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Can User Experience Be Beautiful? An Analysis Of Navigation In Portfolio Websites

Posted by Justin Mifsud on March 26, 2012 · Comments Off

When users land on your website, they typically read the content available. Then, the next thing that they will do is to try and familiarize themselves with your website. Most of the time this involves looking for navigation. In this article, I’ll be analyzing the navigation elements of a particular category of websites, i.e. portfolios. Why portfolios, you [...]

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Behind The Scenes Of Tourism New Zealand (Case Study)

Posted by Richard Shepherd on March 8, 2012 · Comments Off

In 2011 we saw the rise in popularity of two relatively new trends: responsive Web design and the use of HTML’s canvas. While some websites had experimented with both, in the last 12 months we’ve seen these trends move from the fringes firmly into the mainstream. Responsive Web design is more a concept than a technology — an ideal that many new websites [...]

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A Fun Approach To Creating More Successful Websites

Posted by Jeremy Girard on February 24, 2012 · Comments Off

As Web designers and developers, each project we work with has a unique set of goals and requirements. But one goal we have for all of our projects is that we want them to make an impression on people — we want the websites that we create to be memorable. A fun experience is often an enjoyable one and an enjoyable experience is usually a memorable one. Therefore, [...]

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Elements Of A Viral Launch Page

Posted by Simon Schmid on September 1, 2011 · Comments Off

Google+, Hipster, Connect.me and Instagram! They all hit a gazillion users in no time at all — and you can even read all about it in everyday media today. This is every product creator’s dream. Ok, granted, Google already had their users well before the launch of its social extension. But how did the other ones succeed in building such a strong fellowship [...]

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Best Practices For Designing Websites For Kids

Posted by David Morrison on July 6, 2011 · Comments Off

Designing websites and related media for kids presents plenty of opportunities for Web designers. Openings are available at many businesses and schools, as well as through parents and kids themselves, giving designers many ways to find work on electronic and print projects that appeal to kids. The types of work range from interface designs for video games to websites [...]

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Useful Ideas And Guidelines For Good Web Form Design

Posted by Shawn Borsky on June 27, 2011 · Comments Off

The input form is an essential element of almost any website or application these days. Input is a core method of interaction, and in many cases it represents the hard conversion point between success and failure. With the amount time and effort we put into bringing users to our sign-up and contact forms, it’s surprising that we tend not to spend a proportional [...]

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Planning And Implementing Website Navigation

Posted by Kayla Knight on June 6, 2011 · Comments Off

The thing that makes navigation difficult to work with in Web design is that it can be so versatile. Navigation can be simple or complex: a few main pages or a multi-level architecture; one set of content for logged-in users and another for logged-out users; and so on. Because navigation can vary so much between websites, there are no set guidelines or how-to’s [...]

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Building An Effective ‘Coming Soon’ Page For Your Product

Posted by Sacha Greif on May 24, 2011 · Comments Off

I recently had to design a couple of teaser pages for a client and a personal project, and this led me to think about what exactly makes for a good teaser page — or to be more precise a “coming soon” page that companies often put up before they’re ready to launch their product. After careful research and many scientific tests in the brand new field [...]

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Showcase of Creative Navigation Menus: Good and Bad Examples

Posted by Sarah & Adrienne Kahn on April 19, 2011 · Comments Off

Good navigation is the main cornerstone of an effective website. In practice, however, it’s often a tough challenge to come up with a meaningful, unambiguous way to organize, arrange, and display content to users; and it’s often not much easier to find a visually interesting solution either. The wide adaption of JavaScript libraries like jQuery is making it increasingly easy [...]

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Showcase of Beautiful (or Creative) E-Commerce Websites

Posted by Scotty Vernon on January 25, 2011 · Comments Off

Designers are constantly striving to create eye-catching designs without losing the usability features that add significant importance to the experience of online shopping. Today’s showcase presents a variety of websites with elegant design solutions and innovative design techniques. We have analyzed the designs and now discuss their advantages and disadvantages in this review. [...]

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