Weekly Web Roundup: The Simplicity Edition #19
The major news of the week was that Apple’s App Store just hit over 2 billion downloaded apps, how happy is Apple right now?! There are now also 50 million iPhone and iPod touch users, 85,000 apps available to download which were created by over 125,000 developers.
My little find of the week is a graphic entitled Arial vs Helvetica which perfectly illustrates the key differences in their letterforms.
I’ve called this the Simplicity edition in honor of the first link which was my favorite article of the week as it took an in-depth look at how simplicity in web design can be a powerful technique.
- Simplicity in Good Web Design : Advantages & How-to
Simplicity in website design doesn’t necessarily equate with a minimalist design aesthetic. This is a superb rundown of some of the benefits of simplified website designs and techniques. - 34 Excellent Punctuation Inspired Logo Designs
The 34 logos showcased in the post use punctuation as a design element. Some logos feature commas, colons and semicolons while others use exclamation marks, question marks, brackets and parentheses. - 14 Best Online Typography Tools for Web Designers
A list of tools that will be a big help in making your typography beautiful, and you won’t even have to leave your browser. - 10 Useful Usability Findings and Guidelines
Everyone would agree that usability is an important aspect of Web design. These 10 useful usability findings and guidelines may help you improve the user experience on your websites. - 40 Websites Using Photography as Their Primary Source of Design
Websites with great use of photos and images have a higher chance to attract the attention of the visitors since humans think and make most of their decisions by seeing. - 60+ Helpful Resources for Portfolio Design
A look at several sources of portfolio design inspiration and tutorials that will lead you through the process of designing a portfolio along with helpful articles and tips for portfolio design, WordPress themes and HTML/CSS templates. - Web Designers – Don’t skip the wireframing phase
Designing without a wireframe is like stumbling about blindly. I’m a wireframe junkie and this is a brilliant article that sums up why they are so important. - The 7 signs your UI was created by a programmer
Do you suspect a programmer may have put together the terrible user interface on that “enterprise” software you’re forced to use? There are some give-away indicators. - 10 Hilarious Twitter Parody Videos
We’ve seen comedic geniuses, late-night talk show hosts, and many video production companies all try to best each other in a battle for the funniest Twitter spoof or satire. These are the sure fire standouts.
That’s a wrap up of the ninthteenth edition. Were there any links you thought deserved a mention? If so drop a link in the comments so we can check them out.
Photo by manel
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Grace Smith is owner of the small but perfectly formed web design studio Postscript5, in Northern Ireland. To keep up to date with the latest designalicious content, then please consider subscribing.