First of all, let me explain what I mean by Web Design here: It’s the process of designing the interface of a web site, which involves images, HTML and CSS. No Javascript, because that really doesn’t count as “design”.

I’ve been involved in web design for about 3 years now. What started as something very exciting is now something very boring and repetitive. There are hardly any new things to learn when you reach a certain level. It doesn’t take many years, and I’m certainly almost there already.

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You know what’s ironic about web site usability? it makes so much sense, yet many sites manage to make it to the top even though they’re frustrating to use.

Facebook is one of those sites. I’ve been using it for over two months now, and I still find myself having to stop often to think where should I click next to proceed.

To be a little more specific, Facebook suffers from those usability issues:

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What you will learn:

How to make a site look prettier by picking the right design, colors, fonts and images.

Prerequisites:

A good background in Web Design and Photoshop would help, but not necessary (There’s one part of the book though that requires some advanced experience in Photoshop).

Target Audience:

Web Developers who want to make pretty/attractive designs.

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This is just to inform you guys that I’m no longer using the name mashhoor.ws for my blog. The old domain will be redirecting all requests to this one.

I’m still working on the migration from my old account to my new one, so you might encounter an error or two as you’re browsing.

By the way, what do you think of the new name?

First of all, I’d like to thank every one of you for participating in this small contest I’ve made. I really appreciate it.

Picking a name was very tough, especially when I had a plenty of good options, but now I’ve finally decided which one I should use.

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