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  1. Visit Why Free Software has poor usability, and how to improve it Why Free Software has poor usability, and how to improve it

    http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2008/08/01/free-software-usability

    Matthew Paul Thomas is back with a thoughtful and detailed look at the reasons why open source software tends to suffer from poor user interfaces. But he’s dancing around the root problem, which is that of authority.

  2. Visit Why Are Annual Reports More Inspiring Than Websites? Why Are Annual Reports More Inspiring Than Websites?

    http://seachangestrategies.com/blog/2008/04/25/question-of-the-week-why-are-annual-reports-more-inspiring-than-websites/

    I am starting to accumulate a small stack of annual reports from client organizations, and for the most part, they are more powerful, more compelling, and more emotionally “grabby” than the organizations’ home page.

  3. Visit No CSS Reset No CSS Reset

    http://www.snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/no_css_reset/

    When asked recently about using a CSS reset stylesheet, I readily admitted that I don't use them. I don't use them for my blog or for any project that I work on. Admitting such can raise an eyebrow or two. Reset stylesheets are definitely becoming… More

  4. Visit Accessibility 2.0: a million flowers bloom Accessibility 2.0: a million flowers bloom

    http://laura.popokatea.co.uk/2008/04/20/accessibility-20-a-million-flowers-bloom/

    AbilityNet are holding an Accessibility 2.0 event later this week. Accessibility 2.0 will be a practical conference focussing on web accessibility in a Web 2.0 world, and looking at practical solutions to making the modern web a more inclusive and… More

  5. Visit Accessible Data Visualization with Web Standards Accessible Data Visualization with Web Standards

    http://www.alistapart.com/articles/accessibledatavisualization/

    We’ve been talking about Web 2.0 for so long now it’s already passé to argue about what it means and what it doesn’t. But one thing’s for sure, there’s a lot of data out there on the web these days. And as web designers, we’re designing a lot of d… More

  6. Visit Take Control of Your Maps Take Control of Your Maps

    http://www.alistapart.com/articles/takecontrolofyourmaps

    We live in the era of Google Maps. What started off as an impressive refresh of Mapquest-style maps now fuels web mashups. With APIs official and unofficial, Google Maps is simple enough for front-end designers to embed and for back-end programmer… More

  7. Visit Footers In Modern Web Design: Creative Examples and Ideas Footers In Modern Web Design: Creative Examples and Ideas

    http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/04/08/footers-in-modern-web-design-creative-examples-and-ideas/

    According to classic principles of web design, everything at the bottom page isn't that important. Most users think like that. And most designers are convinced this is true. Site elements aren't really able catch visitors'

  8. Visit On Creativity On Creativity

    http://www.alistapart.com/articles/oncreativity

    As designers, we are, rightly or not, widely perceived as custodians and professional exponents of creativity. Therefore, the ways in which we define, employ, and represent creativity matter.

  9. Visit Design is in the Details Design is in the Details

    http://www.alistapart.com/articles/designisinthedetails

    It’s a phrase you hear often: design is in the details. With design, paying attention to small details—and in some cases, obsessively focusing on “what isn’t right”—can take a design from “nearly there” to “there” and beyond.

  10. Visit Blue in the Interface Blue in the Interface

    http://www.subtraction.com/archives/2008/0225_blue_in_the_.php

    This comes as a surprise to me, but a look at most all of the icons on my computer reveals that the vast majority of them are blue. There’s only a very small handful — Adium, Address Book, iCal, Transmit, some others — that aren’t. Blue, blue, blu… More

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