resources

2005 April 24 • design, resources, tools

COLOURlovers

website: The site hosts a number of color combinations and even allows you to rate each color and combination.
[credit: Whitespace]

2005 April 17 • design, resources

Liquid Web Design

links: To four articles on Liquid Web Design.

2005 April 17 • code, resources

CodeZoo

website: A directory of free, reusable components for software projects.
[credit: SIGNAL VS. NOISE]

2005 April 17 • resources, tools, web standards

Acid2 Browser Test

test: Acid2 is a test page, written to help browser vendors ensure proper support for web standards in their products.
[credit: design PRINCIPLES]

2005 April 17 • resources

Webby Awards Nominees Announced

nominees: Excellent list of sites in multiple categories.
[credit: Digital Web Magazine - What's New]

2005 April 10 • design, resources

Link Collection

links: The ultimate link collection of resources and articles about Web design and Web production.
[credit: KALIBER10000]

2005 April 10 • design, resources

Devil's Details

Blog: Devil's Details is a web design weblog that highlights good design while talking about why particular details make for good design.
[credit: css help pile]

2005 April 10 • ccs, resources, web standards

CSS/Web Standards Links

A spectacular list of CSS and Web Standards links.
[credit: css help pile]

2005 April 7 • resources, tools

ColorCombos.com

website: A web color combinations tool and library.
[credit: SimpleBits]

2005 April 7 • resources

Wiki

Explain what a Wiki is in 10 words or less. If you don’t even know what a Wiki is, here are some examples: Instiki (make your own free wiki), Socialtext (enterprise wiki), Jotspot (‘application’ wiki), Wikipedia (the world’s most famous wiki), 43 Folders Wiki.
[credit: SIGNAL VS. NOISE]

2005 April 7 • accessibility, resources

access-matters.com

website: New accessibility site devoted to best practices.
[credit: Web Teacher]

2005 April 3 • resources, tools

Interaction-Design.org

website: Recently launched, this website is 'the beginnings of a free, open-content, peer-reviewed Encyclopedia covering terms from the disciplines of Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Design, Human Factors, Usability, Information Architecture, and related fields.'
[credit: Column Two]

2005 February 28 • resources, tools

FontEditor BitfontMaker

resource: An online bitmap font editor/creator that works on Windows and Macs.
[credit: xBlog:]

2005 February 28 • blogs, resources

Fontleech: The Free Font Blog

blog: A constantly-growing index of the best free font sites on the web.
[credit: xBlog:]

2005 February 28 • process, resources

User experience diagrams

diagrams: Thirteen ways of representing user experience, usability and information architecture in the context of real-world projects and problems.
[credit: Column Two]

2005 February 20 • resources

Browser Archive

archive: Need to find out what your site looks like in old browsers, dead browsers, outdated versions of still living browsers? Look no further than Evolt.org’s free Browser Archive.

2005 February 20 • resources, tools

Google Maps

maps: By Google, done right.

2005 February 20 • code, resources

HTML Character Entities

Chart: Wondering how to make a ⇔ left right double arrow on your web page? Refer to Dave Taylor’s chart of HTML Character Entities. It is based on the official HTML 4.0 character entity information included in the HTML 4.01 specification.
[credit: TiKouka]

2005 January 30 • resources, writing

Writing a FAQ

article: Every product needs a FAQ, apparently, so you might as well learn how to write one.
[credit: Usable Help]

2005 January 22 • resources, writing

Creating a Style Guide

article: A good two-part article that shows how to create a simple style guide to ensure that the copy on your website (or email) is consistent over time. Includes lots of useful links.
[credit: reachcustomersonline]