Articles by Smashing Magazine from January 2013

  In the construction industry, a “firewall” is a specially-built wall designed to stop a fire from spreading between sections of a building. The term spread to other industries ...

In the construction industry, a firewall is a specially-built wall designed to stop a fire from spreading between sections of a building. The term spread to other industries like car manufacturing, an...

  The brand new Smashing Mobile Book was officially launched a couple of weeks ago and since then we’ve been receiving remarkable feedback and overwhelming, positive book reviews. You ...

  The brand new Smashing Mobile Book was officially launched a couple of weeks ago and since then we’ve been receiving remarkable feedback and overwhelming, positive book reviews. You ...

  The brand new Smashing Mobile Book was officially launched a couple of weeks ago and since then we’ve been receiving remarkable feedback and overwhelming, positive book reviews. You ...

  Planning user experience (UX) projects is a balancing act of getting the right amount of user input within the constraints of your project. The trick is to work out the best use of your ti...

  In the previous article in this series, “iOS Prototyping With Adobe Fireworks and TAP, Part 1: Laying the Foundation,” I looked in detail at the four major stages that all of o...

  In the previous article in this series, “iOS Prototyping With Adobe Fireworks and TAP, Part 1: Laying the Foundation,” I looked in detail at the four major stages that all of o...

In the previous article in this series, “iOS Prototyping With Adobe Fireworks and TAP, Part 1: Laying the Foundation,” I looked in detail at the four major stages that all of our projects ...

Planning user experience (UX) projects is a balancing act of getting the right amount of user input within the constraints of your project. The trick is to work out the best use of your time. How can ...

For most creative professionals, this story is a familiar one: A client reaches out to you. They need a name, or a logo, or a website, or an app. Actually, they need it all together, and they need it ...

  For most creative professionals, this story is a familiar one: A client reaches out to you. They need a name, or a logo, or a website, or an app. Actually, they need it all together, and t...

  Howdy folks! Welcome to another round of Smashing Magazine CSS Q&A – the final one, as of now. One more time, we’ll answer the best questions which you sent us about CSS.I...

Howdy folks! Welcome to another round of Smashing Magazine CSS Q&A the final one, as of now. One more time, we’ll answer the best questions which you sent us about CSS.It was a great experi...

  The buzzword CSS4  came out of nowhere, just as we were getting used to the fact that CSS3 is here and will stick around for some time. Browser vendors are working hard to implement t...

The buzzword CSS4 came out of nowhere, just as we were getting used to the fact that CSS3 is here and will stick around for some time. Browser vendors are working hard to implement the latest features...

  The popularity of mobile has skyrocketed over the past few years. We’ve seen six generations of iPhones, five iPad models, hundreds of Android phones and thousands of different devic...

  The popularity of mobile has skyrocketed over the past few years. We’ve seen six generations of iPhones, five iPad models, hundreds of Android phones and thousands of different devic...

The popularity of mobile has skyrocketed over the past few years. We’ve seen six generations of iPhones, five iPad models, hundreds of Android phones and thousands of different devices being man...

  Whatever you call them — blocks, boxes, areas, regions — weve been dividing our Web pages into visible sections for well over a decade. The problem is, weve never had the right...

  Whatever you call them — blocks, boxes, areas, regions — weve been dividing our Web pages into visible sections for well over a decade. The problem is, weve never had the right...

  Whatever you call them — blocks, boxes, areas, regions — weve been dividing our Web pages into visible sections for well over a decade. The problem is, weve never had the right...

Whatever you call them blocks, boxes, areas, regions weve been dividing our Web pages into visible sections for well over a decade. The problem is, weve never had the right tools to do so. While our...

Coming out of the grunge, graffiti and David Carson era through the ‘90s, there has been a major resurgence of interest in typography. We have seen a number of designers and artists make their c...

  Coming out of the grunge, graffiti and David Carson era through the 90′s, there has been a major resurgence of interest in typography. We have seen a number of designers and artists ...

  Coming out of the grunge, graffiti and David Carson era through the 90′s, there has been a major resurgence of interest in typography. We have seen a number of designers and artists ...

  Coming out of the grunge, graffiti and David Carson era through the ’90s, there has been a major resurgence of interest in typography. We have seen a number of designers and artists ...

