Games mechanics are a great way to influence users’ behaviour. Toby Beresford explains how incorporating them into your websites can boost visitor engagement
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
Don't fear the cookie monster! Accessibility expert Sandi Wassmer presents a practical guide to internet privacy, explains what web designers and developers need to know about the new cookie law and dispels various confusions and misconceptions
Designer and developer Faruk Ateş, the man behind Modernizr, says that sexism is hurting our industry in more significant ways than most people realise. Here he explains what it's all about and what we can do to address this issue
Last week, Adobe pushed out the second preview version of Edge, a web animation tool that generates the code for you. There’s been some controversy over its use of div-based animation instead of canvas or SVG, but Adobe wants us all to remember that this is just a taster …
Google has recently redesigned its suite of products. What does our panel of experts think of this face-lift and what it implies about the company's changing priorities?
With an increase in tuition fees and more choice in web design degrees, deciding on a course can be tricky, but do you even need a formal qualification to be successful? We ask our panel of experts to tell us about their experience and thoughts...
Sites such as Behance, Carbonmade and Cargo offer great virtual spaces for creatives to display their work – but is it wrong to use an ‘off the rack’ platform? We ask our panel of experts
In last month’s Big Question, Reading Room’s CEO Margaret Manning sparked a discussion on Twitter with her argument that the term ‘web design’ should be abandoned. What do our other experts think?
Web design is a young, vibrant and ever-expanding profession. But that doesn't mean everything in the industry is perfect. We asked our panel of experts to identify their personal bugbears...
Design inspiration shouldn’t just come from looking at other people’s web projects. Our panel of industry experts reveal what kind of things are currently getting their creative juices flowing …
This week will see thousands of geeks (including .net) descend on Austin, Texas for SXSWi. It’s just one of hundreds of conferences across the world offering insight, inspiration and networking – at a price. But is that price worth paying?
In her second monthly report, Lea Verou rounds up the latest developments in the W3C working groups including 'unprefixing', media queries, sticky positioning and lots more
SXSWi is nearly upon us. Simon Willison, co-founder and CEO of Lanyrd, lists 2012's most popular sessions according to the data aggregated by the social conference directory
The recent announcement that Britain's national school curriculum will soon include a computer science course that teaches coding has been met with much excitement. Our panel of experts discuss how they’d like to see the course put together
With the growing number of smartphones, tablets, and eReaders, why limit your audience? Create content that works for everyone, no matter what technology they prefer. Martha Rotter, co-founder of Woop.ie, reviews 10 of the best tools
Mobile browsers and pixel-hungry designers are demanding that this interface overhead must go. Is the address bar the navigation element to put on the chopping block? Safari, Chrome, and Firefox have tried it – so is it on its way out?