Responsive design vs. adaptive delivery: Which one’s right for you?

Responsive design is being increasingly touted as the gold-standard for making hitherto desktop-only websites accessible to a wide range of mobile and tablet devices. But is it always the answer to engaging users on every mobile screen? And more importantly, is it the right solution no matter what your business goal, budget, and user-need are?

Probably not.

Responsive design is a technique in which the same HTML code is delivered to each device, but tweaks to CSS (which determines the layout of a web page) allow it to adjust to the screen’s form factor.

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Creating CSS Tooltip, No jquery Required  

CSS Tooltip: It is an information shown on a page when we hover on any text, and we find a small box opening This is a tooltip. CSS Tooltip is made with the help of HTML and CSS only, we havent used JQUERY for making this tooltip.

Where we can use CSS tooltip:

CSS Hover effect is one of the most widely used event, css hover when coded with css animation can create stunning effects on any webpage. CSS Tooltip is a small example where we will be using CSS Hover effect.

We can use CSS TOOLTIP when we want our visitor to see some information, we can information in tooltip in static way, as well as some DATABASE driven value also.

 

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22 Web Design Resources Ready for Download

Design elements are important for a web designer. It makes his designs look more beautiful, thus, increasing its usability. Choosing the correct icons, buttons, and other elements is important because it makes your designs look trendier, livelier and more beautiful, aesthetically. Web design resources are everywhere but choosing one among the loads online can be a bit overwhelming.

It is necessary to be able to find great design elements. However, due to the massive number of resources available, it becomes difficult, nay, almost impossible to find what you need in the shortest possible time. That is why, 1stWebDesigner gathered the following web design resources for your usage.

Listed below are some of the resources available for download. They contain font, graphic and code snippet downloads! Try them.

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Make it Artastic: 30 Beautiful Photoshop Brush Sets

Photoshop brush sets can be a great time saver for the designers because these allow the designers to easily and quickly create fantastic artwork without the need to draw all the individual design elements. 

Good Photoshop brushes have always been in demand, which is why every designer should have a great collection of Photoshop brushes in their tool boxes. It is not hard to find Photoshop sets but finding those with the highest quality can frustrate any web designer on the lookout.

In today’s post, we are featuring a high quality collection of brushes that can be of great help to every designer. Latest versions of Photoshop do come with nice pre-installed brushes but they are only the beginning of what you can possibly do with the Photoshop brushes.

 

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40 Free Icon Sets Worth Checking Out

 

 
Icons are very important in websites as they are used to make them look complete. These can be seen on every website. Their purpose is to guide the users and provide useful information to them. That said, designers are well aware of their meaning in web related projects and always looking for good icons to use in their websites.

Icons are symbols that work as the communicator between the user and web page. In addition to that, icons provide a smoother and easier navigation experience.

Designers who work to give usability to the visitors always include icons in their design.
Why?

  •  Icons make the design of website look simple and creative
  •  Icons are a great way to help your visitors finding their required information quickly

As the modern design technology is improving, more and more designers are using icons in their websites. Icon sets can be found easily on the Internet in both free and premium charges.

If you are a creative designer, you can create custom icons for yourself. However, using icon sets that are pre-designed by expert designers is always a good option. A lot of talented graphic designers share their icon sets with other designers so that everyone can utilize them.

In today’s post, we are sharing 40 free icon sets of 2014 that we have collected for web designers, developers and bloggers. You can freely download these sets and use them in your designing projects.

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45 Fresh and Free HTML5 And CSS3 Templates You Should See

 

The first two things web developers consider when they need to create an extremely stylish and trendy website are CSS3 and HTML5. The reason for this is the functionality and features they offer and why HTML5 and CSS3 are a major topic for web designers.

Taking this into account, we thought to compile another fresh and cool collection of some professional HTML5 and CSS3 templates. So, here we are with 45 free, but fresh, templates that you can download.

So, enjoy this collection and have more fun in making the web experience more pleasurable and gratifying. Let us have a close look!

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7 Best deviantART Alternatives for Web Designers to Showcase their Skills

There can be many reasons to stick to deviantART (dA) — the biggest art community and a basic step for a design newcomer. At the same time none of these reasons should prevent you from participating in other professional networks and showcasing your skills.

Founded twelve years ago, today deviantART has the widest art-loving audience. However, lately there is an opinion that deviantART is overcrowded with work which can only be called “art” by a long stretch of imagination. So many men, so many censures! Anyway, like it or not, dA is a wonderful art community, but at the same time, it helps to be part of other art networks as well.

Today, we will take a look at seven major art communities and deviantART alternatives for aspiring designers and creative artists. 

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