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“Beta”, Does Anyone Care Any More?

By Steven Teskey on May 12th, 2006.

Whilst browsing my favorite design/standards based sites, I noticed a post about an up and coming site. I’m not going to name names, but this particular site just happened to have a “Beta” styled launch page. It was no different from any other coming …

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The Next 35 Sexiest Designed Websites You’ve Forgotten

By Phil Renaud on April 29th, 2006.

(Reposted from my site, figured it couldn’t hurt to get these great designs a bit more recognition here)

You knew it was going to happen.

Last time the CSS Reboot came to town, in November, I had included both this site (philrenaud.com) and Mixtaping.com (which is entered, coincidentally, again), …

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Design Resources of the Moment

By Phil Renaud on April 6th, 2006.

The past few weeks have yielded some pretty nice design resources. Here’s a roundup:

Very Simple CSS Tricks:  some simple, and functional bits of markup to help make your project run more smoothly. I like the idea - much akin to Slim, which I love.

CSS Float Tutorial Roundup:  …

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W3C’s CSS spec updates

By Phil Renaud on April 1st, 2006.

The W3C’s CSS specification update this week caught a number of people in the blogosphere off guard, by the look of things. I’ve gotten quite a few emails on the subject over the last couple days, and thought I’d address …

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The Secret Lives of Fonts

By Phil Renaud on March 12th, 2006.

I’m nearing the end of my sixth semester of university, and things are going pretty well: I’m clearing a decent grade point average, enjoying my major, and just having wrapped up my semester’s “essay alley”, wherein all my courses require a term paper or two, and getting my results back …

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Weekly Design Resources

By Phil Renaud on March 10th, 2006.

note: every so often, most likely weekly, I’ll be updating here at fadtastic with the best design resources that have been brought to my attention throughout the week. Most of these come to my attention either through people suggesting them via email, or by way of my …

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The Best Design Resources you can Clear in One Sitting

By Phil Renaud on February 26th, 2006.

Already posted this over at my site, but thought it could benefit from some exposure here at fadtastic. The basic idea is that all of the major design-tutorial resources around (a great one that comes to mind is The Web Developer’s Handbook) are geared toward prolonged viewing, where …

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Ajax - User Interface Libraries and Design Patterns

By michael on February 19th, 2006.

I was originally going to tell you how this book I’ve been reading, Ajax in Action by Dave Crane and Eric Pascarello with Darren James, has made me a Javascript phenom and how I’m putting together amazingly …

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Better Forms

By michael on February 7th, 2006.

I just finished up an employee recognition application that really tested my usability knowledge. This web app involved tons of user interaction and required providing them with lots of feedback. Before my new gig, when I worked for an e-commerce shop, we had a core set of components …

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Worn Out , Grunge, Vintage…

By Marc Bernstein on October 17th, 2005.

Worn Out, Grunge, Vintage… Call it what you want the idea is the same: take a design and few custom made photoshop brushes and go wild. The result is a design that looks vintage and worn out.

(Check out the well written tutorial by Cameron Moll to achieve this …

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Tab Clear?

By Andrew Faulkner on October 14th, 2005.

Tabs have been used as navigational elements since time (or rather the Internet) began. A recent site-hopping expedition has brought up an obvious trend - side tabs. Several examples, including the much ‘copied’ SeventyTwo tabs really wowed me initially but also left an inkling of uncertainty in my …

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Designing with Food Groups

By Marc Bernstein on October 13th, 2005.

Something I’ve noticed appearing on a few sites lately is images of food for no apparent reason than design touches. Granted, if you are viewing a restaurant, food magazine, or wholesaler you’d expect to see these images - but what about Blogs, design firms, and businesses not related …

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