examples of textured backgrounds.
Rocket Club
The Principles of Good Web Design Part 4: Content
September 28th, 2009 — 13 Comments
This is the fourth part in this series of The Principles of Good Web Design. The other parts are listed below:
Good content is an often overlooked category of good web design. As web designers it isn’t usually our job to create any of the content itself but to get the best out of the given content through the design itself.
The Principles of Good Web Design Part 3: Colour
September 24th, 2009 — 14 Comments
This is the third part in this series of The Principles of Good Web Design. The other parts are listed below:
Colour is an often underrated aspect of web design but can play a very important role in usability as well as convey the overall meaning of a brand as well as the overall mood of the website. Different colour combinations can evoke different emotions and reactions.
Colour design is often very subjective but it is important to keep usability in mind. Changing colour for subjective reasons may ultimately have a negative affect on usability.
Read more...The Principles of Good Web Design Part 2: Navigation
September 21st, 2009 — 9 Comments
This is the second part in this series of The Principles of Good Web Design. The other parts are listed below:
Navigation is one of the most important things to consider when designing a website. After all, it is one of the main ways that will determine how a user interacts with a site. It is also an important thing to consider as it has an effect on usability. Poor use of navigation can cause confusion which has a negative effect on usability. We will discuss the principles of how this can be avoided in this article.
The Principles of Good Web Design Part 1: Layout
September 17th, 2009 — 31 Comments
This is the first part in this series of The Principles of Good Web Design. The other parts are listed below:
Good web design doesn’t just appear out of nowhere, there are many aspects of design that come together to achieve this. The first one that we’ll be looking in this 4-part-series is layout.
Layout is an interesting beast. There are no definitive right or wrong ways of approaching it. What you need to do is make sure that the layout works for the site that you are designing.
Layout primarily consists of the following aspects:
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