Using icons to support content in web design

As usual, Smashing Magazine has another great article full of examples regarding web design. This one in particular focuses on the use of icons in web design (and web applications).

User experience is an important aspect of any web application and ours is no exception. Without a web design / user experience expert on our team, we all have to keep these concerns in mind when working on our applications.

User Interface Design for Web Applications

An interesting article about the differences between designing for a website and designing for a web application.

Its a bit dated (2003) but the author clearly has good insight into the topic, and speaks from experience as someone with a background in web design faced with designing user interfaces for applications.

http://www.digital-web.com/articles/user_interface_design_for_web_applications/