Category Archives: Web design

The design is the message

Zeldman, in the course of several days has gone from saying, rightfully, that the design is an inherent part of content and that’s why he didn’t have an RSS feed, to creating his own hand-rolled feed. He apparently got some … Continue reading

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Forward, fast

The new version of Opera comes with an interesting new feature: fast forwarding. The browser can detect link-next elements and allow users to move forward through a site from the brower’s forward button. While many people visit news sites looking … Continue reading

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Standards compliant text GIFs

Stopdesign has a great tutorial on a standards compliant way to use text GIFs. I wrote earlier about the need for better way to send typefaces to users, and Stopdesign’s way is a good standards-compliant way.

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Site optimization tips

Adrian Holovaty has a great interview with Web optimization expert Andy King. He makes a good point that most users are still on 56k and offers great suggestions to improve a site’s speed.

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Fonts fonts fonts

Jay Small wrote a great piece looking at how XP and OS X make text easier to read using font smoothing. While I agree with Jay that the improving look of text on computer screens is good, I’d just like … Continue reading

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