Recent Links: April 09 to April 16

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Fight Thieving Restaurant Servers With Checksum Tips | Punny Money

An easy method to combat the most common type of tip fraud - wait staff changing the amount of tip left on a credit card receipt.

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Tags: money, restaurants, security, tip, credit cards

How to create an interactive PDF prototype in Visio

"Visio users know that it’s pretty easy to create an interactive HTML prototype from a set of wireframes (File>Save as Web Page), but for me, the major drawback to this approach is that the prototype isn’t portable. I need a way to communicate designs via email, and there’s no way I’m emailing a bunch of HTML and GIF files to people (or even a web link, since not everyone has network access)."PDF is ideal for emailing, but it takes a little work to create a clickable PDF prototype in Visio. Here’s what I discovered."

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Tags: information architecture, ia, visio, wireframes, prototypes, pdf

Designers Toolbox: OS Form Elements

A very useful set of form elements, providedas PSDs for each of the major browser/platform combinations to be used in comps."Need a Windows XP button when you work on a Mac? Or a Mac OS X pulldown menu when you're on a Windows system? Download our free standard HTML form elements to use in your designs."

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Tags: web design, resources, photoshop

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