Taking A Closer Look At Tech Conferences: The Nitty Gritty Details (A Study)

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October 14, 2014 — As I was flying back from the Smashing Conference in New York, I wondered whether it was a success. This wasn’t an original thought. We are always wondering what makes a conference good and what ... Read More…

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Christian Holst wrote

The State Of E-Commerce Checkout Design 2012

September 4, 2012 — A year ago we published an article on 11 fundamental guidelines for e-commerce checkout design here at Smashing Magazine. The guidelines presented were based on the 63 findings of a larger E-Commerce Checkout Usability research study we conducted in 2011 focusing strictly on … Read More…

Jon Savage and Simon H. wrote

How To Turn Small Projects Into Big Profit - A Case Study

December 19, 2011 — In the Web world, hearing businesses and freelancers alike complain about low-budget projects is not too uncommon. Let’s say that a local coffee shop needs to update its Web presence and contacts you for a redesign. It also requires a blog so that it can announce new … Read More…

Richard Shepherd wrote

Behind The Scenes Of Nike Better World - Storytelling Experience

July 12, 2011 — Perhaps one of the most talked about websites in the last 12 months has been Nike Better World. It’s been featured in countless Web design galleries, and it still stands as an example of what a great idea and some clever design and development techniques can produce. … Read More…

David Cole wrote

Proximity in Design: Why I Can’t Use My Car’s A/C

April 26, 2011 — I’m always fumbling with the A/C controls in my car. My daily commute is in hot, sunny Southern California, home of the courteous freeway driver. I can’t afford to take my eyes off the road for too long to find the control I’m looking for. Half of the time when I’m … Read More…

Alexander Dawson wrote

A Study of Trends in Mobile Design

December 2, 2010 — This article is a part of our new eBook Mobile Design For iPhone And iPad (just $9.90). The eBook presents articles on professional design for the iPhone and iPad, including guidelines for the development of mobile web pages. Available in PDF, Mobipocket and ePUB formats. … Read More…

ZURB wrote

Case-Study: Deconstructing Popular Websites

May 12, 2010 — In our past articles, we’ve experimented with better ways to engage users on web pages with CSS3. We love getting into the nuts and bolts of web design by showing off some nifty coding tricks. In this article we’ll take a step back to provide some reasoning for … Read More…

Vitaly Friedman wrote

Portfolio Design Study: Design Patterns and Current Practices

September 17, 2009 — In our recent study on Typographic Design Patterns and Best Practices, we asked our readers about case studies they would like us to conduct. One of the most popular suggestions was a detailed case study of portfolio websites. Following the requests of our readers, we have … Read More…

Michael Martin wrote

Typographic Design Patterns And Best Practices

August 20, 2009 — Even with a relatively limited set of options in CSS, typography can vary tremendously using pure CSS syntax. Serif or sans-serif? Large or small font? Line height, spacing, font size and padding… The list goes on and on. [Links checked February/09/2017] To find … Read More…

Vitaly Friedman wrote

Web Form Design Patterns: Sign-Up Forms, Part 2

July 8, 2008 — Last week we have presented first findings of our web forms survey. The main objective of the survey was to provide designers and developers with some intuition of how effective web forms are designed; we also presented some guidelines of how an effective and user-friendly … Read More…