This is a small tip to improve the usability of search fields. I realized the need of this while working on a recent project and thought it was good enough to share with my readers 
Do you have the habit of hitting the search button multiple times even before it loads the search results? Well… I used to do that and so do many other users. Clicking the search button multiple times results in additional server requests and slows down the page’s loading time.
Why do users click again?
Because they are users! They aren’t developers who understand what happens in the back end.
Its our job as developers/designers to let the user know that the results are being loaded and to ask them to wait until it loads.
How do I do it with just CSS?
Its pretty simple. Click and hold the search button below and see.
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Hi friends… Another post to boost your productivity
Recently, while working on some client projects, I noticed a few requirements(I know there are many) that were common. I strongly feel, this will be useful for your next web project.
1. Empty form field value on focus/click
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Submitting designs to galleries has always been a hectic task for designers. Do you agree with me? This post is to give you an overview on the procedure I follow to make this easy. If you have better ideas please do contribute via the comment form below.
Requirements1.
Firefox Sorry IE users!
2.
InFormEnter AddOn for firefox
3. Details about your logo/website (will explain this below)
4. Image of your logo in various dimensions (will explain this as well)
I assume that you’ve already read my post –
22 Sites & Galleries to submit your logos. In this post I’ll walk you through my logo design submission process, which can be made use for CSS gallery submissions as well.
Step 1: Bookmarking the gallery forms
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I know its late for a New Year gift, but better late than never. This wallpaper is for all my readers who have always been supporting, motivating and encouraging me throughout the years.
This was created digitally using Fireworks and Photoshop and is something along the lines of the design of IndoFolio. I hope it will enrich your desktop. Its available for 1024×768 (standard) and 1280×800 (wide) resolutions. An Iphone version has been included as well.
The wallpaper is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India License and mainly should not be used for print.
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