Another useful inspirational gallery, this one has general design as well as webdesign
http://www.designflavr.com/
designflavr inspiration gallery
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niche-galleries
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Inspiration
More galleries, this time some more unusual ones, I particularly like the horizontal scrolling designs
http://www.mostinspired.com.nyud.net/blog/2008/03/16/niche-galleries/
http://www.mostinspired.com.nyud.net/blog/2008/03/16/niche-galleries/
basic-principles-of-web-design
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Very useful usability article
'Usability and the utility, not the visual design, determine the success or failure of a web-site. Since the visitor of the page is the only person who clicks the mouse and therefore decides everything, user-centric design has established as a standard approach for successful and profit-oriented web design.'
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/index.php/2008/01/31/10-principles-of-effective-web-design/
'Usability and the utility, not the visual design, determine the success or failure of a web-site. Since the visitor of the page is the only person who clicks the mouse and therefore decides everything, user-centric design has established as a standard approach for successful and profit-oriented web design.'
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/index.php/2008/01/31/10-principles-of-effective-web-design/
loading gif generator
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Handy loading image generator site
Various styles available, just select colour scheme and hit generate
http://www.ajaxload.info/
Various styles available, just select colour scheme and hit generate
http://www.ajaxload.info/
50 Design Resources
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Another list of lists, but has some really useful resources in there
http://www.crestock.com/blog/design/the-50-most-popular-web-design-blog-posts-resources-cheat-sheets-of-2007-114.aspx
http://www.crestock.com/blog/design/the-50-most-popular-web-design-blog-posts-resources-cheat-sheets-of-2007-114.aspx