Joel's book is a great introduction and a must read if you haven't taken a look before. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000057.html http://

Joel's book is a great introduction and a must read if you haven't taken a look before. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000057.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000057.... Jakob Neilson's site is a treasure trove of usability information. http://www.useit.com/ http://www.useit.com/ 37 Signals will often write blog posts outlining particular design decisions in their products. http://www.37signals.com/svn/ http://www.37signals.com/svn/ For a more specific topic, I have been researching typography. Something really simple to do (for which I am in the process of doing); get your text baselines to line up ("baseline rhythm"). It will make your site easier to read. Here's some great writeups on the subject. http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/04/30/typography-baseline-rhythm-deciphered/ http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/04/30/typography-baselin... http://nubyonrails.com/articles/get-rhythm-in-your-baseline http://nubyonrails.com/articles/get-rhythm-in-your-baseline And here's an online tool that will generate a CSS file with all the appropriate measurements: http://topfunky.com/baseline-rhythm-calculator/ http://topfunky.com/baseline-rhythm-calculator/