For every designer having a set of PSD's are always handy to have! In this collection of freebies we'll be showcasing over thirty high quality psd's dedicated to ribbons. Ribbon are fantastic to have if you need to lift up a web interface, print or other graphic material!

Ribbons for blog articles (PSD)

Greene Pack#1 – Ribbons

Greene Pack#4 – More ribbons

Yellow ribbons (Free PSD)

Little Black Ribbon (PSD)

Curled red ribbon (banner), PSD template

Ribbons

Psd Web Ribbon Sale Label Vol 1

9 Colorful Web Ribbons

Ribbon Header

Beautiful ribbon in 3 colors (PSD)

Psd Ribbon Classic Set

Ribbons PSD

Pretty Little Folded Ribbon (PSD)

Blue ribbon rosette (PSD)

Fabric Ribbons

Golden Decorative Vector Ribbons Set

Elegant Ribbon Menu

Ribbons – new and worn

Pretty Little Red Ribbon (PSD)

Clean Ribbon

Decorative corner ribbon, PSD template

Red Ribbon PSD

Badge with Ribbons Free PSD

Fancy Ribbon PSD

Stylish Ribbon and Badge

Google Plus(+) Circular Icon Set

Retro Web Ribbons Vintage Psd Pack

Corner Ribbons

Realistic Ribbon PSD

Colorful Ribbons

Corner Ribbon

When it comes to web design, the quality of experience that users have with a site determines whether it’s successful or not – regardless of how visually catchy the design is. A positive experience drives sales and conversions, while a negative one deters visitors from staying or returning. Therefore performance optimization should be a central part of your design process if you’re aiming for high conversions and user satisfaction. Here are some ways to improve your site’s user experience.

Increase Site Speed

Consider how many people take out their phones to quickly check email or look something up when they have a spare second in the day. Whether it’s while waiting for the bus, standing in line for coffee or running to a meeting, they expect to achieve their goal on the web in that short amount of time. Forty percent of users will abandon a page after waiting longer than 3 seconds, and many people share their bad site experiences with others. It’s your job as a designer to make sure your site is loading fast enough to satisfy these standards and to make sure yours provides an experience that gets positive feedback.

To begin the process of improving your speed, first use a site speed testing tool to measure how it’s currently performing. Then make changes like:

• Resize or remove large images and files
• Reduce the number of plug-ins in your site
• Eliminate flash files, which greatly weigh down performance
• Cache your site so that it won’t have to take time to fully assemble every time a user accesses it
• Always retest your speed after making changes so you know what is effective in improving it.

Clean Up Your Navigation

Reassess your navigation system: does your menu and search field honor conventions in that they are easily identifiable and usable? Minimize the number of options users have when entering your site by combining pages/content and getting rid of low-traffic pages. The fewer options there are, the more direct your site’s purpose is, and the easier it is for users to decide where they want to go. You can evaluate how users currently use your site by carrying out usability tests and referring to your site analytics data.

This site has a visible search box, an option to easily subscribe to a newsletter and a few clickable links to navigate to other pages.

Aim For High Conversion Rates

You can be sure that a high converting website is also highly usable. Focus on the usability of your site, and user satisfaction (and in turn, conversions) will follow. To maximize usability:

• Make your purpose clear. Use recognizable and concise calls-to-action so that users know exactly what they are meant to do with your site. Show users the value your product or service will add to their lives.
• Be consistent. Make sure each page of your site sends the same message, and shares the style of design elements and layout.
• Make text readable. Tailor your content to be easily perceived while users scan the page. Headlines, variations in font sizes and weights, and breaks in text blocks create a breathable set of information that can be retained even while glancing through it.
• Keep it simple. Comparable to the fact that simple navigation makes it easier for users to decide what to do, simplicity in your entire site design keeps users from being overwhelmed with information. Ample white space and a unified style give users a sense of comfort and professionalism, and builds their confidence that they’ll find what they’re looking for quickly.

Red presents a good balance of white space, imagery, text and color to reveal its purpose and capture attention.

Build Trust

Visitors to your site will have a more positive experience if they can trust you. Whether it’s the validity of your information, your protection of their personal information or confidence in the quality of your product, it’s important to give them reason to trust you. You can do this by providing visible contact information, allowing customer feedback, presenting previous customer testimonials and/or client logos, and displaying your SSL certificate if you have a registration or checkout page.

