I came across a couple of CSS guidelines while catching up with my feeds over the weekend. Here they are:
About a month ago, GitHub revealed its redesigned interface. It gets better and better with every iteration. But this time also got a feeling of deja vu, whic took me a while to figure out. And finally I did. The navigation menu went from right side to the top. And it’s not the first time it’s there.
Here is a link to the Refactoring GitHub’s Design blog post (I linked to it before), which explains some of the design decisions and the menu on the right. Among other things, there’s a screenshot of how things used to be before. Have a look.
It’s not identical, but it’s pretty close.
Here is an interesting web design idea that adds uniqueness to the website : use a random font for post titles, and use random color schemes for each post. To hell with consistency you say? Well, apparently, being random is being consistent too.
Picked up the thought from this blog post.
OK, this is pure gold. First of all, this is probably the greatest title ever. “10 Things I Learned About UX By Being Drunk“. Secondly, this post links to The User Is Drunk website, which is a brilliant idea and … a business, apparently. Thirdly, it reiterates once again over the things that couldn’t be recommended strong enough:
Excellent stuff!
Google Web Designer – a new tool from Google that helps with web design and responsive markup. Soft of like Microsoft FrontPage never did.