interface design

"We’ve now completed our inaugural Test Pilot study, with more than 5,000 opt-in participants from around the world providing invaluable data into how they use tabs in their daily Web browsing, and today we’re making this data available under an open license for analysis by the wider research community." - xero from Bookmarklet

"You’ve undoubtedly seen these 5 reflections in all sorts of graphic design, website design, and interface design. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make them in Photoshop." - xero from Bookmarklet

"In this tutorial, I will show you 5 great ways to really make your pixels pop in layout and interface design using Photoshop. These essential techniques will really give your designs a more 3D, tangible feel to them! I refer to these techniques as “Pixel-Poppers” because they tend to use very few extra pixels (than you would ordinarily use in a design) to make your graphics pop out a bit more. As cliche as it may sound, these different effects really do work, and many modern websites and designs use them regularly." - xero from Bookmarklet

"Here is a collection of 44 Web Design Layout Tutorials in Photoshop to teach you create your own layout for your website. Check them out, learn and enjoy the tutorials." - xero from Bookmarklet

"The Burst Engine is an OpenSource vector animation engine for the HTML5 Canvas Element. Burst provides similar web functionality to Flash and contains a layer based animation system like After Effects. Burst uses a very light-weight JavaScript frame, meaning your animations will download un-noticeably quick and can be controlled using very simple JavaScript methods. For example: the [-] logo above is a Burst animation attached to a mouseOver event using the following code... Burst.start("expand");" - xero from Bookmarklet

"The Physics Helper for Blend and Silverlight contains several user controls which allow you to draw objects in Expression Blend 2, and have those objects translated directly into Physics objects using the Farseer Physics Engine. This can be a great timesaver for creating games, as it is traditionally difficult to line up underlying physics bodies and geometries with your Blend artwork." - xero from Bookmarklet

"The Farseer Physics Engine is an easy to use 2D physics engine designed for Microsoft’s XNA and Silverlight platforms. The Farseer Physics Engine focuses on simplicity, useful features, and enabling the creation of fun, dynamic games." - xero from Bookmarklet