Web form design

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…in greyscale. Introduce colour at a later stage once you've worked out your design whilst only being aware of tone. * Like many have said, good typography is essential. "The Elements of Typographic Style" by Robert Bringhurst is pretty much the bible here. Some find it too dry, some find it fascinating -- either way, it's definitely worth a read. * "Don't Make Me Think" is a brilliant book. Each page is almost worth the price of the book itself. * With usability in mind, definitely read "Web Form Design" by Luke Wroblewski. * When you notice a piece of design that you really appreciate, take note of it and think about why that is so.

…t of the realm of their comfort level to see if they could discover a better way to do things. And by the way, these people also read books like K&R for fun like its the history book of their profession even though they have no need to write a line of C code on any daily basis. 4. I can not stand managers who think SharePoint is the next coming. Sharepoint is the biggest, and I mean biggest, piece of crap I've ever developed for. The fact that businesses fall in love with it defies me and I do not ever want to work with it ever again. People tell me I can make a ton of money advertising myself as a Sharepoint guru and I make the point that that experience is never going on my resume. 5. I like developers... ...that can code some server side (PHP, C#, Python), jump to some JavaScript to tie the client with the server code, can write some c…

Luke Wroblewski's "Web Form Design" http://www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/webforms/ makes this case well. He calls it "gradual engagement." It's also one of the best books on a web design topic I've ever read.