Articles by Web Designer Depot from August 2016

If you make a copy of a copy of a copy, the quality will deteriorate with each subsequent version in a phenomenon called generation loss. Its easy to understand why this happens with actual copier mac...

Color and layers. This pair of design elements has been the driving force behind many of the years trends. While we havent seen anything take over, like flat design a few years ago or more recently Ma...

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 ...

Twitter wants to be your everything. In the grand tradition of social networks since time immemorial (read: the mid-90s?), Twitter is putting a greater emphasis on its messaging feature, and trying to...

Brutalism in web design is raw, rough, unpolished and everything that todays standard of the aesthetically beautiful website isnt. It goes way beyond minimalism (which will still be beautiful when des...

Do you hate it when ads straight up block access to the content you want to see? Well Google does too! No, really. Starting now, Google will be penalizing sites that use interstitial ads on mobile dev...

There are many reasons to love being a web designer. Personally, my favorite part is the creative process. I love taking ideas and creating something with them. Whether its the initial design of a sit...

There are many reasons to love being a web designer. Personally, my favorite part is the creative process. I love taking ideas and creating something with them. Whether its the initial design of a sit...

We take web fonts for granted these days. We didnt always have the option of setting our text in almost any typeface. I mean, we could, but then wed have to sigh and say, Well, thatll look good on abo...

Websites have become table stakes for companies. Even the newest start-upswho dont yet have productshave a website. The reason being, a website is the front door to abrand. It is the first opportunity...

Adobe Typekit has just released a long-overdue update to its font browsing interface. Currently still in beta, the new UI makes finding, and using fonts substantially easier. This is the biggest updat...

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 ...

Flat design has lost its lustre, and designers are now looking to pack their designs with texture, color, and pattern. So if you want to add a bit of punch to your design, look no further than this ma...

A/B testing (also known assplit testing) is generally used to test different elements of a website where improvement of a measurable goal can be seen. Unfortunately, A/Btesting is too often overlooked...

WordPress 4.6 is out. Go get it. Okay, if I dont write more than that, Ill be asked to elaborate, I suspect. And its just as well, because this might be one of WordPress most important updates in a wh...

If theres one thing you can count on from the folks at Vivaldi, its that theyre always seeking to make their browser faster, better and more stable, while adding more features and functionality. One o...

As freelancers, weve all had to chase clients to get paid. You submit an invoice, and your client goes quiet. Thirty days, then sixty days go by. They stop emailing you, and suddenly you cant get a ho...

In this months edition of whats new for designers and developers, weve included productivity apps, email marketing apps, UI kits, CMSs, startup resources, color tools, mobile apps, website building to...

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 ...

Are you tired of the flat, sterile design trend? Do you long for a more natural, expressive web? Then we have a great freebie for you! This boho-chic download gives you everything you need to add some...

Sometimes, you just need a website, already. You need it soonish, you need it to look good, you need it to be priced within your small budget, and most importantly: you need it to work. Thats it! All ...

Every business today seems to have its own Facebook business page, and with good reason; Facebook is a huge force in marketing as the worlds second-most visited website, and no business wants to miss ...

Once upon a time, the web was full of crazy ideas. And no, Im talking about the wide array of conspiracy theorists and the like (theyre still everywhere, watching as you read this). The subject Im act...

Hello readers! This month, the line between web design and art continues to blur as more designers adopt the post-modern aesthetic for their work. The concept of usability continues to gasp for breath...

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 ...

Stock images can be an expensive acquisition, so its always appreciated when a professional stock photographer makes their work available for free. This awesome collection of unique, professional-grad...

In 2016, were living in an age of information saturation. At each turn we are bombarded with images and messages; everything we could ever want to know is at our fingertips (literally). With two third...

Looking for a new way to experience Instagram and get something more out of it? If you are, then Instagram Stories is just the kind of update that youve been waiting for. Instagram has always been the...

There are hundreds of good financial apps and services online, each promising to change the way you do business, and crucially, to make you more money. So how do you choose which one is right for you?...

In the last few years the term User Experience has come to the fore, and with it weve seen the rise of the UX Designer. Every few months someone tweets a pair of images, one will be a biscuit (labeled...

Getting punched hurts, but in our line of work you need to get used to taking some once in a while. The work we do isnt for us or even for our clients. Its for our clients clients. And to reach those ...

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...