A LIST Apart: For People Who Make Websites

No. 231

January 23, 2007

Perform complex tasks with simple tools and beat clean code out of everyone’s favorite image editor.

Paper Prototyping

Running with scissors isn’t recommended for kids, but it might be ideal for your next big development project. With interfaces becoming more complex and schedules growing shorter, the best prototyping tools may be simpler than you think.

Quick CSS Mockups with Photoshop

It may seem like we’re trying to party like it’s 1999, but rest assured, we’re not. Casper Voogt shows us a way to use Photoshop, ImageReady, and slices to produce mockups that utilize clean XHTML and CSS.

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Editor’s Choice

originally ran: March 12, 1999

The Creative Process

Ideas are like policemen — they’re never around when you need them. Mattias Konradsson sketches a campaign to seduce the Muse.