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Animated Gif files have been the butt of many jokes within the design community. That is because animated gifs are famous for being a bit cheesy and notorious for cluttering up a page. Used properly however, animation can draw interest to an otherwise overlooked area of a page.

Have you ever wondered how to make a glossy web button? In this Quick Tip you will learn how to create a simple button with recessed text, in just 11 easy steps. The best thing is, once you’ve made the first one, you can make an entire set in no time!

Adobe Illustrator contains a number of Raster Effects such as the Drop Shadow, Feather and Glow. Application of these effects greatly accelerates the creation of your artwork. However, sometimes the result is not what you’re expecting. The following quick tip will outline

CSS3 is a big mess! 4+ rules for making a corner round or adding a drop shadow! Preposterous! Where are the standards?!

I’ve been hearing a ton of that. There is something of a point here. We all like standards, no question they are a good thing for the industry. Seeing a bunch of messy/repeated code like CSS3 can produce doesn’t feel like the clean happy code that standards is supposed to be all about.