Links tagged “design”

alistapart.com

A List Apart article introducing faux absolute positioning, a CSS technique mixing floats and relative positioning to build flexible multi-column grid layouts.

noupe.com

Roundup linking to Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials grouped by effect — neon glows, smoke, text treatments, watercolour and vintage styling.

smashingmagazine.com

Free set of 18 PNG payment-method icons designed by Phil Matthews for showing accepted cards on online shops.

oswd.org

Repository of free, standards-compliant HTML and CSS website templates contributed by designers and downloadable for any project.

smashingmagazine.com

A showcase of free, high-quality desktop and web icon sets, each listed with its licence terms for personal and commercial use.

chrisharrison.net

Research showing that changing how a progress bar animates makes an unchanged wait feel shorter to the person watching it.

gpeters.com

Colour schemes generated by sampling images returned by the Yahoo Image API for a keyword, here "Blue Green", each swatch listed with its hex value.

colorschemer.com

Online palette builder that turns one RGB or hex value into harmonies and monochromes on an RYB colour wheel.

webdesignerwall.com

Tutorial for faking gradient headings in CSS by overlaying a transparent gradient PNG on live text, with an IE6 fallback and a jQuery variant.