Should one embrace responsive web design or not?
Heard of responsive web design? Wondering what all the fuss is about? Big question: should you be using it? Part of the answer is discussed here.
Category: Web Design
28/06/2011 | 8 comments | View Post
The web designer’s inspiration overdose.
There is such a thing as web design inspiration overdose. Understanding the limits one has in consuming inspiration will surely be beneficial.
18/04/2011 | 4 comments | View Post
Google is now testing a new user interface.
Google has launched a new user interface for its home page. Some months after the SERPs improvement, the home interface has undergone light changes. Let’s analyse the world’s most viewed interface.
17/02/2011 | 12 comments | View Post
Using FIR [Fahrner Image Replacement] – Part 1 – Basic implementation.
The FIR, Fahrner Image Replacement, is an old technique that could be the ancestor of Cufòn or the new Typekits or Google Fonts. Following popular demand, here is the first part of a tutorial on the subject showing the basic use of the technique. This will be supercharging your CSS-fu.
20/07/2010 | 7 comments | View Post
Smashing Magazine has changed, will the trend whores also change?
Have you noticed the changed Smashing Magazine has made to its editorial line? Will the trendbwhores copying the trend setting website’s new policies too? This article covers the history and the reasons for the swift changes Smashing Magazine has been making for some months.
12/05/2010 | 18 comments | View Post
The secret of strong and em tags.
Find out the real sense, use and utility of the strong and the em tags. What do they have more than the b and i tags and how to use them. You will have a full overview of them all and their use in accessibility and SEO in this article.
10/05/2010 | 7 comments | View Post
Dropping unnecessary tags in your HTML code.
Improving a page’s HTML code can be easy task. It gets better when it is done with some smart edges. Here is a little process I use: dropping off the maximum number of unnecessary tags as can be done while cleaning and optimising the code.
20/04/2010 | 2 comments | View Post
You should be (over-) using the H (heading) tags.
Headings are regularly overlooked by web designers although they are really useful elements in web design in terms of standards, seo and usability. The full cover of these is in this article.
15/04/2010 | 8 comments | View Post
Speeding your page load time will improve your Google ranking.
Google made it official, a page’s load time affects its ranking in results pages. Learn how to speed up your pages through code optimisation.
13/04/2010 | 11 comments | View Post
Failure of the web design community in Mauritius?
It is a sad thought, there is no real Mauritian web design community. There are web designers, there are companies but none are actually working for the creation of an active community. Most are taken is showing that they are better than the others, necessary for business, true but what about the community?
07/04/2010 | 6 comments | View Post
Nobody needs web designers.
You don’t need to hire a web designer nor do you need expert consultants in “web” fields. Not to speak of SEO and project management. All this is so easy and resources are so readily available that it is a real waste of time and money.
28/03/2010 | 4 comments | View Post
De Chazal du Mée's (DCDM) website can harm your computer.
You might be careful when accessing the DCDM website from now on as Google is now putting it in the malware dropping category of websites. Another bullet in the foot of one of the country’s most important companies, bullet fired by oneself.
11/03/2010 | 2 comments | View Post
Speed up your web pages via the CSS file.
Here is a small but useful tutorial on how to publish your CSS file to reduce your page loading time.
15/12/2009 | 2 comments | View Post
Why will web design clichés stay forever?
Web design is pimped with trends… actually they are more like clichés than anything else. How will these carry on renewing for ever? Simple, through Web design showcases.
18/11/2009 | 0 comments | View Post
When form follows function in Web design.
You’ve integrated the concept of SEO and beautiful, hype web designing, now integrate this one: people buy products and services, not search engines! The need to have functional websites is getting more important.
16/11/2009 | 2 comments | View Post
Are your site's images carrying the right message?
Choosing the wrong image to illustrate a concept on a page can be a drawback to a site’s conversion rate. Here is an example and its analysis. How to and why choose each page’s image carefully.
27/10/2009 | 4 comments | View Post
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