Archive For April, 2011

30 articles

5 Web Design Trends to Watch & Follow in 2011

Recently, we have seen the entire landscape of web design transforming from traditional design and layouts to creative experiments in all directions. Most recent tends included rich imagery, table less layouts, interactive interfaces and extensive use of jQuery, CSS 3 and HTML 5 to minimize Photoshop and Flash. For the rest of 2011, we can expect a number of new trends as…

JavaScript Library For Object Based Canvas Drawing: oCanvas

First thing first - if you have not played with HTML 5 Canvas yet, do it now. The canvas element in HTML 5 allows you to render dynamic content (2D shapes, graphs, animations, games etc.) in almost all browsers with the least bit of code. If you want to dig deeper, you can use Javascript to get access to full…

Awesome CSS3 Patterns Gallery

A CSS3 patterns gallery featuring tileable CSS3 patterns, ready to use for websites and web applications. A relatively new but awesome resource for designers who care about the website loading speed while keeping a modern look and feel. These patterns render smoothly in Firefox 3.6+, Chrome, Opera 11.10+, IE10+ and all browsers supporting Webkit nightlies. However, some of these patterns might…

Zero Configuration Rack Server for Mac OS: Pow

Pow is a zero-configuration Rack server for Mac OS X. It makes developing Rails and Rack applications as frictionless as possible. Pow is a clean, self-contained server that runs as your user without root privileges. No mucking around with /etc/hosts, no compiling Apache modules, no editing configuration files or installing preference panes. A single command installs and upgrades Pow automatically and…

jQuery & CSS3 Drop-Down Menu With Integrated Forms: FormBox

Minimalism is buzzword of the day. Most website and application being developed today have their prime focus on delivering core functionalities with simple and minimal design. Just take a look at modern web applications, websites and portals and see how a number of mostly used elements are condensed in a singular, fluid and handy layout. Take example of twitter login panel. It…

Pie Timing Plugin for jQuery: Pietimer

Pietimer is a creative way to perform time-bound actions on websites and web applications. In fact, it is an alternate to traditional countdown timers that are usually used in web pages. Pietimer displays a reducing pie disk and triggers a callback function as the pie disappears completely. The pie is used as a canvas element on a web page and inherits height…

JavaScript Library for Large Scale Rich Applications: Ender

Ender? If you are a bookworm or a gaming addict, you got it right. Ender - the famous character of Orson Scott Card's novel Ender's Game who breezed through all the odds and wars against buggers. Okay... so what is the connection of Ender with JavaScript? Ender, the JavaScript library, is a comprehensive library based on loosely coupled modules that you…

Color Palettes for Terminal Applications: Solarize

We have discussed a number of techniques and tools for enhancing user experience of websites, desktop software and web applications on this website here, here and here. However, user experience for terminal applications is the area that is usually ignored by designers and developers. Perhaps it is because there are not much options to work on but still with a little bit of…

Facebook Style Multiple Items Selection: Tokeninput

User experience is the first thing that most successful designers would like to sleep on. Good user experience not only multiplies the effects of a good design/layout but also contributes to the success of the product. Creating a good user experience is not rocket science. With some common sense and the right selection of tools, you designs can deliver performance…

247 Free Hand Drawn Icons for Websites and Applications

Yes, you got it right. These are hand-drawn icons; not because the designer drew them with color pencils but because they are styled as pencil sketches. Hand-drawn Web icon set contains 247 icons that means it is complete library and contains pretty much every icon you will ever need in your website or iPhone/iPad application project. The icons are vibrant, colorful…