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2004 June 6 • design, resourcesDesigning with Type
website: Designingwithtype.com is a web site devoted to the art and appreciation of typography. It offers a unique typographic resource for students, educators, and professionals, showcasing talent from around the world. [credit: The Design Weblog]
2004 June 6 • design, processHow Good Does Your Web Site Look on Paper?
article: It only takes 6-8 customers using a paper prototype to identify prevent more than 80 percent of these kinds of high level problems that occur within web sites. Since the goal of paper prototyping is to achieve the most effective, customer-friendly site, it's not surprising that sites employing paper prototypes earn a higher user satisfaction rating. [credit: Usability Views]
2004 June 6 • ccs, designCssBeauty
website: A new CSS Design Showcase.
2004 June 6 • ccs, designCSS Vault v.3
website: Designers site for quality discussions on CSS and design. [credit: Whitespace]
2004 June 6 • accessibility, business, designBanner Advertising and Accessibility
article: The Ad Sizes Task Force has reduced the number of ad sizes for the purpose of reducing the costs and inefficiencies associated with the planning, buying and creating of online media. The result is the Universal Ad Package, a set of four ad sizes that all compliant member publishers have agreed to support. [credit: Juicy Studio]
2004 June 4 • business, designBudget Design
booklet: "Budget Design: Increase Profit by Improving Process" is practical advice and tips to improve effectiveness and efficiency on low budget projects. [credit: Brian Sweeting's IT Weblog]
2004 May 29 • business, designThe Confidence Game
article: How does a user interface designer know that a given design will work? How does anybody develop enough confidence in a design to move it toward the real world? The methods designers use to evaluate user interfaces require training and experience. But the people who need to hire designers are unlikely to have those skills. How do the people who are paying the bills know they are getting good answers?
2004 May 29 • design, iaInformation Design FAQ
FAQ: A valuable resource if you are not familiar with the field of information design or its vocabulary.
2004 May 16 • design, writingWords come before looks in web design
article: by Gerry McGovern. Advertising agencies tend to design awful websites because they are obsessed with getting attention. When people come to your website, you have already got their attention. They want to do something. They want detail. They want facts. The thing they value most is their time. So don’t waste it.
2004 May 16 • designColor Scheme Methods
article: Methods used for coming up with a good colour scheme which include technical, matching, and intuition. A very good primer for anyone trying to find a good color scheme. [credit: Digital Web Magazine]
2004 May 14 • design, processWeb Designers On A Fence
article: The art of compromising. A great read for any web designer who is frustrated with top down design decisions. As a web designer you always want perfection, but as a client you know what you need done. In both cases it has never been an easy decision to compromise the design or the business goals. [credit: Digital Web Magazine]
2004 May 9 • design, ia, processIntroduction To Personas And How To Create Them
article: Learn about the use of personnas (archetypal representations of typical user types) in usability testing. "Personas allow you to identify and communicate user needs efficiently and effectively. By developing 'stand in' users, based on real user data, the design team can concentrate on designing for these archetypal... [credit: The Content Wrangler]
2004 May 9 • code, designChoosing form elements
website: 'Forms that Work' is dedicated to the world of forms design. Website includes a Questions and Answers section and a variety of PDF papers on forms design. [credit: GUUUI]
2004 May 9 • design, processUnderstanding Organizational Stakeholders for Design Success
article: User-centered design professionals pay special emphasis to one type of stakeholder-the users of the system-arguing that user experience needs to be carefully crafted to satisfy user needs. While understanding user needs and goals is certainly necessary, it is often not sufficient for producing a successful design. [credit: Usability Views]
2004 May 8 • designArt Direction and the Web
article: A good 101 article about Art Direction which also covers how ADing applies to the Web. [credit: Digital Web Magazine]
2004 May 1 • business, designThe Evolution of Corporate Websites
article: A high-level look at web design trends over the past 10 years. It’s fascinating to see how they have evolved over the years, from the early days of magazine-style brochureware to the most recent trends of two-way Web interfaces. [credit: Read/Write Web]
2004 May 1 • design, processWikis described in Plain English
article: Ultimately, a wiki is a specific type of website. A wiki is special because it allows a group of people to build, edit and modify a website with no programming or HTML whatsoever. Because it doesn't require technical expertise, all users of the wiki have equal ability to maintain and edit the site. Wikis are easy to learn and use, which makes them accessible to everyone. [credit: Column Two]
2004 April 30 • design, resources300 Icons From 1800 Sites...
collection: A collection of 300 Icons From 1800 sites. [credit: Poorbuthappy Guide to Ease]
2004 April 24 • designTheories of Experience
article: Towards a Framework of Interaction and Experience As It Relates to Product Design, summarized theories as critical contributions in helping designers understand what experience is and if we can design for it. [ credit: Gleanings]
2004 April 24 • design, usabilityUsability Guidelines
guidelines: Includes most factors to consider during a usability evaluation of a web site. [credit: InfoDesign]