Editor’s Note: Andy Clarke is known for his design work, books, conference presentations and contributions to the design community. Over the last 14 years, he has designed for amazing clients, w...

  Today we are pleased to release Frank, an open-source WordPress theme designed and built to provide a light, responsive and unobtrusive reading experience. The theme’s default home p...

Today we are pleased to release Frank, an open-source WordPress theme designed and built to provide a light, responsive and unobtrusive reading experience. The theme’s default home page makes 9 ...

  Editor’s Note: Andy Clarke is known for his design work, books, conference presentations and contributions to the design community. Over the last 14 years, he has designed for amazin...

  The varying viewports that our websites encounter on a daily basis continue to demand more from responsive design. Not only must we continue to tackle the issues of content choreography &m...

  The varying viewports that our websites encounter on a daily basis continue to demand more from responsive design. Not only must we continue to tackle the issues of content choreography &m...

  The varying viewports that our websites encounter on a daily basis continue to demand more from responsive design. Not only must we continue to tackle the issues of content choreography &m...

The varying viewports that our websites encounter on a daily basis continue to demand more from responsive design. Not only must we continue to tackle the issues of content choreography the art of ma...

  If youve been around WordPress for a while, youll know how difficult it used to be to create lists of posts based on complex criteria while also conforming to WordPress standards. Over the...

If youve been around WordPress for a while, youll know how difficult it used to be to create lists of posts based on complex criteria while also conforming to WordPress standards. Over the course of a...

  Designing websites for smartphones is easy compared to retrofitting those already in place. More than that, it’s embarrassing how, almost eight years after CSS gained practical accep...

  Designing websites for smartphones is easy compared to retrofitting those already in place. More than that, it’s embarrassing how, almost eight years after CSS gained practical accep...

Designing websites for smartphones is easy compared to retrofitting those already in place. More than that, its embarrassing how, almost eight years after CSS gained practical acceptance, a lack of fo...

  One of the strengths of Adobe Fireworks lies in its ability to produce basic-level prototypes in HTML format for the purpose of sharing concepts, evaluating them and conducting usability t...

  One of the strengths of Adobe Fireworks lies in its ability to produce basic-level prototypes in HTML format for the purpose of sharing concepts, evaluating them and conducting usability t...

One of the strengths of Adobe Fireworks lies in its ability to produce basic-level prototypes in HTML format for the purpose of sharing concepts, evaluating them and conducting usability tests. But di...

  From time to time, when a discussion is taking place about ways to implement responsive images, someone comes along and says, Hey, guys! What we really need is a media query that enables u...

From time to time, when a discussion is taking place about ways to implement responsive images, someone comes along and says, Hey, guys! What we really need is a media query that enables us to send hi...

  In one of the first usability tests I ever did, I met a lovely old lady who could not use a mouse. She kept lifting it in the air and pointing at the screen, speaking words of encouragemen...

In one of the first usability tests I ever did, I met a lovely old lady who could not use a mouse. She kept lifting it in the air and pointing at the screen, speaking words of encouragement to the cur...

You probably hear about it every week, if not every day: a spiteful or ragged relationship has ended badly. There are bitter arguments, custody battles, legal entanglements, lives and homes broken in ...

   You probably hear about it every week, if not every day: a spiteful or ragged relationship has ended badly. There are bitter arguments, custody battles, legal entanglements...

Today we are pleased to feature Gemicon, a set of over 600 original high-quality icons in resolutions of 16 16, 32 32 and 64 64 pixels. This set has been designed by Turqois and is being released t...

   Today we are pleased to feature Gemicon, a set of over 600 original high-quality icons in resolutions of 16 × 16, 32 × 32 and 64 × 64 pixels. This set has...

Moving on from your current job or stepping out into the real world once youve completed your studies can be daunting. Taking time to do a little preparation goes a long long way. [Links checked May/2...

   Moving on from your current job or stepping out into the real world once youve completed your studies can be daunting. Taking time to do a little preparation goes a long lo...

   At Velocity 2011, Nicole Sullivan and I introduced CSS Lint, the first code-quality tool for CSS. We had spent the previous two weeks coding like crazy, trying to create an...

At Velocity 2011, Nicole Sullivan and I introduced CSS Lint, the first code-quality tool for CSS. We had spent the previous two weeks coding like crazy, trying to create an application that was both u...

We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a mat...

   We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sour...