Category Archives: Design
Jun 23, 2008 by Matt | Posted in Design
With the launch of Firefox 3, Mozilla redesigned all of their sites (save for the Mozilla Foundation at Mozilla.org). As usual, their designs are clean and usable, and they have the signature “Mozilla Look” that they’ve had since the Firefox project took off. Let’s take a look at some of the new pages.
The New Navigation Bar
Mozilla’s site-wide navigation bar has changed a bit, though it retains the blue coloration. It’s smoother and more “plasticy,” and I think it’s a bit of an improvement, though I think it would look better if it had 100% width like its predecessor.
Jun 22
Firefox 3.0 is out now. If you’re a Firefox user, then chances are you’ve already downloaded and installed it, maybe played with some of the new features a bit. However, there’s serious work to be done, albeit quick work. Whether you’re a regular Firefox…
Jun 20
Web designer Darren Hoyt recently redesigned his blog Darren Hoyt Dot Com.
Jun 18
Today’s featured design is that of StylizedWeb.com.
Jun 16
Do you know what one of the biggest mistakes bloggers make is? Putting too much in their sidebar. Yes, I know it’s tempting to put as much as you can fit into that column that runs down to the side of your content, but…
Jun 15
I recently came across an intriguing script while trying to find a fix for a CSS bug. It’s called IE7.js, and it claims “to make Microsoft Internet Explorer behave like a standards-compliant browser,” and to fix PNG transparency in IE5 and IE6 to boot.…
Jun 5
The first thing most people think when they turn a Mac on for the first time is something along the lines of “Wow. This looks cool.” Then the next thing you notice, or more accurately, don’t notice, is the act of using the OS.…
May 30
“Above the fold” refers to the section of a webpage immediately visible without scrolling. It’s a carryover from the days of newspapers, where the biggest story would go on the front page, above the fold in the paper. Back when newspapers ruled the earth…
May 27
Web Design From Scratch has a great article that I’ve read a few times in the past, and recommend for anyone who does more than just edit prefab templates for their website. If you make actual designs from scratch (I’m not sure if that…
May 25
jQuery, being one of the most popular JavaScript frameworks on the planet, gets a lot of cool scripts developed for it. LavaLamp is one of those jQuery-dependent scripts that’s useful, and really cool at the same time. LavaLamp, adding only 700 bytes to your…
