What makes a website successful? It might not be what you expect!
Submitted 2 years and 534 days ago (more from 24ways.org)What makes some sites succeed and others fail? When you are asked to redesign an existing website, what problems are you looking out for and where do you concentrate your efforts? I would argue that as web designers we spend too much time looking at the wrong kind of problem. we need to tackle business objectives, calls to action and user tasks.
The Ultimate Toolbox for iPhone Development
Submitted 2 years and 547 days ago (more from webdesignerdepot.com)Here are 70 tools, tutorials, and resources to help you get started developing your own iPhone apps. There’s everything from basic tutorials to templates to resource libraries to help you on your way.
14 Free Mac Apps for Web Designers on a Budget
Submitted 2 years and 549 days ago (more from webdesignledger.com)We all know that Macs aren’t the most affordable computers. Purchasing one can take a big chunk out of a web designer’s budget and leave little to purchase software. Thankfully, there are alternatives to the expensive software that we need to do our job. Here are 14 Mac applications that will have you doing everything from editing images to writing code, and they won’t cost you a dime.
Site-Specific Browsers: Turn Websites Into Desktop Applications
Submitted 2 years and 550 days ago (more from webresourcesdepot.com)As web designers/developers, desktop applications are harder to create considering they have a totally different environment. In order to fill this gap, we can make use of site-specific browsers. To sum up, they simply help us convert a website into a desktop application. Here are free & mature tools for creating site-specific browsers:
Useful Tips Every Web Designer Should Know About SEO
Submitted 2 years and 552 days ago (more from woorkup.com)I have worked as web designer and SEO, then I realized how important is, for a web designer, have at least, a basic knowledge of SEO. How many web designers, when are working on a layout, thinks about SEO? How many web designers really know the importance of the Page Rank? How many know that the massive use of Ajax can affect, negatively, the ranking of a page?
Every Second Counts: How Website Performance Impacts Shopper Behavior
Submitted 2 years and 559 days ago (more from getelastic.com)Today’s shoppers have high expectations when it comes to buying online. Websites which take too long to load can result in negative brand perception, diminished goodwill and a significant loss in overall sales. We explored the findings of a new study by Forrester Research on behalf of Akamai which has identified two seconds as the new threshold for acceptable web page response times.
SnowChecker Determines If Your Applications Are Snow Leopard Compatible
Submitted 2 years and 565 days ago (more from lifehacker.com)If you've been hesitant to upgrade to Snow Leopard for fear of application incompatibility but you didn't feel like checking compatibility lists row by row to see how your must-have applications stack up, SnowChecker makes this process a breeze.
HTTPS Web Site Performance Impact
Submitted 2 years and 569 days ago (more from blog.dynatrace.com)I recently analyzed a secure web page that took 20 seconds till the onLoad event triggered. Once on the site, interacting with the site was slow as well. The site had no fancy images, no animations or heavy JavaScript during startup. It turned out that 70% of the time was spent in SSL handshaking. With a simple change on the web server the 14 seconds could be trimmed down to 2.
Browserscope - web browser profiler
Submitted 2 years and 571 days ago (more from browserscope.org)Browserscope is a community-driven project for profiling web browsers. The goals are to foster innovation by tracking browser functionality and to be a resource for web developers.
FindMeByIP - What's my IP address? How good is my browser? What can it do?
Submitted 2 years and 574 days ago (more from findmebyip.com)A simple app which reveals your browsers' support for CSS3 and HTML5 features in an easy to read format using Modernizr.