The Smashing Book
The Smashing Book

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Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 9783943075380

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These eBooks are the long-awaited digital version of our bestselling printed book about best practices in modern Web design. They share valuable practical insight into design, usability and coding, provide professional advice for designing mobile applications and building successful e-commerce websites, and explain common coding mistakes and how to avoid them. You'll explore the principles of professional design thinking and graphic design and learn how to apply psychology and game theory to create engaging user experiences.

Smashing UX Design
Smashing UX Design

Author: Jesmond J. Allen

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-05-03

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 0470970626

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The ultimate guide to UX from the world’s most popular resource for web designers and developers Smashing Magazine is the world′s most popular resource for web designers and developers and with this book the authors provide the ideal resource for mastering User Experience Design (UX). The authors provide an overview of UX and User Centred Design and examine in detail sixteen of the most common UX design and research tools and techniques for your web projects. The authors share their top tips from their collective 30 years of working in UX including: Guides to when and how to use the most appropriate UX research and design techniques such as usability testing, prototyping, wire framing, sketching, information architecture & running workshops How to plan UX projects to suit different budgets, time constraints and business objectives Case studies from real UX projects that explain how particular techniques were used to achieve the client's goals Checklists to help you choose the right UX tools and techniques for the job in hand Typical user and business requirements to consider when designing business critical pages such as homepages, forms, product pages and mobile interfaces as well as explanations of key things to consider when designing for mobile, internationalization and behavioural change. Smashing UX Design is the complete UX reference manual. Treat it as the UX expert on your bookshelf that you can read from cover-to-cover, or to dip into as the need arises, regardless of whether you have 'UX' in your job title or not.

Image Optimization: The Humble img Element; I IMAGE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE: 2 Optimizing Image Quality; 3 Comparing Image Formats; 4 Color Management; 5 Image Decoding Performance; 6 Measuring Image Performance; II CURRENTIMAGE FORMATS: 7 JPEG; 8 PNG; 9 WebP; 10 SVG; III IMAGES IN BROWSERS: 11 Responsive Images; 12 Progressive Rendering Techniques; 13 Caching image assets; 14 Lazy-Loading Images; 15 Replacing Animated GIFs; 16 Image Content Delivery Networks; III NEW AND EMERGING IMAGE FORMATS: 17 HEIF and HEIC; 18 AVIF; 19 JPEG XL; 20 Comparing New Image File Formats; V FURTHER OPTIMIZATION: 21 Data Saver; 22 Optimize Images for Core Web Vitals; 23 Case study: Twitter
Image Optimization: The Humble img Element; I IMAGE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE: 2 Optimizing Image Quality; 3 Comparing Image Formats; 4 Color Management; 5 Image Decoding Performance; 6 Measuring Image Performance; II CURRENTIMAGE FORMATS: 7 JPEG; 8 PNG; 9 WebP; 10 SVG; III IMAGES IN BROWSERS: 11 Responsive Images; 12 Progressive Rendering Techniques; 13 Caching image assets; 14 Lazy-Loading Images; 15 Replacing Animated GIFs; 16 Image Content Delivery Networks; III NEW AND EMERGING IMAGE FORMATS: 17 HEIF and HEIC; 18 AVIF; 19 JPEG XL; 20 Comparing New Image File Formats; V FURTHER OPTIMIZATION: 21 Data Saver; 22 Optimize Images for Core Web Vitals; 23 Case study: Twitter

Author: Addy Osmani

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Published: 2021

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9783945749944

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Provides a practical modern guide to delivering high-quality images on the web -- from formats and compression to delivery and maintenance. The book focuses on what matters: modern approaches to image compression and image delivery, practical tools and techniques to automate optimization, responsive images, current and emerging image formats, how browsers load, decode and render images, CDNs, lazy-loading, adaptive media loading and how to optimize for Core Web Vitals.

The Smashing Idea Book
The Smashing Idea Book

Author: Cameron Chapman

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-08-15

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1119977428

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Presents a collection of design ideas and more than seven hundred examples from websites to help create an effective Web site.

Best of Smashing Magazine
Best of Smashing Magazine

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Publisher: Smashing Magazine

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 3943075141

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Five years have passed, and the magazine has changed. A small, obscure lists blog has evolved into a professional publication with a publishing policy, editorial plans, in house style guide as well as a dedicated team of experienced authors, research assistants, advisory board experts, editors and proofreaders. Smashing Magazine is a dedicated, passionate team, but it is also you, you and every single reader who have been reading Smashing Magazine for all those years. Thank you for being with us, we could not exist without you. This eBook is our humble gift to you for your support, criticism and encouragement over all these years. It contains the best, most useful, most interesting or most inspiring articles that have been published on Smashing Magazine over the last five years. They have been carefully edited, proofread and updated for your convenience and a pleasing reading experience.

