Articles by Web Designer Depot from August 2017

Yesterday YouTube launched a major UI revision to all its channels, from mobile, to games consoles. At the same time its made the first significant revision to its logo since its launch 12 years ago. ...

Website breadcrumbsenhance user experienceencouraging users to dig deeper into your sites hierarchy, while also telling visitors exactly where they are on any given page. Googlesbreadcrumb schemais an...

Adobe shared the results of its 3rd annual consumer email survey today, and while some of the findings are extremely predictablenobody likes spamothers are downright shocking: for example, business em...

A Floating Action Button (FAB) is a circled icon floating above the user interface. Its shape, position, and color ensure it stands out from the rest of a UI. FAB was popularized by the release of Goo...

Sometimes you can just look at new website projects and see what designers are thinking. You can feel the mood. This months trends reflect that concept with bold color choices, a collapse of the tradi...

Sometimes you can just look at new website projects and see what designers are thinking. You can feel the mood. This months trends reflect that concept with bold color choices, a collapse of the tradi...

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep tr...

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...

What is a meme? Now, maybe youre a bit out of the loop. Maybe you have a job, a couple of kids, and not a lot of time to browse the Internets most ephemeral form of content. Maybe youre single, but pr...

You do not have to startand finishevery new website design from scratch. Seriously! Before you scowl, think about it for a minute. How many times have you done the exact same thing to start a project?...

Animated page elements are super common on landing pages and startup websites. But theyre not always talked about in design circles because the idea of animate on view isnt covered a lot. I use the ph...

Omnipresent publishing platform Medium has rebranded, launching its third logo in as many years. The new logotype is heavily influenced by Mediums original slab-serif identity, which suggests that the...

Omnipresent publishing platform Medium has rebranded, launching its third logo in as many years. The new logotype is heavily influenced by Mediums original slab-serif identity, which suggests that the...

Screen space is a precious resource on mobile. To meet the challenge of small screen space while still making navigation accessible, designers often rely on hiding navigation behind the hamburger icon...

Whats the first thing you think of when you begin a website project? What are your first steps? Are you hunting for design inspiration on step one, or soon thereafter? Maybe, youre more of the develop...

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep tr...

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...

Launching a new website can be exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time. You want to show off what youve been building, what youve learned, and the creative solutions youve come up with. You can a...

One screen divided in two. The split screen technique has long been known in the film industry, with early examples dating back to the silent movies days of the early 20th century, and it is still a p...

Life is like a camera. If things dont work out, you can take another shot. But if you get that perfect picture, you will want to capture the moment and, perhaps, transform it into a work of art. Have ...

UX design doesnt work…And it wont make us money. Business executives arent all that fond of UX design, or even design in general. Its an incredibly common problem. Too many executives see good d...

Design assets are the lifeblood of any creative process. Images inspire, typefaces communicate, icons clarify. Whatever the scope of your project, assets are the building blocks of your design. Any fr...

Sometimes the summer months can feel like a dead time for new design tools, but not this year. There are plenty of new elements out there to make your life (and projects) that much easier. Plus, almos...

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep tr...

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...

The UX design process is, in a word, complex. The discipline itself is a jam-packed intersection of contrasting fields, including art, engineering, experimental research, and interpersonal skillsa ble...

Mass appeal is a myth.I know that goes against what wed all like to believe, and your eternal optimist inside probably shouts, Hey! My product is actually for everyone. But honestly, its true; mass ap...

In user experience, friction is anything that prevents users from accomplishing their goals. Friction is a major problem because it leads to bouncing, reduces conversions, and frustrates users to the ...

There are two aspects to designing navigation: How will the content be structured, and how will that structure be presented to the user. Obviously these are not separate, and structure (usually) infor...

Praise any deity youre into, because WordPress just got custom plugins and themes! Again. We are talking, of course, about the WordPress.com hosted service that allows anyone and everyone to make thei...

Hello readers, its August, and that joke I made about the heat last month has come back to bite me. On the upside, we have a whole bunch of new portfolios to check out. This month, there is no real th...

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep tr...

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...

Animation is one of those trends that has got its claws into web interfaces. Its popularity fluctuates, but its always there somewhere, as an essential component in any web site. From tiny, barely vis...

UX has been the focal point of modern web development for quite some time now. This is influenced by several factors, including page loading speed, readability, usability, and design. But now that mor...

Wearables are becoming increasingly important devices with a growing array of apps available. There are millions of wearable devices in the market today (including watches, wristbands, glasses, earpho...

Game development and web development have more than a few things in common. Specificallyif you’re luckyyou’re developing a product that will be seen and used by thousands, if not millions,...

If the dog days of summer have you longing for a change of scenery, this months web design trends are the perfect start. While minimalism has been the it style of late, more designers are beginning to...