Free Textures from TextureKing How to Get Started with Responsive Web Design “We should embrace the fact that the web doesn’t have the same constraints, and design for this flexibility. But first, we must “accept the ebb and flow of things.” John Allsopp, “A Dao of Web Design” Smartphones and tablets of all kinds are in high demand today and web audience can’t stop buzzing about the necessity of the new technologies applicable for various devices. iPads, iPhones, Android mobile devices, laptops and netbooks have captivated the web audience, and it’s no longer enough to build websites for standard computer screens only. New technologies require brand new approaches, and the most promising trend is represented by the so-called “responsive web design”. Some firmly believe that well-organized HTML and flexible layout are supposed to deplete the concept of responsive web design, but this definition is hardly comprehensive. According to the web design studios and free-lance webmasters, many companies order “an iPhone website” as part of their projects. Media queries
40 New Free Fonts for Designer’s Needs [Year 2011] There have been hundreds of free fonts created this year, but we have surprisingly few good fonts that can be used for designer’s purposes. Do you want to get a font that will be most effective in your web environment? We are here to show you them. Remember however that font will dictate how the bodies of text will appear throughout your website. Choosing the font for your project you need to keep the overall layout of your website in mind. Lorena Bond is Dead Nomed RBNo2 Arvil Sketch Gothic Homestead Weston FF Sero Saytwo CS Benwood Mensch Slice Minaeff Ect Lisa Scruffy Accenta Molesk Haymaker Claire Hand Lavanderia Kabel Grogy Wisdom Script Legion Slab Museo Tall Boy Tetra Carton Airplane Telefono Bazar Sheep Sans Ribbon Serifiqo Governor Mosaic Leaf Tikal Valencia About the Author Lilian Rigo Lilian reckons among young design bloods and talented copywriters, reporting on many aspects of web design industry.
Royalty Free Textures and Background Images - texturevault.net jQuery Plugins for Responsive Web Design So, do you want your website to be properly displayed on mobile devices and tablets? If yes (and we’re pretty sure it is ‘yes’) then it is time to think about how to make your layout more responsive. Being one of the most discussed web design trends of the year of 2011 responsive web design keeps moving forward by providing new efficient solutions for web developers and webmasters. Today this trend will be presented by the awesome jQuery plugins for responsive design. 1. Responsly jQuery plugin perfectly works with laptops, tablets and mobile device screens. 2. Photo Swipe is a Javascript-powered image gallery plugin that has been created mostly for mobile devices. 3. FitText makes font sizes flexible which means that all headlines on your website will be scalable. 4. This is a very simple and small jQuery plugin which will convert menus into a select element for mobile devices and low browser widths. 5. 6. jQuery Masonry 7. 8. 9. jFontSize 10. jQuery UI mediabox About the Author
Top 10 Sites To Download Free Photoshop Textures Textures are indispensable if you do any kind of design compositions. Not only do they provide an environment or background that you can use in your designs, a skilled designer can use them to set the overall feel and mood of the composition as well. If you have a decent camera, you can mostly create the textures you want using a photo of the desired object and some Photoshop magic. Here are some sites you can look up to find free Photoshop textures in case you are feeling lazy or don’t have the appropriate resources to create your own textures. The sites are in no particular order. Amazing Textures Amazing Textures list various free Photoshop textures nicely sorted into different categories. DeviantArt DeviantArt is renowned for this kind of creative work. Lost and Taken Lost and Taken works like a blog. Grunge Textures Grunge Textures specializes (hold your breath…) in grunge textures! Shizoo Texture Gallery Nicely designed site listing textures organized into various categories. Toybirds
Adobe’s Secret Weapon – the Wallaby Converter This is it folks, we have witnessed another turn in this long war between well-known rivals – Flash and HTML5. Despite that entire buzz about the death of Flash, its main advocate – the world’s leading software vendor Adobe – is alive and kicking! Some days ago Adobe has released their interesting experimental software called Wallaby (in real life Wallaby is small kangaroo that lives in Australia). How does it work? This is an Adobe AIR application that has a simple user interface and can be easily installed to your computer. Drawbacks To tell you the truth, this software doesn’t impress much as a software with its functionality and multiplatform features. Wallaby supports only Web-kit browsers (Safari and Chrome) and does not support FireFox and IE9 for now;Doesn’t support any ActionScriptDoesn’t support 3D transformsDoesn’t support video embeddingDoesn’t support gradients There is a long road ahead Yes, Wallaby has a huge list of disadvantages that must be improved, we agree with that.
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