Smashing Logo Design
Smashing Logo Design

Author: Gareth Hardy

Publisher: Wiley

Published: 2011-06-15

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9781119993322

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The ultimate guide to Logo Design from the world's most popular resource for web designers and developers Web designers and developers now find themselves tasked with designing not only a client's Web site, but also their logo and brand identity. By adding Logo Design to your portfolio, you also add brand skills and unique content. This unparalleled guide dives into the topic of design theory and tells you everything you need to know in order to build remarkable logo. No matter your level of experience, Smashing Magazine covers techniques and best practices in understandable way. You'll look behind the scenes at the art of creating identities. From theory to instruction to inspiration, this must-have book addresses the challenges and rewards of creating a logo that adheres to specific rules of successful design. Details the process of creating a memorable and unique logo, from finding inspiration to executing the design Looks at what makes a logo successful, various typefaces to explore, ways to use color, the pros and cons of vector, how to prepare for print, and more Zeroes in on the research, concepts, and techniques that go into designing an amazing logo Includes more than 400 never-before-published logos, interviews with established designers, and biographies of logo design masters with case studies of their iconic work Appeals to a wide range of readers, from aspiring designer to experienced professional Encompassing everything about the art of creating identities, this is the only book you need to get started designing today.

Smashing jQuery
Smashing jQuery

Author: Jake Rutter

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-01-13

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 0470977361

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From the world's most popular resource for web designers and developer's comes the ultimate guide to jQuery Begins with an exploration of fundamental jQuery concepts such as Document Object Model (DOM) scripting Explores writing "Don't Repeat Yoursefl" (DRY) to gain a comprehensive understanding of these imperative modern techniques and best practices Shows how jQuery enables the user to adhere to these modern best practices with ease The succeeding chapters discuss a specific part of jQuery development such as manipulating the DOM, working with Ajax, and adding slick animation effects through tutorial style learning approach that utilizes working examples to explore the concept The books caps off by discussing popular ways of extending the core jQuery library with pugins and building web interfaces using jQuery UI

Inclusive Design Patterns
Inclusive Design Patterns

Author: Heydon Pickering

Publisher:

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Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9783945749432

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We make inaccessible and unusable websites and apps all the time, but it's not for lack of skill or talent. It's just a case of doing things the wrong way. We try to build the best experiences we can, but we only make them for ourselves and for people like us. This book looks at common interface patterns from the perspective of an inclusive designer-someone trained in building experiences that cater to the huge diversity of abilities, preferences and circumstances out there. There's no such thing as an 'average' user, but there is such a thing as an average developer. This book will take you from average to expert in the area that matters the most: making things more readable and more usable to more people.

Smashing WebKit
Smashing WebKit

Author: Jon Raasch

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-11-29

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1119999138

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"As the default browser for both iPhone and Android, WebKit has become a major player in the mobile arena, offering a wider array of HTML5 and CSS3 support than any other major engine. Written by expert author Jon Raasch, this essential book teaches you how to use WebKit to make web sites more engaging, faster, and more visually appealing. You'll explore the variety of unique interface options that WebKit offers as you quickly discover how to create a unique web experience that provides functionality and entertainment." --Publisher description.

Smashing Node.js
Smashing Node.js

Author: Guillermo Rauch

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-08-14

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 1119963109

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Learn to make more efficient apps, with just one language! Smashing Node.js: JavaScript Everywhere equips you with the necessary tools to understand Node.js and its uses in developing efficient web apps. With more traditional web servers becoming obsolete, having knowledge on servers that achieve high scalability and optimal resource consumption using Node.js is the key to your app development success. Teaching you the essentials to making event-driven server-side apps, this book demonstrates how you can use less space and take less time for communication between web client and server. Contains numerous hands-on examples Explains implementation of real-time apps including Socket.IO and HTML5, and WebSockets Addresses practical Node.js advantages from specific design choices Demonstrates why knowledge and use of JavaScript is beneficial Includes an interactive online component with sample chapters Explains components of stand out apps including brevity and benchmarks Looking to enhance your abilities even further? Smashing Node.js: JavaScript Everywhere makes developing server-side apps accessible with its focus on JavaScript, open source, and easy-to-use language.