Weekly Design News (N.223)

Posted on April 9, 2014 at 12:11 pm

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Worth Reading

Adam Kaplan published a Simple Guide to Responsive Web Design.
Simple Guide to Responsive Web Design design news february 2014

Ilya Grigorik wrote about optimizing the performance of web font rendering.
optimizing the performance of web font rendering design news february 2014

UXPin released the free ebook Mobile Book of Trends 2014.
Mobile Book of Trends 2014 design news february 2014

Cameron Moll talked about how a startup’s second effort is often its best effort.
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3 solutions for supporting Internet Explorer from David Walsh.
3 solutions for supporting Internet Explorer design news february 2014

Jeff Archibald and why your 60-hour work week is not a badge of honour.
60-hour work week is not a badge of honour design news february 2014

Selena Larson asked the question: Which coding language is right for you?.
Which coding language is right for you? design news february 2014

Nicholas Cerminara wrote about how to encode/decode strings with Base64 in JS.
encode/decode strings with Base64 in JS design news february 2014

Louis Lazaris discusses the ugly, the bad, and the good of w3schools.
the ugly, the bad, and the good of w3schools design news february 2014

Courtney Starr wrote about using Photoshop generator for mockups.
using Photoshop generator for mockups design news february 2014

We published a bunch of jQuery Typography Plugins.
optimizing the performance of web font rendering design news february 20140

Smashing Mag published: Useful learning resources for web designers.
optimizing the performance of web font rendering design news february 20141

New Resources & Services

Font Flipper – A useful tool for exploring the fonts installed on your computer.
optimizing the performance of web font rendering design news february 20142

Bootstrap-Markdown – A Bootstrap plugin for markdown editing.
optimizing the performance of web font rendering design news february 20143

Placeholdem – A JS plugin that animates placeholder carets on inputs and textareas.
optimizing the performance of web font rendering design news february 20144

Pageres – Generate screenshots of a website in different resolutions.
optimizing the performance of web font rendering design news february 20145

AngularGap – A front-end framework for developing hybrid mobile apps in HTML5.
optimizing the performance of web font rendering design news february 20146

jQuery Notebook – A Medium inspired text editor.
optimizing the performance of web font rendering design news february 20147

picjumbo – Totally free photos for your commercial & personal works.
optimizing the performance of web font rendering design news february 20148

Designer Freebies

Flat Icon Set (75 icons in PSD format).
optimizing the performance of web font rendering design news february 20149

LightFlat UI (PSD).
Mobile Book of Trends 2014 design news february 20140

App Wireframes Kit (PSD & AI).
Mobile Book of Trends 2014 design news february 20141

Picku – Free HTML Template.
Mobile Book of Trends 2014 design news february 20142

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