The Web 2.0 Summit is now over. We will not get back into the stale debate of “what is Web 2.0″. One thing for sure is the implication of new media and social media in the web world and especially the way information is driven into these media. This is where the summit reached a [...]
A major part of the world is rejoicing over the new American President’s victory leading to a rendez-vous with American and World history. The first downside of all this is the other part of the world that is even more rejoicing over this victory is the hacker/spammer/malware provider world as the interest in Obama is [...]
You might be acquainted to the major type foundries such as Linotype. What about the unknown ones. Designer Daily has published a list of 16 Type Foundries you might have never heard of.
For those of you webdesigners having difficulties managing your CSS code, here is a Windows only free tool allowing you to code, format, beautify and compress your code. Free CSS Toolbox is a freeware allowing you to enhance your code while keeping you on the validation track. If you are no text-based tool addict, this [...]
How can one help one’s company take the turn of accessibility. Its usually difficult to explain accessibility and its uses and issues to fellow workers, let alone those who do not work in the technical field. Accessibility can be a huge support when answering an offer. Bruce Lawson gives you his experience of how to [...]
I’ve been working on new designs lately and found myself raking my brains on blog footer designs. They are useful and “fill up” a page. Here are some reviews that can be used for inspiration: Impressive @ Vandelay Gorgeous @ SEOMoz CSS Based @ SM
I was hanging around Digg this morning and came across this (really) old article concerning Mauritius and the term cyber-island. This will clear a lot of inconsistancies on the term used. As you can see, this Digg article was published some 3 years ago. This was the original idea: setting wireless over the whole country. [...]
Giromon analyses DCL‘s corporate rebranding. A great example of failure with text ripped off the Unysis website along with wonderful examples of bad design and coding. Great article by Giromon on this. Mauritian web designers: this is what you should never do!
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Most site owners need to know (an eventually live to the rythm of) the traffic their website is gaining. Some years back, this was not a prior element in terms of web usage especially when the Web 2.0 machine started going forward. Users such as bloggers were not interested in traffic because their main way [...]
Popular designer Andy Rutledge takes arms against son bad layout conventions usually accepted as popular and well designed. His analysis and proposals are to the point and a good read for any designer wishing to optimise user experience.
“[...] it will be capable of downloading a full film a continent away in 1-5 seconds. It is the end of the Internet as we know it. So what is The Grid and why does it sound so worryingly like The Matrix?” Will this really replace the Internet?
Done the job? Coded it all? Styled it all? Tested it all? Validated it all? And now want to brag a little bit about it with an icon? A nice validation icon kit is available over at Validation Icons (with PSD files please).
I was reading Anthony Zinni’s post on aliasing in design comps. This might seem to be a minor issue to many a mauritian, especially budding, designer but experience has proved that there is more to it. The main problem is that,as a designer replying to an offer, you don’t know what type of web/graphics habits [...]
I have been working on new website designs lately and found out that Photoshop brushes were a real help, being both time-saving and cost effective. This, actually, is not really new in terms of website development or in general photoshop usage terms. What is changing is the amount of ressources available online, be they paid [...]
Being a webdesigner implies coming up with fresh ideas for one’s clients. This is the first challenge the designer has to take and solve. Added to that is the fact that, most of the time, the client has an idea of what s/he wants while not really knowing what s/he actually desires. This is where [...]
