10 Things a Web Designer Should Consider

While this is an old debate and it is clear that we won’t get very far with it, I want to make some statements regarding the things a web designer should consider in order to improve present skills.

Things I Love and Hate in Web Design

This post will be composed of all the positive and negative things in web design that I think are worth mentioning. You may agree or not with the list and please complete it with your own Love-Hate things. So here are my 2 lists with the things I find rewarding and the things I detest in Web Design.

15 Tools for Testing your Website

If you want to have the same experience over multiple browsers and different machines then testing your website is vital. In this article I’ve gathered some of the most important tools that you can use in testing your site against various errors – CSS Errors, HTML Errors, Crossbrowsing Errors etc.

Bing's Weekly Lectures – Week #1

Today I will start a new section here on Graphic Rating. It is called Bing’s Weekly Lectures. The main idea for these next articles is to sum up the additional information displayed on top of Bing’s daily pictures in a week time frame. I really like the feature and I think most of the phrases are quite valuable. So, here is the first Bing Weekly Lecture:Week #1.

The New Yahoo! – Pros and Cons

I think you remember the middle ages, it was back when Yahoo! wanted a redesign. Well, after a great deal of time, the redesign is here. Fresh or not, good or bad … I will detail my conclusion over the latest revamped version of Yahoo! portal.

A $2.5 million redesign – WhitePages.com

Title on Techmeme: WhitePages unveils $2.5 million Web site redesign. That got me curious. I wanted to see for myself and show you a $2.5 million redesign. Of course that it is not just the visual side and some CSS, the bill pays for backend as well (hopefully).

My Web Design Toolbox – 25 Tools

In this post I want to showcase all the applications that are very important in my web design & development process. From commercial applications to Firefox plugins, this post will cover all my favorite web design tools.

11 Handy Tools for Websites Analysis

In this post I’ve listed 11 websites where you can get great information about your site. Whether you want simple Google PR or Technorati ranking, number of feed subscribers or a SEO analysis and even more – this is the post you want.

We need to change the UI/UX on Operating Systems

I’m sure that many of you thought of this and for a right reason. People’s way to interact with the operating system has been the same for many years. And since our needs are a little different from 1995, I also think the user interface along with the user experience should be different.

12 Retro Cartoons From My Childhood

Cartoons are some of the best things in life. This is not a joke, I mean it. Even at 30 or 40 years old I will still watch them. Why? Because they are funny and happy and many of them even have something special to teach us. I have to say that it is not a chart, this is simply a random list.

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