Holy Grail of CSS layouts

June 6, 2007 by normandesigner

Well described technique for achieving 3 column CSS layout with an absolute minimum of non-semantic blocks (just one).

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45 Fresh, Clean and Impressive Designs

June 6, 2007 by normandesigner

Sometimes it
’s just amazing to see, which level of usability, legibility and visual appeal can be achieved using some basic design techniques. In fact, some talanted web-developers manage to deliver powerful, functional and gorgeous web-design in “look-and-feel”-style. Let’s take a look at their masterpieces.

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Are you measuring the wrong thing just because it is easy to measure?

June 6, 2007 by normandesigner

Technorati ranks, Diggs, calories burned on the treadmill. We measure stuff because we can get high resolution, not because it’s relevant.

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A List Apart: Why Whitespace Matters

June 6, 2007 by normandesigner

Whitespace can make or break your site. The design gurus at A List Apart mastered the art of the space with their latest design (by Happycog.com), and now you can learn how to take advantage of it and maximize your content.. or lack thereof.

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Google’s obscure literary reference for Valentine’s Day?

June 6, 2007 by normandesigner

Did anybody notice today’s “Google” logo? Doesn’t it look like “Googe”? I did some very brief digging and found an obscure literary reference for Valentine’s Day!

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Streamburst Has Interesting Non-DRM

June 6, 2007 by normandesigner

Documentary film maker Steve O
’Hear announced today that his film In Search of the Valley is now available for download using an innovative service called Streamburst – a move he hopes will raise the project’s sales after disappointing initial DVD sales.

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Talent isn’t everything: 7 habits of highly effective junior designers

June 6, 2007 by normandesigner

After working for the past three years at MetaDesign, I’ve noticed that talent has very little to do with the success of a junior designer who’s just starting out. Instead, the ones who survive and last more than six months practice these 7 habits.

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Digg-style WordPress Dashboard theme

June 6, 2007 by normandesigner

My friend (and site designer) Teddy Hwang just me this screenshot of a Digg-stlye WordPress Dashboard theme he made. Cool, right? Problem is, he’s afraid he’ll get sued by Digg if he releases it.

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Creator of CSSEdit2 Interview with Veerle Pieters of DUOH!

June 6, 2007 by normandesigner

One of the reasons I was attracted to CSSEdit was its gorgeous interface. Jan Van Boghout isn’t only a talented developer but a great designer as well. I’m sure many people don’t realize, but Jan designs every element himself. High time we sat down with Jan…

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Form field hints with CSS and JavaScript (Ask the CSS Guy)

June 6, 2007 by normandesigner

“It’s a basic example of how helpful a little JavaScript and CSS can be in a form. Instead of the input hints always showing and potentionally cluttering a very simple form, only the hint for the currently focused input will show. This article will show a way to do this”

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