Loud Dog Links

January 22, 2009

• More Web Design Trends For 2009 (Smashing Magazine)
  The second part of Smashing Magazine's review of design trends, focusing on layouts, visual approaches, and design elements. Word.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: design, designInspiration, patterns, webdesign

January 16, 2009

• 45+ New jQuery Techniques For Good User Experience | Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine
  A great look at the power of jQuery for use in web design elements to make the user experience more interesting and fun.
  by: Jodi Wing | tags: design, jQuery, tips, UserExperience, webdesign

January 9, 2009

• Push Your Web Design Into The Future With CSS3 | CSS | Smashing Magazine
  A nice little article describing some of the sophisticated techniques/capabilities of CSS3 already being used on bleeding edge websites.
  by: Martin Ferrini | tags: code, css, css3, design, development, inspiration, style, Web, webdesign, webdev
• Design View / Andy Rutledge - Gestalt Principles of Perception: 1 - Figure Ground Relationships
  Andy Rutledge explores one of our favorite design principles - distinguishing the figure from the background.
  by: Jodi Wing | tags: design, web-design, webdesign

December 3, 2008

• Flexible Fuel: Educating the Client on IA (A List Apart)
  Good overview of typical deliverables in a web project.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: bestPractices, designDocumentation, webDesign
• 9 Information Design Tips to Make You a Better Web Designer (PSDTUTS)
  by: Josh Orum | tags: informationArchitecture, informationDesign, webDesign

November 24, 2008

• Two Little Things That Make A Big Difference (Search Engine Land)
  One: easy URLs. Two: a good design. People apparently make a decision about your site's look and feel in 1/20 a second. Phew!
  by: Josh Orum | tags: seo, webDesign

November 5, 2008

• 10 Ways to Improve Usability When You Thought it Was Too Late
  Some quick ways to improve the usability of a web app without major restructuring.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: bestPractices, patterns, webDesign

November 4, 2008

• Most Wanted Ajax Techniques: 50+ Examples and Tutorials (Noupe)
  Yet another set of Ajax patterns
  by: Josh Orum | tags: patterns, webDesign, webdevelopment

November 2, 2008

• Presidential Candidates, Temperament & Website Copy? (GrokDotCom)
  Anyone who knows me knows I find temperament casting fascinating and useful. And I'm glad to see LD's standard copy design validated :)
  by: Josh Orum | tags: design, informationDesign, social, webDesign

November 1, 2008

• Elegant Web Typography (Jeft Croft)
  Interesting presentation on web typography; contains some good rules of thumb.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: css, design, webDesign

October 26, 2008

• Do Big Shiny Download Buttons Work? (The Poker Copilot Blog)
  The answer is yes, and the evidence is clear.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: usability, userResearch, webDesign

October 20, 2008

• Transactional Email and Confirmation Messages (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
  Automated email can improve customer service, strengthen relationships, and help websites bypass search engines. But most messages fared poorly in user testing and didn't fulfill this potential.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: email, usability, webDesign

September 24, 2008

• 75 (Really) Useful JavaScript Techniques (Smashing Magazine)
  Of course it's important for web developers to understand how to use JavaScript correctly, but it's just as important for designers to be aware of its potential as well. It may be counter-intuitive, but understanding of technology doesn't limit designs, but expands them.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: javascript, patterns, webDesign

September 17, 2008

• jParallax (webdev.stephband.info)
  Matt's favorite technique, built on jQuery. Oh boy!
  by: Josh Orum | tags: development, webDesign
• 20 Free Page Analysis Tools (DesignM.ag)
  A variety of tools - some will analyze one specific aspect of a page and others will give an overall grade to the page as a whole. Most of them will help you with your SEO efforts.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: seo, webDesign, webdevelopment
• 10 Smart Javascript Techniques to Improve Your UI (NETTUTS)
  Javascript can add a lot of special effects that can really improve the user's experience. Here are 10 simple and clever Javascript techniques that add an extra dose of usability to any webpage.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: development, javascript, usability, webDesign
• Zebra Striping: More Data for the Case (A List Apart)
  Do stripes really improve form legibility? Some studies shed light on the case.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: design, informationDesign, usability, webDesign

September 2, 2008

• Web Design by Designers
  by: Matt DeClaire | tags: webDesign

July 7, 2008

• Code Style: CSS font sampler and survey of the most common fonts for CSS font-family properties
  A great resource for designers and developers alike!
  by: Martin Ferrini | tags: CSS, design, fonts, typography, Web, webdesign