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2004 April 24 • code, designFavicon
tutorial; A straightforward , quick, and fairly easy method. [credit: IDblog]
2004 April 11 • business, design, web standardsThe Way Forward with Web Standards
white paper: What Every Web Site Owner Should Know About Standards: A Web Standards Primer for non-tech Web site owners. This is just the beginning. We've got lots of ideas and projects coming up. Stay tuned for more.
2004 April 4 • designTop Ten Things They Never Taught Me in Design School
article: By Michael McDonough, quite useful and valid for nearly any kind of design discipline.
2004 April 4 • designWeb Design is Information Design
article: Views on web design's relationship with both graphic and information design. [credit: design PRINCIPLES]
2004 April 3 • design, resourcesSymbol signs
resource: The complete set of 50 passenger/pedestrian symbols developed by AIGA is now available on the web, free of charge. Signs are available in EPS and GIF formats.
2004 April 3 • code, designA Guide to Small-Screen Web-Dev
article: Covers the challenges and issues when authoring for small devices. Font items, images, layout tips, screen sizes, proxy filtering (how work may get changed on the way to display), protocol, page size, XHTML, HTML, CSS, WML, etc ... usability concerns ... and a list of handy resources.
[credit: Web Standards Project Buzz]
Browser Support 2004
article: thecounter.com’s stats are live again. There you will find browser use stats which are aggregated from a widely distributed hit counter script, and presumably a sample a broad cross-section of the population.
2004 March 21 • accessibility, design, resourcesTaskZ.com - Executive Resource for User-Centered Design (UCD)
website: The site is designed for corporate executives interested in developing an understanding of how user-centered development methods can improve the effectiveness of technology-based products and services. User-Centered Design in an Executive-Centered way.
The 4 main section are: - UCD Executive Primer - UCD Feature Articles - UCD Design Data - UCD Viewpointz [credit: GUUUI]
2004 March 21 • design, resourcesGUIdebook
website: "A website dedicated to preserving and showcasing as many Graphical User Interfaces as possible." [credit: antenna]
2004 March 21 • design, resourcesOpen Source Web Design
website: A community of designers and site owners freely sharing designs as well as design information. If you have come to download free designs, check out the Search Designs page where you will be able to search by color and W3 validation
2004 March 14 • code, designA Guide to Small-Screen Web-Dev
article: WebMonkey article contains a good bit of background information on developing sites that are equally viewable in a handheld device as they are in a normal web browser. [credit: design PRINCIPLES]
2004 March 14 • books, business, design, resourcesDefensive Design for the Web
book: Defensive Design for the Web: How To Improve Error Messages, Help, Forms, and Other Crisis Points. "The folks at 37signals have created an invaluable resource: tons of 'best practice' examples for ensuring that Web users can recover gracefully when things — as they inevitably will — go wrong." Steve Krug, Author, Don't Make Me Think.
2004 March 8 • designThe Complexity Principle
article: Explaining the Complexity Principle of interface design, a good read for all web or interface designers. [credit: design PRINCIPLES]
2004 March 7 • design, toolsTechnicolor Web Colour Designer
tool: There are a plethora of color scheme tools on the web. Here's another, with an added bonus. Not only can you choose your colors, but you can then apply them to a mock-up layout on the same page. [credit: design PRINCIPLES]
2004 March 6 • designA Recipe For Learning Web Design
article: Some good, practical advice on how to learn the business of Web design. [credit: asterisk*]
2004 March 2 • business, designInherent value testing
article: Jared M. Spool has written an article on the using a technique he calls inherent value testing. To quote:
Inherent Value Testing showed us what was valuable about the site and its underlying services. It gives us a concise, easy way to learn how well the site communicates value and where it falls short.With the results of this technique, design teams can easily prioritize changes. Subsequent testing can demonstrate that changes have improved the design. Inherent Value Testing is one more technique in our user experience toolbox that gives teams the information they need to create successful designs.
(A follow-up article describes in greater detail how to actually conduct inherent value tests.) [credit: Column Two]
2004 February 29 • code, designSide-stepping IE
article: CSS and Internet Explorer, includes some brief descriptions of solid work-arounds for some pesky IE bugs. [credit:design PRINCIPLES]
2004 February 21 • design, tools4096 Color Wheel
tool: There are several great color matching/picker applications currently on the Internet. Here's a new one that displays web-safe, web-smart, and un-web safe alternatives of the colors you are looking for. [credit: design PRINCIPLES]
2004 February 21 • design, usabilityWeb usability: a new International Standard
article: ISO is developing a new standard for web usability. The new standard will be of interest to anyone who designs, evaluates or commissions web sites and it is likely to have a significant impact in improving the overall usability of the web.
2004 February 1 • business, designDesigning on spec
article: And why it is a bad idea. Rule of thumb: if you are expecting to get paid for your work at some point, don't design anything until your contract is signed.