Category: Web Design

De-Mystifying AJAX

I remember when I first learned of AJAX, and I remember thinking: “I’ll never figure that out.” Well, remember when you never thought you’d learn how to remove the underline on your links with CSS? That proved easier than we thought (we later found out that CSS is (read more...)

Ten Greatest Web Design Taboos

Every web designer has a top 10 list of things that piss them off in web design. I helped teach a class on introductory web design, and I constructed the following list to hopefully keep those students from making the same mistakes I did. 1. Be cognizant of other viewers (read more...)

Proper Design with Web Standards

As the web continues to grow the concern over how inefficient our web design practices and procedures are is becoming very evident. Technologies such as WYSIWYG editors including FrontPage and Dreamweaver are not helping the cause to make more efficient, leaner websites. So, how are we to approach (read more...)