Here we are with only a few more weeks left in May, and we get closer and closer to the brand spanking new Devlounge design and a ton of new features. Friday Focuses will play a much bigger impact in the next version of Devlounge (slated for early – mid June), so you can continue to expect even bigger things in the weeks to come for FF. Let’s get started, and enjoy the weekend everyone!

Sites of the Week

Starting off this week is 18Seconds from Yahoo. The purpose – to get people to buy new environmentally friendly CFL light bulbs and help the world wide global warming issue while doing it. Check and see how helpful your state has been in conserving electricity and helping the environment.

Next up is The Big Noob. After being dormant for a very very long time, our buddy Ryan Sims and crew have relaunched their blog called The Big Noob. Now that they are back, I’m sure you can expect a lot of (great) fresh stuff.

And rounding out this week is Design By Grid, another niche design gallery from Every5Weeks creator, along with design help from Climax Designs.

Digg Weekly

The best of the last 7 days in design and programming

Design – Rediscovering the button element
Button styling constantly goes forgotten in the standards-driven world we live in today. Don’t let your poor buttons take on their own styles based on browsers and operating systems – style them today.

Programming – 14 Rules for fast Web Pages
A lead-in page for a very long Powerpoint presentation featuring 14 rules for optimizing your web pages. Powerpoint was created by Steve Souders of Yahoo’s “Exceptional Performance Team”.