CSS3 has given us a number of new tools to make beautiful, responsive and interactive web experiences. Among the improvements are CSS animations, which allow us to animate elements without having to turn to flash or javascript.
Here’s a quick look at how to make a radioactive button like this one (if you’re viewing this page in Safari, Chrome or another webkit browser), using only CSS3 and the necessary markup:
Using a tiled background image is a simple and effective way setting a specific mood throughout a website or simply decorating what would otherwise be unused whitespace. It is a trend that has survived numerous death sentences, and is still being reinvented by many designers today.
Mmm, beer. Having showcased some neat coffee related websites, I figured I’d pay tribute to another one of my favorite beverages this time. It proved to be a bit harder than I expected.
While researching for this article, I found that quite a few of the big beer websites have some very annoying features. Many of them are so called interactive presentations entirely built in flash, they take a long time to load, and demand you type your date of birth before allowing you to enter. I don’t know how that’s going to keep underage visitors out, but it will certainly piss some older visitors off. The Corona website never finished loading. Guinness wouldn’t let me in at all despite the fact that I’m 28 (and a half!) years old. In stead, they redirected me to The Century Council, an organization dedicated to eliminate drunk driving and underage drinking. Are they trying to insult me?
Fortunately, not all beer related websites are utter crap. Check out these 5 good looking counterparts.
As some of my visitors may have already figured out on their own, I love coffee. I also love web design, and as far as I’m concerned, the two subjects go hand in hand. While surfing for inspiration and refueling with fresh brewed coffee, I’ve come across these hot looking website designs inspired by, er, coffee.