Speed up your sites with HTTP/2
HTTP/2 is a new way of making your website load much faster by eliminating many inefficiencies associated with the current…
eBay experiments with a visual search engine
eBay, the giant auction site, has just launched a new site specifically for people looking for furniture and other complementary…
Designing for mobile app commerce
One of the more lucrative projects for designers these days doesn’t even involve desktop. That’s because, in the last few…
Web 2.0 meets MTV in Pandora’s new branding
For once, I’m not starting off my article with a joke. When I say “Web 2.0”, I genuinely mean that…
4 best practices for image management
There’s no debating the fact that including images on your website or mobile app draws the interest of users and…
What’s new for designers, October 2016
In this month’s edition of what’s new for designers, we’ve included color tools, icon sets, automation tools, design tools, printables,…
Popular design news of the week: October 10, 2016 – October 16, 2016
Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around…
Comics of the week #361
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
4 UX mistakes almost every designer makes
As a designer you’re expected to make the impossible happen. Time and time again, you’re expected to take an incredibly…
Free download: 6 HTML themes by KeenThemes
Looking for a fast way to get a site online? Love tweaking designs, but hate setting up the basics? Maybe…
How to write clickbait-free headlines
Content is design, and our content is full of clickbait, these days. Sadly, there are many sites that are still…
Oculus gets a browser, Facebook bids on virtual reality
That’s right! The Oculus Rift is getting its very own web browser, currently named “Carmel”. Not much is known about…
Designing for short attention spans
Recently-published research by comScore revealed that Smartphone apps now account for 50 percent of all digital media time. When we…
Affinity Designer 1.5 released
The powerful and award-winning graphic-designer app Affinity Designer has just received a big update. This alternative to Adobe just released…
The surprising history of emojis
You encounter emojis on a regular basis in your 21st-century, tech-savvy lifestyle, but what is the history of emojis? They’re…
The best new portfolio sites, October 2016
We hear lots about how brutalism is becoming a trend. Well, the alarmists among us can probably let this one…
Popular design news of the week: October 3, 2016 – October 9, 2016
Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around…
Comics of the week #360
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…