links for 2006-11-18
November 18th, 2006
CollyLogic: Thursday Rant Simon Collison going insane – and videoing it. (tags: webdesign)
November 18th, 2006
CollyLogic: Thursday Rant Simon Collison going insane – and videoing it. (tags: webdesign)
November 17th, 2006
Javascript navigation animation Via Tony Hirst at the OU. These are some neat techniques for making navigational elements a little more exciting. The fist eye technique near the end of the page is of particular interest. (tags: webdesign javascript) Yahoo! UI Library (YUI) Lots of people in the OU refer to this. It’s about time […]
November 16th, 2006
What’s with all the faceless cartoon characters I’m seeing in designs lately? The Magic Numbers and Bjorn Again are two examples but there are many more. People too lazy to add features? It would seem not. For Stephen’s latest project, Ultragloss, the client was very clear to specify on no uncertain terms should the characters […]
November 16th, 2006
Bring me problems, not solutions “You’re not just getting a computer nerd who can write code in his or her sleep. I have no doubt clients who embrace this will get far more out of their designer than those who don’t.” – right on. (tags: webdesign)
November 15th, 2006
Broken Flowers (2005) is a subtle, funny and very watchable film. I retented the DVD on saturday and watched it twice before returning it to the shop last night. Don’s mate Winston is straight out of Napoleon Dynamite. Recommended. (tags: flim) Microsoft unleashes improved Firefox is blatantly some sort of joke but I’ve as yet […]
November 14th, 2006
Web Design is 95% Typography “Our medium is very tricky. Even though we design for the screen: Websites have nothing to do with TV. That is as true for this website, as for yours or for YouTube. Even though we can choose among millions of colors, it’s not art, what we do, it is pro […]
November 11th, 2006
I got bored of the previous design so ive swapped in this rather plain version instead. Don’t worry, I’m not going all low-fi on you. I’m going to be developing up a new design over the next couple of months. I put the last face-lift live on new year 2006 so let’s see if a […]
November 11th, 2006
Daring Fireball: Stikkit a review of the new web app for stickies (tags: webdesign webapps web2) CSS: Browser testing order Andy Clarke explains what browsers he test in – and which one’s he doesn’t. (tags: webdesign browsers)
November 10th, 2006
GUUUI – The Interaction Designer’s Coffee Break Why this wasn’t in my delicious links is beyond me. Usability, user interaction stuff. (tags: webdesign usability) Getting Real – online book much better than the pdf i bought last year. For some reason the pdf always looked really bad on may mac and pc. (tags: webdesign book)
November 8th, 2006
Twitter: A Whole World in Your Hands what u up 2? (tags: webdesign) Twitter / guyweb my out of office assistant (tags: business) Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 from the w3c (tags: webdesign mobileweb) Jarvis Cocker Looks promising. (tags: music wishlist)