- Supersize that Background, Please!
With an advertising world keen to use every inch of a medium for brand or product experience, it is becoming increasingly popular to design websites with full-browser backgrounds. Using CSS, this can be achieved quite easily.
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- Links for 2010-07-06 [Digg]~1 month on
Thinking Without Boxes. - Links for 2010-06-28 [Digg]
- Easy Custom Web Typography with Google Fonts API
The world of web typography is advancing with leaps and bounds. Already we have the options of SiFR, Cufon, Typekit, @font-face and now, Google has introduced their own custom font service under the Google Font API. Let’s take a look at what the Google Font API is and how you can use it in your own web designs.
2 months on
Thinking Without Boxes. - Easy Custom Web Typography with Google Fonts API
- Links for 2010-06-27 [Digg]
- Digg Redesign Takes the Fight to Twitter, Facebook
With Twitter collapsing under the weight of its own success and Facebook's possible $800 million 2009 profit tarnished by privacy concerns the time is right for somewhat faded social networking darling Digg to make a move. And so it has, with Saturday's Digg v4 Alpha announcement. - Google Rolling Out "Google Me," Their Facebook Killer
Well this is kinda wacky. Citing a "very credible source," Digg founder Kevin Rose tweeted that Google is preparing to release "Google Me," a service intended to go toe-to-toe (face-to-face?) with Facebook. It's like Google stalking, but official, and thus marginally less creepy!
2 months on
Thinking Without Boxes. - Digg Redesign Takes the Fight to Twitter, Facebook
- Links for 2010-06-16 [Digg]
- 9 Usability And UX Pitfalls: Learn How To Avoid Them
Learn how to make a good website great, increase conversions, and get happier users by avoiding 9 common usability and UX pitfalls as explained in this article
2 months on
Thinking Without Boxes. - 9 Usability And UX Pitfalls: Learn How To Avoid Them
- Links for 2010-05-23 [Digg]
- 40 Beautiful and Very High-Resolution Wallpapers
Are you tired of looking at the same, old desktop wallpaper? Well, here's the remedy. This collection contains beautiful, high-quality and high-resolution (at least 1900x1200px) wallpapers.
3 months on
Thinking Without Boxes. - 40 Beautiful and Very High-Resolution Wallpapers
- Links for 2010-05-20 [Digg]
- Google TV is Here. Whoa.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/announcing-google-tv-tv-meets-web-web.html
3 months on
Thinking Without Boxes. - Google TV is Here. Whoa.
- Links for 2010-01-23 [Digg]
- 55% Now Dissapprove of Obama (1/23/10)
Overall, 44% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. That’s down four points since Tuesday morning and matches the lowest level of overall approval yet recorded for this President. Fifty-five percent (55%) of voters now disapprove.
7 months on
Thinking Without Boxes. - 55% Now Dissapprove of Obama (1/23/10)
- Links for 2010-01-22 [Digg]
- Comscore Blackmail: Pay $10,000 Or We'll Keep Screwing You
For years, Comscore has been under reporting traffic. Now they have a new system that makes you pay for the correct traffic. It's pathetic and it's blackmail, plain and simple.
7 months on
Thinking Without Boxes. - Comscore Blackmail: Pay $10,000 Or We'll Keep Screwing You
- Links for 2010-01-21 [Digg]
- If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It HackMe
Simple Passwords Remain Popular, Despite Risk of Hacking - NYTimes.com - Redesign Vs. Tweaked Design: What's Best for Your Website
When the urge to redesign hits, take time to consider what's best for your website: an all out makeover or simple, calculated tweaks? This article examines both and helps you decide.
7 months on
Thinking Without Boxes. - If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It HackMe
- Links for 2010-01-20 [Digg]
- Amazon Opens Door to Kindle Apps
Just days before the Apple Tablet announcement, Amazon is getting in the app game with a new app platform for Kindle.
7 months on
Thinking Without Boxes. - Amazon Opens Door to Kindle Apps
- Links for 2010-01-11 [Digg]
- 33 Best Typography Effect Photoshop Tutorials
We’ve put together a list of 33 of the best Typography tutorials we could find to help you stay up to date on the latest trends and techniques. You’ll find some really cool grunge and glass styles, learn how some of the best designers create their unique effects.
7 months on
Thinking Without Boxes. - 33 Best Typography Effect Photoshop Tutorials