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The 20 Most Practical and Creative Uses of jQuery - NETTUTS. There have been plenty of posts on the number of awesome jQuery plugins and where to find them. However, sometimes it is best not to rely on third party plugins and resources. Do it yourself the old fashioned way! Today, we will have a look at 20+ creative uses of jQuery in modern day websites and applications; sure to inspire you for your next project.

One of our sporadic writers, James Padolsey, has a nice feature on his website. I've saved my absolute favorite site for last. Keep in mind that jQuery is simply a tool and is only limited by your creativity and skill level. Web Design Resources I Use. 10 Useful Techniques To Improve Your User Interface Designs | Ho. Advertisement Web design consists, for the most part, of interface design. There are many techniques involved in crafting beautiful and functional interfaces. Here’s my collection of 10 that I think you’ll find useful in your work. They’re not related to any particular theme, but are rather a collection of techniques I use in my own projects.

Without further ado, let’s get started. 1. Padded block links Links (or anchors) are inline elements by default, which means that their clickable area spans only the height and width of the text. Obviously, the larger the clickable area is, the easier it is to click on the link because there is less of a chance of missing it. Make sure to also add a healthy dose of padding to the links, because converting a link into a block only affects its behavior and width; adding padding ensures that the link is high enough and has some room to breathe. 2.

Attention to every detail is what separates a great product from a mediocre one. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. UI-patterns.com. Sharebrain « The best sites for Webworkers. 5 Useful Coding Solutions For Designers and Developers | CSS | S. Advertisement Often creative and truly remarkable design solutions remain unknown because we, designers, simply overlook them. Being busy with our own projects, we sometimes try to grasp the intuition behind (probably) complex and cluttered code of other designers to understand how they manage to implement particular design ideas. In fact, by just observing the code of other developers we can learn a lot from them; we can find interesting ideas and improve the quality of our work. As you know, we, at Smashing Magazine, are quite curious folks. We are truly interested in unusual design approaches and creative solutions.

Therefore we are regularly looking for them and once we found them, we analyze them, try to understand them and try to figure out both advantages and disadvantages of the technique we have found. And in this post we want to share some of them with you. 1. The navigation options at the top of the site are slightly animated yet creating an appropriate atmosphere. 2. 3. 4. 5. Design Inspiration Toolbox: 100 Sources of Design Inspiration. 6 Interface Design Principles and Tips Every Web Designer Should.