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2004 January 25 • code, designCSS Vault
website: The CSS Vault website contains a selection of css websites which both inspire and are a great CSS resource. [credit: Reloade]
2004 January 21 • design, processThe Importance of Process in Web Design
article: Having a process can protect designers and clients throughout a web design project. [ credit: Digital Web Magazine]
2004 January 16 • code, design, usabilityThe Perfect 404
article: No matter how carefully you design and structure your site, visitors will sometimes request missing, moved, or non-existent pages. A well tempered 404 error page will plunge these visitors back into the flow of your site. Ian Lloyd shares strategies for crafting the perfect 404.
2004 January 11 • code, designCSS Centering
article: Horizontal and vertical centering, together at last. Joe Gillespie shows us how at Web Page Design For Designers.... [credit: Web Standards Project Buzz]
2004 January 11 • design, ia, processRichard Saul Wurman: The InfoDesign interview
interview: Wurman coined the term ‘information architecture’ almost 30 years ago. While ‘information architecture’ has a different connotation today, for the purposes of this interview, it is treated as synonymous with ‘information design. [credit: xBlog]
2004 January 11 • code, designElastic Design
article: Not quite liquid, yet not fixed-width either, Elastic Design combines the strengths of both. Done well, it can enhance accessibility, exploit neglected monitor and browser capabilities, and freshen your creative juices as a designer. Patrick Griffiths shows how to start. [credit: A List Apart]
2004 January 4 • design, resources, tools4096 Color Wheel
tool: A simple color chooser, incorporates auto-columns of web-safe, web-smart and unsafe colors as you hover over a color wheel. [credit: webgraphics]. Also see Web color tools for links to additional color tools.
2004 January 4 • design, iaRichard Saul Wurman: The InfoDesign interview
interview: "Wurman coined the term 'information architecture' almost 30 years ago. While 'information architecture' has a different connotation today, for the purposes of this interview, it is treated as synonymous with 'information design.'
2004 January 4 • design, process, resourcesInfoDesign: Understanding by Design
website: A new site was launched for Information Designers, an ezine for information design. The site strives to be the leading source for information relating to a myriad of fields that are central to information design and often grouped as "experience design," "user experience," or even just "Design" itself. [credit: Digital Web Magazine]
2004 January 1 • design, resourcesBrowser Cam
resource: Create screen captures of your web pages loaded in any browser, on any operating system. Be 100% sure your web pages look good, and work right, on any platform.
Liquid Layouts
article: Explains one method of achieving a successful liquid layout as well as providing basic definitions of liquid, fixed-width and em-driven layouts.
2004 January 1 • design, resourcesPirated-Sites.com
website: Portal for sites pilfered, plundered and otherwise not original. Send screenshots or links of sites you know are ripped, and the ripping site. Let's stop the theft of design and code.
2003 December 27 • designNew York City skyline
website: The New York City skyline with the towering skyscrapers of Manhattan is colorfully portrayed in two detailed panoramas from Grandscapes.
2003 December 27 • design, usabilityTop Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2003
list: Unclear Statement of Purpose. New URLs for Archived Content. Undated Content. Small Thumbnail Images of Big, Detailed Photos. Overly detailed ALT Text. No "What-If" Support. Long Lists that Can't Be Winnowed by Attributes. Products Sorted Only by Brand. Overly Restrictive Form Entry. Pages That Link to Themselves.
2003 December 21 • design, processNavigation Stress Test
article: The idea behind Keith Instone's Navigation Stress Test is to ask the basic questions users often have upon arriving at a web page...
- Where am I?
- Whats here?
- Where can I go?
[credit: GUUUI]
Understanding brand experience
PDF: Presentation given at AIGA Houston.
2003 December 14 • design, resources, toolsColor Scheme
tool: Generates several types of color schemes. Every scheme is based on one (base) color, which is supplemented with additional colors..
2003 December 14 • design, resourcesWidgetopia
resource: Collection of Widgets and UI elements from various websites, with notations.
2003 December 14 • code, design, usabilityUsable forms for e-commerce
article: Visitors don't enjoy filling out HTML forms. That makes good usability doubly important. Here's a detailed look at forms for e-commerce — individual form elements such as dropdown boxes and radio buttons, plus validation and error messages. [credit: GUUUI]
2003 December 6 • code, design, usabilityWhy tables for layout is stupid
presentation: Tables existed in HTML for one reason: To display tabular data. But then border="0" made it possible for designers to have a grid upon which to lay out images and text. Still the most dominant means of designing visually rich Web sites, the use of tables is now actually interfering with building a better, more accessible, flexible, and functional Web. Find out where the problems stem from, and learn solutions to create transitional or completely table-less layout.