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New look
As befalls most designers of websites, the urge to re-design (or at least re-align, Cameron Moll-stylee) hit me a while back with this site. I still quite liked the old design (above), but t...
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Keeping track of things when programming
In a vaguely similar vein to a blog post by Jason from 37signals last month, where he discussed (among other things) the technique of having events nearest to now in larger type than those further ...
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Have a hug
Blog comments (not that I get any here), much like discussions on forums and mailing lists, can very easily turn into shouting matches over the smallest of details or misunderstandings. It's nic...
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IE7 in IE5/6
Only a year or so late, but I came across a great little bit of javascript, aptly titled 'IE7', written by Dean Edwards. It's a set of javascript code that can be included in a page to bring IE5/6'...
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Clever notices
Yesterday was the CSS Reboot, with hundreds of websites re-launching with nice standards-compliant CSS-based designs. It's a great event for promoting good design that still works to standards and ...
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Let me know when it's cheaper
Browsing my way through the products Amazon had deemed worthy to recommend me today (the gimmick of the new AJAX ratings made it more interesting and less hassle), I noticed a bit of a trend in the...
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PHP on Trax
I've just found (and started playing with) a PHP framework called PHPonTrax that's basically a PHP port of Ruby on Rails. I did mention quite a while ago I was going to look into doing some deve...
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Net Effects - The Re-birth
... or some other Hollywood-style tagline to suitably over-egg the release of a new website. The company I work for (Net Effects), is moving servers and moving designs with it. The old website w...
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Portfolio update
The web design company I work for has a sister company, Ability Media, that handles a number of disability-related web projects including government-backed websites. The sites are all currently in ...
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Usability niggles
I found a great blog on my web travels last night, Niggle. It's a blog about the niggling details of design that can make or break usability and/or the user experience. Reading through the posts...