When working to improve your site’s user experience, just remember to consider what your audience is looking for, and test and measure the changes you make to create a more effective and usable site.

What we do have for you is a comprehensive list of ALL freely available web Icons. Here they are: Elusive Icons Number of Icons/Characters: 271 License: SIL – Open Font Licence Elusive Icons → MFG Labs Web Icon Set Number of Icons/Characters: 120 License: MIT Licence MFG Labs Web Icon Set → Font Awesome Number of Icons/Characters: License: SIL Open Font License Font Awesome → Foundation Icons Number of Icons/Characters: 140 License: MIT Open Source License Foundation Icons → Pictonic Icons Number of Icons/Characters: 266 License: Free for personal or commercial projects Pictonic Icons → Batch Icons Number of Icons/Characters: 300+ License: Free for personal or commercial projects Batch Icons → IcoMoon Free Pack Number of Icons/Characters: 450 License: CC License 3.0 IcoMoon Free Pack → Iconic Icon Set Number of Icons/Characters: 171 License: Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0 Iconic Icon Set → Ligature Symbols Number of Icons/Characters: 250+ License: SIL Open Font License Ligature Symbols → Entypo Number of Icons/Characters: 250 License: Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0 Entypo → OpenWeb Icons Number of Icons/Characters: 54 License: SIL Open Font License (OFL) OpenWeb Icons → Sosa Icon Font Number of Icons/Characters: 120 License: Free for personal or commercial projects Sosa Icon Font → Metro UI Web Font Number of Icons/Characters: 333 Metro UI Web Font → One Div Number of Icons/Characters: 91 One Div → Maki Number of Icons/Characters: 73 License: BSD License Maki → PW Drawn Icon Font Number of Icons/Characters: 80+ License: Free for personal or commercial use PW Drawn Icon Font → Premium Pixels Mini Icons Number of Icons/Characters: 80 License: Free for personal or commercial use Premium Pixels Mini Icons → Fontelico Font Number of Icons/Characters: 30 License: Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0 Fontelico Font → Typicons Number of Icons/Characters: 88 License: Free for personal or commercial use Typicons → Modern Pictograms Number of Icons/Characters: 89 License: Open Font License (OFL) Modern Pictograms → A Free Icon Web Font Number of Icons/Characters: 60 License: SIL Open Font License (OFL) A Free Icon Web Font → Modern Pictograms Number of Icons/Characters: 92 License: SIL Open Font License (OFL) Modern Pictograms → Symbol Signs Number of Icons/Characters: 21 Symbol Signs → Web Symbols Number of Icons/Characters: 78 License: SIL Open Font License (OFL) Web Symbols → Dot Com Font Number of Icons/Characters: 93 License: Free for personal use Dot Com Font → Social Media Icons Number of Icons/Characters: 74 License: Free for personal or commercial projects. Social Media Icons → Rondo – Social Icon Font Number of Icons/Characters: 40 License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Rondo – Social Icon Font → JustVector Social Icons Font Number of Icons/Characters: 30 JustVector Social Icons Font → Social Media Glyph Set Number of Icons/Characters: 30 License: Free for personal or commercial projects Social Media Glyph Set → Meteocons Number of Icons/Characters: 40 License: Free for personal or commercial projects Meteocons → You might also like… Top 50 Free Icon Sets from 2012 → 25 Completely Free Fonts Perfect for @fontface → 8 Free Pictogram Icon Libraries and Collections → Useful and Free Pictogram Dingbat Fonts → 50 Beautiful and Fresh Free Fonts → Or, you may like to browse our Fonts or Icons categories.

Freebie: Retina Glyph Icon Set (100 Icons in AI & PNG Formats) Posted: 19 Feb 2013 09:31 AM PST The freebie we have for you today will come in handy for all you mobile app and web designers out there. Designed by our friends at Freepik.com, we have a retina glyph icon-set containing 100 icons in both AI and PNG formats, all designed with modern web & mobile standards in mind. Download the icon pack by clicking the button below: Download the Retina Glyph Icon Set This icon set is free to use on both personal and commercial projects.