Link Roundup 5/24

Lotsa good articles have been popping up around the ole web so I thought I would pass ‘em along.

CSS
Resizing images with CSS - A cool technique for tackling the problem of images that don’t resize when the user increases their browser’s text-size.

Styling buttons with CSS - Styling form buttons can be a pain in the bootay. The filament group has come up with a shnazzy solution.

Web Design 101: Backgrounds - Digital Web has a nice intro into the CSS background property and how it really works.

WPF, Blend, Silverlight
Karsten Januszewski (say that 5 times fast) has 3 new labs out to get your hands dirty with Expression Blend.

Silverlight Developer Reference Poster - Microsoft is giving these out at conferences and such as a quick reference to the various pieces and parts to Silverlight.

WPF Example with Source - The WPF Blog has created a simple little app to show some of the 3D capabilities of the WPF framework.

Articles
Zen and the Art of IA - Clifton Evans gives a look into the recent book Designing the Obvious by Robert Hoekman Jr.. Basically it is a study on how to use and why to use design techniques to make a website “obvious”.

Abundance and UX - UX Magazine takes a quick look at a world that is built on the premise of abundance rather than one of scarcity. Kind of a neat idea.

Misc
Freebies!! - Smashing magazine a nice list of free icons and such. Never can have too many icons.

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