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  • Designing in the browser

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    Designing in the browser

    Edward O'Riordan on why designing in the browser can solve problems

    16 May 2012

    By Edward O'Riordan on | 4 comments
    Designer and developer Edward O'Riordan explains why you should design in the browser and why clients should be shown HTML and CSS mockups
  • Make a stylish preloader with SVG

    Tutorial

    Make a stylish preloader with SVG

    Ian Culshaw on how to use SVG library Raphaël to create a preloader

    16 May 2012

    By Ian Culshaw on
    Many sites neglect users with slow connections. Ian Culshaw explains how to use SVG library Raphaël to create a preloader that’ll hold the users' attention while pages load
  • Building a modern grid system

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    Building a modern grid system

    What it takes to create a grid system that will help us build faster

    15 May 2012

    By Jonathan Smiley on | 1 comment
    ZURB's Jonathan Smiley looks at what it takes to create a grid system that will help us build faster, better and with an eye to the future
  • How sustainable is it to design and develop for an infinite number of devices?

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    Designing for an infinite number of devices

    How sustainable is it to design for an infinite number of devices?

    14 May 2012

    By Keith Butters on | 1 comment
    Keith Butters, chief experience officer and co-founder of The Barbarian Group, asks how sustainable it is to design and develop for an infinite number of devices
  • 20 leading web designers' desks for your inspiration

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    20 leading web designers' desks for your inspiration

    We've asked 20 pixel pushers to lift the curtain on their workstations

    14 May 2012

    Web designer desks can be very inspiring, so we've asked 20 leading pixel pushers to lift the curtain on their workstations
  • The .net strip #25: Time spent on a new social network

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    The .net strip #25: Time spent on a new social network

    This week Brad Colbow looks at the realities of social networks

    11 May 2012

    This week Brad Colbow's comic strip, first exclusively published in the June issue (#228) of .net magazine, looks at the realities of social networks
  • Getting started with NFC on Android

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    Getting started with NFC on Android

    We write a demo that both reads and writes custom data to an NFC tag

    11 May 2012

    By Richard Leggett on | 1 comment
    Near Field Communication (NFC) enables wireless communication between things like phones, stickers and cards. In this tutorial Richard Leggett shows us how to write a game demo that both reads and writes custom data to an NFC tag
  • The importance of goal-driven data

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    The importance of goal-driven data

    Luis Freitas explores the current state of data gathering

    10 May 2012

    By Luis Freitas on
    Luis Spencer Freitas, digital marketing manager for Pernod Ricard Americas, explores the current state of data gathering and analyses its true use in an ever-expanding digital culture
  • Reduce your bounce rate

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    Reduce your bounce rate

    Keep visitors on your site longer once they’ve clicked through

    10 May 2012

    How do you keep visitors on your site longer once they’ve clicked through from a search result? David Deutsch gives the lowdown
  • Chris Shiflett on Brooklyn Beta Summer Camp

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    Chris Shiflett on Brooklyn Beta Summer Camp

    A startup accelerator program for making "stuff that matters"

    9 May 2012

    By Tanya Combrinck on
    Chris Shiflett, co-founder of Analog, Mapalong, and the Brooklyn Beta conference, talks about a startup accelerator program for making "stuff that matters"
  • Getting started with RESS

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    Getting started with RESS

    This tutorial will teach you the basics of RESS

    9 May 2012

    By Anders M Andersen on | 5 comments
    This tutorial will teach you the basics of RESS (Responsive Design + Server Side Components) and how you can build a responsive page that works well on small screens with the help of server side technologies
  • A separate mobile website: no forking way

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    A separate mobile website: no forking way

    Karen McGrane warns about the dangers of content forking

    8 May 2012

    Karen McGrane warns about the dangers of content forking and tells us that the problem responsive design is trying to solve is really a problem with the CMS
  • The top 8 web standards myths debunked

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    The top 8 web standards myths debunked

    Lea Verou takes a look at common misconceptions about the W3C

    8 May 2012

    Lea Verou takes a look at some of the misconceptions of web standards, what the W3C and its working groups actually do and how the standardisation process works
  • The age of mobile web apps dawns

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    The age of mobile web apps dawns

    Rob Chandhok on how the traditional web app environment is changing

    4 May 2012

    Rob Chandhok of Qualcomm discusses the change in the traditional web apps environment and how the increased uptake of HTML5 will allow greater connectivity and an all-round improved end-user experience
  • Big question: how important is it to you to keep your clients happy?

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    Big question: how important is it to you to keep your clients happy?

    Our experts respond to Paul Boag’s tweet about client-centric design

    4 May 2012

    Our experts respond to Paul Boag’s recent tweet: “@boagworld … We need to realign our thinking. Job satisfaction should come from producing design the client loves, not design we (or our peers) love.”
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