Web-design wireframes: Use your imagination and these key rules
Web-design wireframes should be wireframes — a way of presenting ideas quickly, not a blueprint or the finished article.
Web design & Free Software
Free Software tools & technologies for web design & front-end development.
Jake Rayson
A web designer since the 20th century, I am a pragmatic advocate of Free Software and I use proprietary software when appropriate. I made the full-time switch to Linux back in 2007, and my desktop tools of choice are Linux Mint, Inkscape, GIMP and Sublime Text. As a Front End Developer, my core skills are HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery, and my working life reflects my commitment to open standards and accessible websites (ie accessible by everyone, regardless of browser, platform, ability or technology). For web publishing platforms, I use WordPress for ease of use and Drupal for more complex solutions. I am also learning about Ruby, Rails, Sinatra and CoffeeScript. I like the minimalist Ruby Way. To this end, my personal portfolio website is built with NestaCMS.
Latest Posts
In the loop: Good web design needs all the feedback it can get
By providing a feedback loop, you can make measurable progress with your web design.
Web developers: Beware framework bloat
Web design frameworks can be useful tools but be wary of adding too much bloat to your website app.
Web design: Stuck on the grid?
There is a welcome and wide-scale adoption of grids in website creation, particularly with the advent of responsive web design. But don’t be too hasty in squeezing your designs.
How fuzzy matching is transforming interfaces
A number of innovative interface features are gradually improving our collective user experience of software.
Dreamweaver, your time could be now
Rather than using WYSIWYG editors to build websites, they could be put to better use as rapid prototyping tools.
Don’t make me type: It's holding back the mobile experience
With typing a major culprit in bad user experiences, the day of keyboardless smartphone can't come soon enough.
Responsive web images: What can we expect next?
Images for responsive web design are a big issue. We want high-resolution images but we also want to preserve bandwidth. So what's the way forward?
Web graphics: I saw the future and it is vector
In these mobile and bandwidth-conscious times, vector graphics have made a surprising and welcome renaissance in the form of icon fonts.
Cut website crud: Whatever happened to simplicity?
When some web developers are thinking about adding features, what they really should be focusing on is stripping back and doing the simple thing well.