I’ve been running across several new UI PSD kits that cover a wide range of elements, everything from buttons to media players. I wanted to take a shot at making my own with a few simple elements – feel free to use the following UI elements in any project you’d like.
I recently came across a great looking set of navigational buttons designed by Orman Clark of Premium Pixels. I’m a big fan of his design style and decided to whip together a quick CSS3/HTML version of the buttons. Check out the demo and feel free to download the example zip file as well.
If you’re reading this from an RSS reader, come check out the new design live on the site! I’ve spent the past two days working on ways to improve the overall usability of the blog and bring back focus to where it belongs: the content. You’ll find bigger text, a wider reading area and much less clutter. Stay tuned for a more in-depth blog post on the design changes but for now, check out the new poll for December.
Getting and implementing user feedback is critical to building a great business. Fortunately for us, there are many great options to perform quick and easy usability tests using a variety of online tools.
As a web designer I’m always on the lookout for great-looking free fonts to use in my projects. I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorite fonts from 3 great sites: DaFont, 1001 Fonts and FontSpace. Check them out and leave a comment if you use them:
This is the first of a series of tutorials aimed at teaching you how to create realistic interface elements that you can use on your websites or in mobile applications. The buttons created in this article are simple and easy to customize, changing the value of a single layer effect can change the color of the entire button.
I’m always looking for ways to create neat looking effects with minimal code, so today we’ll take a look at a couple of slick animated menus made with CSS3 goodness.
While playing around with a few button designs for my latest project, I came up with a simple CSS-only button system that is both lightweight and compatible with nearly all major browsers. Check it out and let me know what you think!
There’s a new trend in web design that I’m already getting sick of. Designers, listen up! I know you love your Apple products and it’s great that you’ve found so much inspiration from their designs but please, for the sake of people who aren’t using OS X or Safari, make sure your web designs look good on other operating systems too.
If web design is art and art is interpretive, can there be such a thing as design etiquette? While it’s true that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, there are certain standards and conventions to follow when dealing with design, otherwise you may face a lot of difficulty with people accepting or understanding your work.
DevGrow is a journal on web design, development and usability written by Monji Dolon.
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