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  • Create fluid layouts with HTML5 and CSS3

    In this exclusive excerpt from Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3, Ben Frain explores how to convert pixel-based designs to their proportional equivalents
    By Ben Frain on
  • Design sites using the Responsive Grid System

    The Responsive Grid System isn't a framework or a boilerplate. But it does make creating responsive websites quick and easy. Graham Miller, its creator, explains how to use it
    By Graham Miller on
  • The road to responsive images

    Last week's W3C editor's draft brought us one step closer to a workable specification for responsive images. Anselm Hannemann explores how the draft spec came about, the problems that remain to be solved – and why we need a specification in the first place
    By Anselm Hannemann on
  • Five killer ways to create microcopy

    The devil is in the details, so make sure your microcopy is as clear and concise as possible for your users. Gene Crawford explains
    By Gene Crawford on
  • I cannot design or code a responsive website

    Don't listen to the voices in your head, advises frontend developer Nick Jones. Here he explains how he got stuck creating his personal site and learned to trust his instincts instead
    By Nick Jones on
  • October 2012 (#233)

    HTML5 APIs have made it possible to create things we never before thought possible. This month's cover feature takes us on a tour of the most important and exciting ones, providing plenty of examples of cool things that can be done with them.
    By Tanya Combrinck on
  • Big question: are decorative design elements going out of style?

    Some say Apple’s interfaces that look like real-world objects are in bad taste, while Microsoft’s Windows 8 UI (formerly Metro) is lauded for making content the star. We asked our experts their views on skeuomorphic design
    By Tanya Combrinck on
  • The top 20 data visualisation tools

    From simple charts to complex maps and infographics, Brian Suda's round-up of the best – and mostly free – tools has everything you need to bring your data to life
    By Brian Suda on
  • Elliot Jay Stocks on 'typography out'

    The web designer and creator of type magazine 8 Faces has just launched his own product company, Viewport Industries. Elliot Jay Stocks talks to Tom May about redesigning Smashing Magazine, ‘typography out’ and how print informs the web
    By Tom May on
  • Make a scalable newsletter with Fireworks

    There’s a preconception among designers that email clients’ lack of support for web standards means you can’t get creative with newsletters. James Parker is out to explode this theory
    By James Parker on
  • 10 points I always keep in mind while designing

    Fi's Anton Repponen has worked with some of the world's biggest brands. Now you can learn from that experience, as he presents his own personal checklist for better designs
    By Anton Repponen on
  • Big Mouth: Responsive browsing

    Maybe it’s sunstroke, but the irascible Gary Marshall has decided it’s time to make the internet a happier place
    By Gary Marshall on | 1 comment
  • Designing responsively

    Kevin Leetham talks you through the recent responsive redesign of his company’s site and shares what he learned through the process
    By Kevin Leetham on
  • Validate your planned user experience

    Wow your visitor with interfaces that influence and inspire. Jodie Moule explains the need to plan and validate user experiences
    By Jodie Moule on
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