10 Useful Web Application Interface Techniques

I'm rarely disappointed when the smart folks who put together Smashing Magazine come out with a new article on Web application design and information architecture. Their style is straightforward and remarkably jargon-free, especially when compared to other UI design-focused sites.

10 Useful Web Application Interface Techniques is their latest posting on the subject (see that article for even more, related articles on effective UI design techniques). While I do get a lot out of reading these articles, and the tips and strategies are usually dead-on (and make good common sense), one of the things I love about what they do is that they provide visual examples for nearly every tip and technique. It's a great way to quickly survey what other sites are doing, and how they're working to innovate in UI design.