Usability testing is an essential phase in web design and development, and this task is usually to another party and not the designer. This is not because the web designer does not know how to carry out these tests; it is simply because he or she is too experienced in the design field to notice [...]

Other problems that concern users are plug-ins. Some websites need plug-ins for people to view them, but keep in mind a few essential about what you are asking your users to do. No user will be bothered to download a plug-in just to browse through your website, however fantastic this may be. You can use [...]

Social networks are so popular at the moment and will probably be going strong for some time. If you are a professional web designer you are probably already aware that marketing strategies focused on social networks can make a huge difference on your audience levels. However, they are also a great source of inspiration for [...]

As a web designer you are no doubt aware of the importance of fonts and typefaces, and these come in all sizes and shapes for you to adapt and select according to the audience of your website. You should use fonts and typefaces to stir particular emotions in readers, as well as giving a well-defined [...]

If you are a web designer eager to improve the quality and efficiency of your projects, you should consider using Adobe Air as a platform, for it offers a wide range of benefits for web designers and users, providing enhanced efficiency and functionality. The Adobe Integrated Runtime environment uses multiple platforms and will help web [...]

Open source frameworks are becoming popular nowadays and are gaining terrain over traditional software that is purchased and installed directly in the computer’s hard disk.  Flex is one of these frameworks and helps web designers to develop and create desktop, mobile and web applications that are user-friendly, attractive, engaging and highly efficient. This framework offers [...]

Nowadays creating a website for mobile devices, making it as user-friendly as possible will guarantee sure success for any business. If you go browsing through the latest trends on the market, what stands out will definitely be how much the public is relying on mobile devices for Internet browsing. This means that businesses should be [...]

Whether open source technology is better than actual software is reason of hot debates at the moment, as many are pointing out that open source technologies offer more advantages as opposed to propriety software. Many people are also concerned about the price and unpractical side of software that needs to be purchased and then incorporated [...]

If you have been in the web designing industry for a while now, you are no doubt aware of how important it is to enhance user-interaction on your website. Microsoft Silverlight offers web designers effective features to create enhanced browser and RIA media experiences, by helping them in the production of rich applications for the [...]

Online communities are very popular on the Internet, as this is where people share their problems and interests, and can be under the form of discussion boards, forums, video or image sharing. Why these online communities become successful is dictated by a number of different elements, which the community could not exist without. However different [...]