A curated collection of tips and tricks for Chrome Developer Tools.
Maybe what we call Responsive Design today isn’t that new after all. Wouldn’t have noticed it myself – maybe i was already too much in the “CD-Generation” – but it shows again that most of the fancy new stuff had been there before, in some way or another.
In some ways, this felt like an early form of what we might now call responsive design. Over time, designers adapted to the new formats, and came up with a process that took that into account. They had less control over things like the aspect ratio, and that forced them to work harder and more flexibly.
Raymone Brigleb (Needmore Designs) – The Cassette Tape as Responsive Design
Techcrunch had put together this satirical guide on how to speak Startup.
“We’re growing 500 percent week-over-week” — Last week we had one user, today we have six.
The Web Field Manual is a nice and very extensive collection of links and resources – curated by Jon Yablonski, Garret Wieronski and Geoff Tice – for everyone working on the web. Or, in their own words:
The Web Field Manual is a curated list of resources focused on documenting only the best knowledge for designing experiences and interfaces on the web. It is an ever-expanding collection of knowledge and inspiration for web designers, by web designers.
An interesting read of the history of Helvetica, how it was developed and became one of the most used typefaces of the twentieth century. Starting in the 1830s with the first sans-serif’s all the way to 2013 when Apple introduced Helvetica Neue Ultralight as the default System Font in iOS 7.
Baptiste Briel has put together a nice collection of SVG icons, all based on free icons found on Dribbble.
Designers:Watch – a collection of must-see documentaries for designers and artists. Perfect for the holiday break.
For a while now we have been working towards updating our theme standards on ThemeForest. The goal is to have a consistent, public standard so every customer has a seamless experience using our products.
Envato udated the Submission Requirements for WordPress Themes. Definitely a step in the right direction to further improve the quality on ThemeForest.
Announcement: WordPress Theme Submission Requirements | Envato Notes.
When we develop sites for clients, sometimes it makes sense to remove some of the UI items they don’t need in the admin area to make it less intimidating. We used many of these admin customizations with WordPress Multisite (or WPMU), to make our customer’s sites more user-friendly. (The code in this article works with normal WP and multisite)
Some handy tipps on how to customize the WordPress Dashboard for your clients.
How to Simplify & Customize the WordPress admin | Press Coders.
The designer may work tirelessly to create an elegant, highly-crafted auction site, but that isn’t sufficient for success when the incumbent you are competing against has strong network effects in their favor. In addition to having a great product, you need a distribution strategy that can solve your “chicken and egg” or “cold start” problem.
Good design is crucial, but it’s only one of many parts that make a product successful.