design for developers

You don't need photoshop

we can rely on a solid CSS3 design

Originality and creativity is not the goal.

The goal is to deliver a good design.

Layout

Design basics (layout)

Whatever the elements of a page layout, its success

-both functionally and aesthetically - depends often on

emphasis

Increase size

Probably the most common approach is to increase the size.

It's often considered as an overkill.

The more elements you enlarge, the more emphasis you loose.

Contrast

Increasing contrast, emboldening a phrase, or using a colour will create emphasis without exaggeration.

Separation

You can achieve maximum effect with minimum modification.

Rearrange the items by creating white space.

Colour

Strengthen an app's look and feel.
Emphasize an element in a long list to expedite scanning.
Accent a dynamic message.

Danger

Warning

Safety

colour

can establish a Hierarchy

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Date 13/01/1910

Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source.

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Date 13/01/1910

Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source.

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Contrast

http://snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html

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Date 13/01/1910 Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Comments to this paragraph (12)

line-height: 0;

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Date 13/01/1910

Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source.

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line-height: 5px;

padding: 0.5em;