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25 jQuery Plugins for Responsive Layouts
The article “25 jQuery Plugins to Help with Responsive Layouts” on the Speckyboy blog is a useful collection of jQuery plugins that can be used when working on a responsive web design. We have presented one or two of them here on the blog already, but the article still gives a good overview of current plugin solutions.
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Designing for Emotion & Mobile First
The little books from A Book Apart are always a highlight for web designers and developers, so we were especially pleased about the current offer to buy the two newest titles, “Designing for Emotion” by Aarron Walter and “Mobile First” by Luke Wroblewski, as a bundle. The ebook versions of both are available for 15 US dollars. We have not worked through our copies completely yet, but the texts read well and the language is never too complicated. We think the books are a clear recommendation for every web design fan.
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Screenfly
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Pinterest
On Pinterest you can collect inspiration and gather images on your own digital pinboards. You can then sort your finds on different boards by topic, such as design, typography, fashion, food or travel. In my opinion Pinterest is also an excellent way to collect ideas for a new web design project, and a board full of ideas is easy to share with others online. You can sign up by requesting an invite on the Pinterest website, mine arrived in my inbox only a few hours later.
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Elastislide
The image carousel plugin Elastislide is another helpful jQuery plugin for making responsive web designs more interesting and versatile. With the carousel slider you can show a series of images, say your latest portfolio pieces or your last holiday photos. Alongside the plugin description there is a nice live demo page with several examples of the carousel in use.
