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2007: More Web Design Trends & Cliches 10 Dec 2007 | 01:00 pm
It's been well over a year since I compiled the original list of web cliches, so I figured it was time to revisit some of the trends currently prevalent in web design now. Things have definitely move...
JavaScript LED Message Scrolling Display 2 Dec 2007 | 01:00 pm
I guess this answers the question of what to do with the LED icons I posted yesterday - I've always wanted to do a dot-matrix dynamic display in JavaScript, and I suppose an LED message scroller is th...
LED Icons 1 Dec 2007 | 01:00 pm
Simple, versatile, great for status indicators or embellishment: 14 icons in 7 colours, representing the most common types of LED. Make your own virtual throwies, use them on a webpage or an app, do w...
Screen Resolutions and Aspect Ratios Worldwide 27 Nov 2007 | 01:00 pm
Intended screen resolution is a deciding factor in terms of a site design and layout - catering for smaller resolutions is a key factor for accessibility and for ensuring as many readers as possible c...
Good Practice in Implementing HTML Forms 21 Nov 2007 | 01:00 pm
Forms are a critical but often misunderstood aspect of web design - most of the attention in tutorials and guides go to the presentational aspects, rather than the usability of forms. There are count...
Retro MacOS Wordpress Theme 8 Aug 2007 | 06:00 am
I thought I'd try my hands at WordPress tweakery, and so I thought I'd mark up my first custom theme. For whatever reason, I decided that a rendition of the monochrome MacOS from circa System 6 would ...
Six of the best: Recommended Reads 7 Aug 2007 | 11:00 am
Summer has always been somewhat of a quiet time on the blogging front, with folk jetting off on holiday and enjoying the sunshine - anything other than being cooped up indoors writing. But whilst we'...
Forget design 'inspiration' - just stick to the basics 6 Aug 2007 | 11:00 am
A lot of design tutorials tend to focus on the aspect of 'inspiration' - without much emphasis on the design process itself. For all the showy gradients and web 2.0 gloss, truly good design comes from...
The BBC iPlayer is officially Web 2.0 compliant 2 Aug 2007 | 11:00 pm
Those of you fearing that the BBC is out of touch as far as the web is concerned need worry no more - the recently-opened-private-beta of the BBC iPlayer is at the cutting edge of interactive design. ...
There's a fine line between blogspam and self-submission 2 Aug 2007 | 11:00 am
Blogspam is bad. It must be; it has 'spam' in it. But what on earth is blogspam? Let me give you some context. On the social media sites, such as Reddit and Digg, self-submission of your own work is ...
