CategoryTechniques

March 18, 2013 — A common question on clients and developers minds is, “How can we provide a great Web experience to our users on mobile?” In this article, Matt Stow will try to answer this question. If you can’t convince your clients to start from scratch with a mobile-first philosophy, he hopes this gives you the knowledge, impetus and tools that you need to retrofit their websites! Read more…

March 7, 2013 — Popular programs are out there, but many of them have considerable drawbacks, which has led Shalom Goltz to explore alternative apps. As you will soon see, InDesign has a unique set of tools and features that are perfectly suited to designing wireframes and interactive prototypes in a more intuitive way than you ever thought possible. Read more…

February 14, 2013 — If people are on your website, they’re probably either skimming quickly, looking for something, or they’ve found what they’re looking for and want to read it as easily as possible. Either way, keeping text readable will help them achieve their goal. Read more…

February 4, 2013 — As websites have become more robust, we have often placed the burden on our users to make more decisions, each of which distracts them from their wants and needs. However, by using a combination of technical solutions, we can often remove interface barriers for our users. Read more…

January 15, 2013 — The varying viewports that our websites encounter on a daily basis continue to demand more from responsive design. Not only must we continue to tackle the issues of content choreography — the art of maintaining order and context throughout the chaotic ebb and flow of the Web browser — but we must also meet the expectations of users. Read more…

November 19, 2012 — Even though we keep JavaScript, CSS and HTML in different files, the concepts behind progressive enhancement are getting all knotted up with every jQuery plugin we use and with every weird technique that crops up. In this post, Tim Wright offers a little perspective as to where we are and how we can realign our goals. Read more…

November 8, 2012 — Creating a CMS is pretty easy due to the modular nature of WordPress controls and functions. Daniel Pataki outlines some methods that can be used extremely well to create customized admins for nearly anything you can think of. Read more…

October 16, 2012 — The printed Mobile Book features the most important things that you need to know as a designer, developer or mobile strategist to make your websites optimized for mobile. You’ll dive deep into the peculiarities of the mobile industry, explore responsive design strategy, and more. Read more…

October 12, 2012 — Kris Niles shares the top five reasons why their user experience (UX) team at Citrix (which consists of about 20 designers, researchers and editors, working on Web, desktop and mobile applications) uses Fireworks. He’ll illustrate his points with a few practical examples, as well as examples from other design firms. Read more…

October 10, 2012 — What hacks are WordPress users particularly vulnerable to? How do they get in? What do they do to a WordPress website? Siobhan McKeown provides more context about the things you need to protect yourself from. Read more…