The world of online advertising and web-design has evolved quite a lot over the past couple years. These days it’s hard to not be aware of what is going on with Flash. Some say there’s a war between Apple and Adobe, some say Flash is meant to disappear, and some think it’s there to stay.
In my opinion is it’s not about what technology is better, but rather what’s the best solution for a particular project.
The charismatic process of designing a user interface is one that requires not only the adequate skills, but understanding of an effective user to application relationship.
Engineering an effective user interface means you should place focus on certain parameters that will allow you to build a set of accomplished user goals. Everything from the visual elements to the functional aspects must be intact.
InDesign is a powerful software application created by Adobe, the same creators of Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks and various other creative applications.
It is one of the industry standard applications used to create (or more likely “put together“) print documents, such as magazines and books. It can be used to produce print products from scratch, but is actually designed to import your already created graphics from other software such as Photoshop and Illustrator.
As well as multipage documents, it can also be used to create one-page documents, such as flyers and posters, however it isn’t used much for this purpose as both Photoshop and Illustrator are capable of this without having to export and import your graphics.
Cheatsheets and various quick reference guides are available for almost any type of software and language these days.
Unfortunately they’re not always easy to find when you actually need them. This is why I decided to take some time to gather up as many as possible and share them with you here!
Hopefully this can be a timesaver for you, along with teaching you a new trick or two. The resources have been divided into various categories to make them easier to find.
Swirls, Curls and Flowers are often linked together in the design world, and are extremely popular. There are hundreds of resources out there for those of you that like to use floral elements in your design work and illustrations.
In this post we have rounded up a huge collection of the very best swirly/curly/floral-based design elements, including vector elements, vector and pixel-based patterns, and Photoshop brushes.
Breadcrumb navigation offers a visually enticing way for users to keep track and know where they’re specifically located as they navigate your site. Overall, it increases the usability of your website, especially if it has various pages that need to be organized and structured in a certain hierarchical order.
More than often breadcrumbs are usually styled horizontally and can be pretty hard to miss if created effectively. This provides the user with easy access and can either show their path, location or attribute (which we will discuss further below).
