Typing addresses into Google Maps on a U.S. English keyboard in Norway (maps.google.no)? No matter. Google has you covered. Click to embiggen.
[30 Jan 2011]
Namespaces can be a great way to build up a pragmatic URL structure that’s easy to remember with continued usage. What do I mean by a namespace? I mean a portion of a URL that dictates unique content. One of Kyle Neath’s tips from his post URL design. This. URLs make your site more usable, [...]
[6 Jan 2011]
From Typography on the Web: Questions for Jeffrey Zeldman — Part 2 But for the first 15 years or so, there was a definite ghetto perception in many design quarters; designers who could code, and who were willing to work in a medium limited to five or six system fonts, were perceived to be working [...]
[18 Nov 2009]
The two terms are often used interchangeably, but they’re slightly different concepts. As Cecily explains, [user experience] is how developers use persuasion, reward, and design to craft an environment that is a pleasure to use. Cecily drives the point home with a Slideshare deck. Usability vs. User Experience: What's the Difference? View more presentations from [...]
[18 Nov 2009]
Via @gsetser: The Big Boston Warm Up, an infographic presentation whose goal is to get you to donate a coat and help keep homeless people and families a little warmer this winter. The experience begins on the home page with a series of graphics that show the circumstances of Boston’s homeless. It’s a broad demographic [...]
[13 Nov 2009]
Web fonts took a big step closer to reality last month with a few announcements regarding the Web Open Font Format or WOFF. A big hurdle to the implementation @font-face and font linking has been a two-fold issue of licensing: Not all fonts are licensed for embedding and linking on the web. Major browser developers [...]
[2 Nov 2009]
Need some elements or inspiration for your next project? Check out these sites. Vecteezy Free vector images for download. Brusheezy From the folks behind Vecteezy, this site provides free brushes for Photoshop and Illustrator.
[23 Aug 2007]
The Cascading Style Sheets Working Group has a blog. And they’ve used that blog to announce that CSS 2.1 is a Candidate Recommendation (Via Molly). Finally, researchers are starting to debunk the above-the-fold/scroll myth. You may also want to read Unfolding the Fold. Indiana University researchers show that phishing is easier when you spoof a [...]
[24 Jul 2007]
I ran into a situation recently where I needed to test a web site in Internet Explorer 6, but the only computer with IE6 that I had reliable access to died a sudden death. I upgraded my own computer to Internet Explorer 7. And because I’m running Windows XP Home, I couldn’t use the Virtual [...]
[25 Jun 2007]