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Book Review: WordPress for Business Bloggers

I am often asked by newcomers or designers wannabes different questions about WordPress. The most common: where can I get that? … or how can I do that? The answer is very simple in most cases – you search for the solution. Although sometimes this approach is misunderstood, there is no better way to learn than to research. This is the best solution but in many cases it takes time….

Smart and Funny Animation – Dans la tĂȘte

I really enjoy this type of animations – funny but with a message in it. It is important for a movie to be funny and yet to have a powerful message for the viewers. I can’t tell you what is the message that I’ve got from this one, cause the message can differ from one to another. Enjoy this video Dans la tĂȘte, and share me your thoughts. Cheers!

Browser Review: Safari 4 Beta for Windows

Things are getting serious in the browsers war arena. Apple has just released the latest version of its web browser – Safari 4 Beta. I’ve decided to test this browser and relate my first impressions. In this post, I will review this new application from user experience, user interface and performance perspective. So we will start with the user interface since it is the first thing you will notice.

Contest: Free Advertising on Graphic Rating!

In a community we believe that everyone should benefit from common goods. In Graphic Rating’s case, we want to offer you the possibility to display your ads on our site. This is nothing different from other sites some of you will say. The interesting part is that the ads will be displayed for free, without any fees. So, let’s see how you can get a top spot on our site.

Bespin: Online Code Editing from Mozilla

Every time you hear the word Mozilla you tend to associate it with Firefox… Mozilla Firefox. It is a normal thing since it is their flagship product. But it is not the only product and it seems like Mozilla wants to extend its line of applications. These days another word was promoted from Mozilla Labs: Bespin.

3 Samples of Good Online User Experience

I really like innovation and great solutions against problems regarding user interface and user experience. Throughout this post I want to highlight some on the most interesting and useful features that help the user to complete a certain task easier and in a pleasant way. These are samples of good user experience and the medium will be the web, although there are some desktop apps and games that can be…

Adobe AIR Applications – Our Favorites

In the next period of time Graphic Rating will develop several AIR applications dedicated to web designers and web developers. Since we want to create something useful and good, we’ve started to crawl the web for the best Adobe Air applications. Some of these are now part of our daily workflow and maybe some will be a part of your workflow too. Anyway, you can think of these apps as…

My Web Design Framework

In many web design projects I tend to have similar initial steps. Because of this behavior and my way of coding, I’ve decided to create a web design framework that will help me gain some time from the overall estimation of a project. Keep in mind that this framework is flexible and you can adapt it to your way of creating websites. At the end of this post you will…

New CSS Globe – a Great Redesign for 2009

One of the most important communities in the blogosphere regarding CSS and Web Development/Design is CSS Globe. Founded by Alen Grakalic, web standards designer and developer, CSS Globe is the home for good tutorials, news, great community and knowledge sharing. And the reason for this coverage is that CSS Globe has a brand new design with lots of interesting user interface elements.

9 Best WordPress Plugins

Now that WordPress is more mature and it has a solid core, some of the plugins from WordPress.org are obsolete. I say this because with this last version, WordPress has many features that were previously found only in plugins. But not all of the plugins are useless now, many are quite important for the community and indispensable for bloggers. Let’s see which plugin made it for Graphic Rating’s 9 Best…

First Look on Windows 7 – Features

When it comes to the IT world, I have a bad habit and test the latest appearances in the industry. Mainly my testing leans towards the software category. Since I’ve tested most of the operating systems out there Windows, BeOS, Linux, Mac OS, I think it is the perfect time to test and share with you my perspective on Windows 7. Let’s not waste any time and see what Microsoft…

Creative and funny video from Adobe Switzerland

As you know, once in a while I post movies here. And I want to believe that you like them as much as I do. This one comes from the almighty Adobe. During one of their conferences regarding sales, they work in groups on different assignments. The last assignment was to make a movie having the tag-line: Own The Edge. Take 2 minutes to look at the winner of the…

Typechart, the Css Typography Utility

Several weeks ago I wanted to write an article on how to stylize articles’ titles. It isn’t one of the hardest things on Earth, but I’ve noticed that on many sites this topic is badly implemented. I will write about this but in a different manner. Instead of creating and explaining I will present you one handy website regarding titles typography – Typechart.

Grooveshark: A Great User Interface and User Experience

When it comes to music, the Internet is full of websites that can provide good music listening services. That is a good thing because diversity is important and competition drives innovation. I know that most of you have already a favorite service like Last.fm or Imeem, but check this service too. I’m talking about Gooveshark, a great music service.

Web Developer Toolbar and its Features

One of the most important tools in my daily design, development and analysis activities is Web Developer extension for Firefox. Developed by Chis Pederick, this extension is very popular among web developers due to its numerous capabilities. Throughout this post I want to show my appreciation for Chris Pederick and it Web Developer Tool and showcase the most important features.