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Seven things still missing from CSS

The CSS puzzle pieces that just don't fit

5 Jan 2012

By Molly Holzschlag on January 05, 2012 | 24 comments

CSS has come a long way but it's not perfect (yet). Molly Holzschlag, passionate standardista and open web evangelist, quizzed her peers to find out what they see as the most frustrating aspects of CSS
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Big question: are vendor prefixes hurting the web?

There’s been a lot of controversy about vendor prefixes lately

4 Jan 2012

By Tanya Combrinck on January 04, 2012 | 3 comments

There’s been a lot of controversy about vendor prefixes lately, but what do our panellists think?
Tutorial

Create an awesome cinemagraph in Photoshop

Heehaw Digital's Robbie Dickson on creating a cinemagraph

4 Jan 2012

By Robbie Dickson on January 04, 2012 | 10 comments

Robbie Dickson, senior editor at Heehaw Digital, takes you step by step through the process of creating a cinemagraph, the next generation of web based animated photography
Feature

10 New Year’s resolutions for designers

Make a fresh start in 2012

3 Jan 2012

By Mike Monteiro on January 03, 2012 | 28 comments

Get the new year off to a positive start with these design resolutions
Feature

The .net strip #12: No! That's spec work!

This week Brad Colbow tackles the everlasting debate of spec work

30 Dec 2011

By Brad Colbow on December 30, 2011

This week Brad Colbow, the creator of our exclusive comic strip, tackles the everlasting debate of spec work
Feature

Create amazing newsletters

Creative agency We Love explains the secrets to newsletter success

30 Dec 2011

By We Love on December 30, 2011 | 1 comment

Email newsletters are often the neglected child in the world of digital design but a cleverly crafted campaign can reap huge rewards. Digital creative agency We Love explains the secrets to newsletter success, with reference to its recent third birthday campaign
Tutorial

Code a real-time survey with HTML5 WebSockets

Use WebSockets and Pusher to build a demo application

29 Dec 2011

By Phil Leggetter on December 29, 2011

Phil Leggetter explains how to use WebSockets and Pusher to build a demo application, plus how to layer a user experience on to an app using progressive enhancement
Feature

Five killer ways to style lists

Lists are a common tool to keep our content concise and digestible

28 Dec 2011

By Matthew Smith on December 28, 2011 | 2 comments

Lists are a common tool to keep our content concise and digestible. Matthew Smith looks at how to get them right
Tutorial

Getting started with HTML5 geolocation

How to access the W3C Geolocation API and what to do with this data

27 Dec 2011

By Christopher Deutsch and Marc Grabanski on December 27, 2011 | 5 comments

In an exclusive excerpt from The HTML5 Cookbook Christopher Deutsch and Marc Grabanski explain how to access the W3C Geolocation API and what you can do with this data using Google Maps and other third-party libraries like SimpleGeo
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The .net strip #11: But it gets conversions

As long as it gets conversions, the client is happy, says Brad Colbow

23 Dec 2011

By Brad Colbow on December 23, 2011

Clients essentially don't care about what you do to their site, as long as it gets conversions, says Brad Colbow, the creator of our exclusive comic
Feature

2011 in review: the most productive year in CSS?

Molly Holzschlag looks back at a year in the CSS Working Group

23 Dec 2011

By Molly Holzschlag on December 23, 2011 | 2 comments

Molly Holzschlag, standardista and open web evangelist, looks back at the work of the W3C’s CSS Working Group in 2011 and gives her thoughts on what's working and what's challenging
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2011 in review: the top five failed web launches

Susan Chadwick looks back at her top five web launch crashes

22 Dec 2011

By Susan Chadwick on December 22, 2011 | 3 comments

Susan Chadwick, co-founder of Edge Testing Solutions, looks back at her top five, well publicised web launch crashes and offers advice on how you can avoid the indignity of apologising to customers when your website falls over
Feature

2011 in review: 10 killer YouTube campaigns

The Viral Factory's Matt Smith rounds up the best viral videos

21 Dec 2011

By Matt Smith on December 21, 2011 | 1 comment

Matt Smith, co-founder and director of strategy at The Viral Factory, rounds up 10 of the best social marketing videos of the year. Sit back and enjoy!
Feature

Create the perfect favicon

We present an exclusive expert from The Icon Handbook by Jon Hicks

20 Dec 2011

By Jon Hicks on December 20, 2011 | 3 comments

Today Jon Hicks' much anticipated Icon Handbook, published by Five Simple Steps, is going on sale. We present an exclusive excerpt on creating favicons
Feature

2011 in review: 20 sites that pushed JavaScript to the limit

Web developer Phil Hawksworth looks at exciting uses of JavaScript

20 Dec 2011

By Phil Hawksworth on December 20, 2011 | 5 comments

2011 has been another fascinating year for those of us who build things for the browser. Here web developer Phil Hawksworth looks at some exciting and ambitious uses of JavaScript on the web