> My suggestion? Don't bother with design books as they're generally a small > portion based on a single (or a few) design styles. I have a few that were > good for about 5 minutes and than out of date.
I totally agree with Kevin on this, Bruce. Browse a few sites (found in http://www.go2web20.net) , then just emulate the sites that just appeals to you or your clients eye. Frontend design is like trendy clothes, they could look fashionable one day, and out of style the next. Chances are design books go out of date by the time they hit press. But if you still like a book, I've learned a few conceptual tricks from Jacob Nielsen's Designing for Web Usability. I also recommend checking out the 37signals' Signal vs Noise every now and again. http://www.37signals.com/svn HTH, Bruce. Michael > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Aebig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 8:56 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Book Recommendations > > I'm not subscribed to Community, but I think this is somewhat on topic as > a > lot of programmers would like better design / front-end skills. > > My suggestion? Don't bother with design books as they're generally a small > portion based on a single (or a few) design styles. I have a few that were > good for about 5 minutes and than out of date. > > Whenever I need some inspiration, I check out the submissions to design > contest and deconstruct them. Take a screen capture, bring it into > Photoshop > and start to pick apart the elements to see how it's done by zooming in to > see the added details. Another good source is check out template sites as > they offer a general overview of current design trends. > > Cheers, > > !k > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 9:28 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Book Recommendations > > I want to improve my web design skills (look and feel, not back-end > programming). Can anyone recommend any good books out there for > artistically > challenged folks like me? Something with the current trends and > technologies. I have the entire Macromedia Studio MX 2004 suite (Flash, > Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Freehand, Homesite). I also have Photoshop 6 I > believe. > > Thanks, > > -- > Bruce Sorge > > "I'm a mawg: half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend!" > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276945 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
