Looks like the Yahoo! Developer Network is offering a plethora of resources for developers. First off is a UI Library, which focuses on building interactive web applications utilizing DOM Scripting, HTML and AJAX through a set of controls written in Javascript. The second offering is the Design Pattern Library, which deals with functionality you can add to web applications or projects with things such as auto-complete, drag and drop components and breadcrumb navigation. There is more in the developer area, but its nice to see Yahoo! offering some of their hard work to the community free of charge. (via Slashdot)
Archive for February, 2006
Design Observer has an interesting article on how design by committee created the U.N. Headquarters, something that would not have been possible unless this process happened. Sometimes this can bring down or delay a project, with conflicting ideas and frivolous work because of feedback from a wider audience not privy to the targeted communication between the design team and client’s decision makers, but in this case, as a result of this process, the United Nations complex exists today. Read more here…
An informative article on typographic inspiration, peppered with real world examples and a dose of knowledge, read more here.
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