Web User Interface Resources
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010Here is a nice listing of 10 free web user interface resources from Mashable, including control buttons and icons, sketching and wireframing kits, browser and form elements, stencils, etc.
Here is a nice listing of 10 free web user interface resources from Mashable, including control buttons and icons, sketching and wireframing kits, browser and form elements, stencils, etc.
Jason Santa Maria analyses the shortcomings of current web design tools and browsers and asks if Webkit could be the basis of desktop app for web design. A thought-provoking must-read.
Just like a browser, it could pull assets from remote servers; and just like a desktop app, it could make use of local processing power and OS-level functionality. This would allow it to effectively combine some of the best of both worlds, with a foot firmly planted in the web.
Check this comprehensive guide to split testing from Smashing Magazine, how it works, how to create a split test for your site(s), dos and don’ts and additional resources. I found the case studies very interesting: what are the two ‘magic words’ that will increase your conversions?
Design-wise, here is the best-looking World Cup schedule site I’ve seen on the web, covering the schedule of each team, the games to be played at each stadium/city, an overview of each group and stage, and the entire World Cup schedule, all in one gorgeous graphic. What a stunning piece of website design.
If you are a web designer, here’s a list of useful applications from Web Design Ledger that happen to have been created with Adobe Air. Check out Fractal4D and Icon Generator. Actually even non-designers might find an easy image sizer handy.
Reinvigorate measures your influence on the web in real-time. It lets you gain up-to-the-minute insight into your audience, then adapt to meet their needs and watch your site grow. The services provides views that include heat maps, live visitor tracking and a desktop client.
Zen Master of the CSS Zen Garden, Dave Shea, will now be joining Derek Featherstone as a speaker at the next meeting of the Better Web Posse in Victoria.
The evening will begin with Derek talking about “Accessible mapping with Google Maps” and then Dave will end with “Top 5 Ways to Improve Your Web Design”.
Please take a moment to help us prepare for a sane event, and sign up to RSVP. Again the event details are:
MONDAY, December 10 | 7:00 pm
The Sticky Wicket, Maple Room (map)
Derek Featherstone a WaSP committee member and and usability consultant with FurtherAhead in Ottawa, will be speaking at the next meeting of the Better Web Posse in Victoria. The event details are:
MONDAY, December 10 | 7:00 pm
The Sticky Wicket, Maple Room (map)
Derek is also one of the organizers of the Web Directions North conference that will be held in Vancouver this January 28th to February 2nd. WDN has a great lineup this year, and if you live in the Pacific Northwest, this will be the premier web design/development event of the year!
24 ways is back for a 3rd holiday season with 24 new posts by some of the worlds best web developers. Starting December 1st and continuing through to Christmas day you can get your holiday fill of web geekery.
Thomas Baekdal has authored an insightful report on the Actual Browser Sizes that are being used by the people visiting our sites. The report has some interesting findings like users with screen resolution of 1024×768 and lower typically maximize their browser window, where users with larger screen resolutions are less likely to browse with maximized windows.
The report is broken into 5 parts:
Take the time to read this report. It will be well worth your time.
