The ultimate guide to designing landing pages that convert
Landing pages are pages that are designed specifically to accomplish conversion goals. Occasionally, a home page functions as a landing…
Interview: Ash Hewson talks Affinity Photo
Last week, Serif launched its bitmap editor Affinity Photo, and the response from the design community has been resoundingly positive….
How to drive UX with AJAX
With mobile internet usage eclipsing desktop-based web browsing, it’s more important than ever for websites to be built with an…
The ultimate beginner’s guide to e-commerce
Ok, here is the scenario: you’ve developed a brand-new product or created an extremely useful service that’s ready to be…
What’s new for designers, July 2015
In this month’s edition of what’s new for designers and developers, we’ve included lots of design apps, startup resources, photo…
Are your websites too slow?
Once upon a time, Tim Berners-Lee and a few other very smart people made the Web. They looked upon what…
Serif releases Affinity Photo
Today, Serif launches Affinity Photo, the highly anticipated companion app to 2014’s Affinity Designer. Whilst Affinity Designer was aimed at…
Everything you need to know about the long-scrolling trend
Long-scrolling pages are at the heart of the above the fold vs. there is no fold debate. For a while,…
Google unveils Material Design Lite
Yesterday Google announced the release of Material Design Lite. Not, as the name might imply, a streamlined version of Material…
7 secrets for enhancing UX with micro-interactions
Knowing that we all judge a book by its cover, smart designers create catchy and practical interfaces. Potential users may…
Comics of the week #294
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
9 reasons you should never use a CMS
I’d like to find that guy who was the first to promote to customers the idea that they could manage…
How to transform user experience into UX design
Usability testing doesn’t have to be complicated. There are dozens of options for a design team that wants to remotely…
Facebook reveals new logo
Yesterday, Christophe Tauziet, a product designer at Facebook, shared a shot of the new Facebook logo. Reportedly designed by Facebook’s…
50+ incredible freebies for web designers, June 2015
New projects are being released all the time that make us excited, curious, inspired and sometimes a little bit jealous….
How to design for multiple languages
The Internet isn’t all in English. I mean, I know this. You know this. But unless you actually have to…
Free download: Chalk vector elements
All the time freelance web designers spend in coffee shops was bound to rub off sooner or later; whether it’s…
Responsive design is failing mobile UX
It’s no longer enough to simply make sure your web content fits on a small screen. Google reinforced this precedent…