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  • 2011 in review:  20 CSS sites that rocked!

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    2011 in review: 20 CSS sites that rocked!

    Peter Gasston looks back at his favourite CSS sites of the year

    12 Dec 2011

    By Peter Gasston on
    2011 was packed with media queries, standards-based animations and selectors, but what were the best CSS sites of the year? Web developer Peter Gasston, the author of The Book of CSS3, looks back at his favourites
  • The .net strip #9: Insert content here

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    The .net strip #9: Insert content here

    This week our comic strip looks at the joys of building your own CMS

    9 Dec 2011

    By Brad Colbow on
    This week Brad Colbow's exclusive comic strip for netmagazine.com looks at the joys of building your own CMS
  • The future of shopping is social

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    The future of shopping is social

    Lynn Teo explores ideas for new social commerce apps

    9 Dec 2011

    By Lynn Teo on
    Lynn Teo, director and head of user experience at AKQA New York, explores ideas for new social commerce applications from an experience designer's perspective
  • Interview

    Cameron Koczon on Gimme Bar

    Cameron Koczon says you should own the content you collect

    8 Dec 2011

    By Tanya Combrinck on
    Gimme Bar enables you to save bits of the web instead of just bookmarking them. Founder Cameron Koczon tells Tanya Combrinck about the importance of owning the content you’ve collected
  • How to structure your CSS

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    How to structure your CSS

    Developer Mike Byrne explains how he structures his CSS and why

    8 Dec 2011

    Freelance interface and frontend developer Mike Byrne, also part of the Area 17 technical team, explains how he structures his CSS and why
  • The evolution of client services

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    The evolution of client services

    Carl Smith argues that the current model of client services is dead

    7 Dec 2011

    Carl Smith, founding member of nGen Works, argues that the current model of client services is dead and explains how it's evolving
  • Is Flash dead?

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    Is Flash dead?

    Aral Balkan welcomes Adobe's change of its mobile strategey

    7 Dec 2011

    Designer and developer Aral Balkan welcomes the change of Adobe's mobile strategy but argues that it's too late and that it spells the beginning of the end of Flash on the web
  • Build a login form for your  mobile app with DHTMLX Touch

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    Build a login form for your mobile app with DHTMLX Touch

    Alexandra Klenova on creating a login form for a mobile app

    6 Dec 2011

    By Alexandra Klenova on | 7 comments
    In this introduction to open source JavaScript framework DHTMLX Touch web developer Alexandra Klenova explains how you can implement a login form for a mobile web app and send form values to the server with Ajax
  • 10 steps to an engaging interactive user experience

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    10 steps to an engaging interactive user experience

    Fi's director of UX helps you deliver a great user experience

    5 Dec 2011

    By Irene Pereyra on | 4 comments
    Irene Pereyra, director of UX and strategy at digital agency Fantasy Interactive, rounds up 10 top tips to help you deliver an amazing interactive user experience
  • The .net strip #8: Your opinion is very important to us

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    The .net strip #8: Your opinion is very important to us

    Brad Colbow wonders whether things have got out of hand

    2 Dec 2011

    By Brad Colbow on | 1 comment
    "Your opinion is very important to us." How often have you heard this phrase recently? In this installment of our exclusive comic Brad Colbow wonders whether things have got out of hand
  • Applying micro-level design criteria

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    Applying micro-level design criteria

    Robert Hoekman Jr on how he established design criteria for Myspace

    2 Dec 2011

    By Robert Hoekman Jr on
    Writing micro-level design criteria for individual features can help you invent better solutions. In this example leading user experience specialist Robert Hoekman Jr explains how he established design criteria for Myspace and applied them
  • The .net Awards 2011: in pictures!

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    The .net Awards 2011: in pictures!

    Twas the night the web design world went ROCK: check out our photos!

    1 Dec 2011

    By Tom May on
    Twas the night the web design world went ROCK: check out our exclusive photos!
  • Share your open source project via GitHub

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    Share your open source project via GitHub

    Scott Chacon explains how to successfully interact with GitHub

    1 Dec 2011

    By Scott Chacon on | 1 comment
    As GitHub brings the power of social networks to the open source coding community, Scott Chacon explains how to successfully interact with it
  • Interview

    Gavin Elliott on web conferences

    Gavin Elliott on DIBI and how his own Industry Conference will differ

    30 Nov 2011

    By Oliver Lindberg on
    Gavin Elliott, who ran the DIBI web conference for Codeworks, talks to Oliver Lindberg about why he has given it up, what he's learned and what we can expect from his own project, next year's Industry Conference
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