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The web designers' gift guide 2012
Top designers recommend interesting Christmas gifts
3 Dec 2012
As is traditional, we have asked top designers to recommend some beautiful Christmas gifts for the geek in your life.
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Interview
Nick Disabato on Distance
His quarterly journal of long-form articles on design and technology
3 Dec 2012
Designer and publisher Nick Disabato tells us about his latest literary venture, Distance, a quarterly journal featuring long-form articles on design and technology -
Blog
Web fonts and HTML5 for brands
Alan Tam takes a look at the current commercial web design landscape
30 Nov 2012
Alan Tam takes a look at the current commercial web design landscape and considers the impact of web fonts and HTML5 on brands and brand identity -
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UX design for startups: growth and design hacking
Marcin Treder on choosing the right metrics and acting upon them
30 Nov 2012
Marcin Treder of UXPin explains how to back up the user experience design process in a startup with a lean process of measuring the right metrics. -
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CSS prefixes: it’s not that simple
Open web advocate David Storey on problems with CSS prefixes
29 Nov 2012
Open web advocate David Storey on the problems surrounding CSS prefixes and what the future will bring -
Tutorial
Create high quality cinemagraphs with CSS3 and jQuery
Get a richer range of colours and a larger set of dimensions
29 Nov 2012
Create high quality cinemagraphs that offer a richer range of colours and a larger set of dimensions than the usual animated GIF options, by using JPEG sprites with CSS3 and jQuery. -
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Designing better customer support
Gavin Elliott on how he built the customer support system at Obox
28 Nov 2012
Gavin Elliott on how he built the customer support system at Obox -
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Bring designs to life with interactive wireframes
Time-based interactions need to be planned at the wireframing phase
28 Nov 2012
Breandán Knowlton explains how to adapt the wireframing process to include time-based interactions and explores a range of preview techniques -
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Five killer ways to use gamification
Make your app or site more engaging with game-like elements
27 Nov 2012
Adding game-like elements to your app or site can help make them more engaging, says Gene Crawford -
Tutorial
Protect web apps from hackers
Tips to help make your web app less vulnerable to security breaches
27 Nov 2012
Steve Nice of ForLinux breaks down essential knowledge and best practice tips to help make your web app less vulnerable to security breaches -
Interview
Brian Birtles on rethinking web animations
CSS, SVG and why their limitations must be overcome
26 Nov 2012
Mozilla's Brian Birtles on the new web standards that will enable developers to synchronise animations with video and audio, and provide scheduling, seeking, reversing and other features -
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24 incredible HTML email newsletters
Need inspiration for an email newsletter design? Look no further
26 Nov 2012
Despite every new online advance proclaiming the death of email it remains as effective a marketing channel as ever. Here are 24 emails that are doing it right -
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Essential JavaScript: the top five MVC frameworks
Jack Franklin is your guide to picking the right framework
23 Nov 2012
Picking the right JavaScript framework for your needs can be tricky. Jack Franklin sets out to make your decision easier by providing this guide to five of the most popular choices -
Tutorial
Start your project right with Modernizr
Learn how to make the most of feature-detection library Modernizr
22 Nov 2012
The HTML5 Boilerplate includes the feature-detection library Modernizr. Learn how to take full advantage of what this feature-rich JavaScript library has to offer when you start a new project -
Blog
Why it's crucial to test your frontend code
Chris Webb looks at tools and methods for automating CSS testing
22 Nov 2012
Chris Webb thinks that testing is vital to frontend development, so join him as he takes a look at the tools and methods currently available for automating CSS testing
