Nov 23
2005

Changingman Layout

With some help from Brothercake, Malarkey has released, under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license, Changingman: … Changingman, a liquid three column CSS layout with a fixed centre column. It’s a pretty slick technique and worth taking a look at. Visit Site

Nov 17
2005

Dynamic Resolution Dependent Layout

The folks at Particletree have published a great article on building a liquid layout that resizes itself dynamically based on your visitors’ browser size. Here’s the key point that should have anyone using a similar process itching to get this one employed on their sites: What’s nice about this method is that I don’t have [...]

Nov 16
2005

Scoping Projects

Keith Robinson offers some tips on project scope based on his own past experience. He goes into detail on the key points: Avoid starting without proper scoping Account for scope creep Standards-based sites Whether you are an experienced freelancer or an in-house designer working on a large corporate redesign, project scope is always an issue. [...]

Nov 15
2005

Microformats Primer

What the hell is a microformat? That’s what I’ve been asking myself since their launch some time back. There was never a definitive definition or explanation of what they, and their benefits, are. Well, in his latest article for Digital Web, Garrett Dimon attempts to do just that. Microformats are about using the standards we [...]

Nov 09
2005

design.Principles Evolving

Well, I’ve done it again. Only shortly after redesigning this site to improve the user experience, I’ve made some additional cosmetic changes. For the most part, the site is 100% the same as it was with the last redesign. This effort is more of a strategic move on my part. You can read more about [...]

Nov 09
2005

CSS Image Maps, Redux

Frank Manno, the creator of the first CSS Image Maps, has made some changes to his technique. While the CSS code remains the same, for the most part, the method now employs transparent PNGs and a single base image, as opposed to the layered images in the first attempt. There is a drawback to this [...]

Nov 08
2005

A List Apart: Issue 207

There are two new articles over at A List Apart today: High Accessibility Is Effective Search Engine Optimization and Design Choices Can Cripple a Website. The first, by Andy Hagans, talks abut Search Engine Optimization (SEO) with regard to accessibility. He says to think of search engines as “… users with substantial constraints: they can’t [...]

Nov 07
2005

IE Tab: Firefox Extension

I’m not sure how new or old this extension is, but I just ran across it this morning on one of the Sitepoint blogs. IE Tab, an extension from Taiwan, features embedding Internet Explorer in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox… This extension is derived from the famous extension IE View, but they are quite different. While IE [...]

Nov 01
2005

Safari Passes Acid2 Test

Congratulations to Apple and the Safari team for being the”first (publicly-released, non-beta, non-preview) browser” to pass the WASP Acid2 Test successfully. The updated browser is packaged in with the latest update to OSX. Visit Site

Oct 27
2005

Mobile Web Design: Tips & Techniques

It’s been some time in the making, but finally Cameron Moll’s third part in his Mobile Web Design series has arrived. In this latest article, he and Brian Fling focus on handheld stylesheets and mobile-specific sites in great detail. Within the handheld stylsheets section, the authors highlight some of the shortcomings of this method when [...]