Believe it or not, there is a difference between a high-usability level and great user-experience. Usability is about the ability to use something. Is this product usable? Does it make sense? By allowing the end user to complete a specific task, you are making the product or website usable. User experience on the other hand, [...]
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User See, User Do
Creating an online experience that people will use doesn’t have to be hard. However, with all the various sites and apps available on the web right now, it can be a daunting task to meet the needs of every user. But then again, that’s not the point and it never should be. Every person is [...]
Writing Good CSS
It’s really easy to find yourself wondering how your CSS got to be such a mess. Sometimes it’s the result of sloppy coding from the start, sometimes it’s because of multiple hacks and changes over time. Whatever the cause, it doesn’t have to be that way. Writing clean, super-manageable CSS is simple when you start [...]
Web Design & Development Checklist
Whenever I’m working on a new website, I often review it at every stage, making sure the site is W3C & WCAG compliant, whether or not the overall design is properly targeting the audience, verifying compatibility across the most common browsers (and yes, IE6 as well), and so on. I have a pretty good mental [...]
Web Developer Extras for Safari 4
I use Firefox as my regular browser, but that may be changing very soon. I recently discovered the web developer tools available for Safari and other WebKit browsers like Google Chrome. These features are almost identical to Firebug for Firefox, and that’s a HUGE plus for me. To enable the developer extension, type the following [...]
Using @import in CSS
I’ve been using CSS quite frequently over the last few years to design my web pages. In the process of using it, I have come across some very useful features that have made my design strategy and develop phases much more enjoyable. At the top of the list is the @import rule. This rule allows [...]
10 Applications for Web Developers
I’ve been working in the web development field for over 10 years. In the process of discovering new and interesting tools to use, I have narrowed down a list of 10 items that are a MUST for all web developers when doing work in the office, on the road, or on a client’s computer. Enjoy! [...]
Friday Favorites
Well, it’s the first Friday of the month… And that means listing more of my favorites to share with you! Feel free to bookmark and share these links if you think they may be useful to you or people you know. Enjoy! Crackberry.com If you have a BlackBerry smart phone, then this is the place [...]
Espresso vs. Coda
If you currently build web pages from the ground up, then you’ve most likely began a cyber-trek through all sorts of different web development software. I started out with GoLive, then moved to Dreamweaver with the Adobe acquisition. After making the latest transition to the Coda/Transmit environment from Panic, I recently came across the latest [...]
Friday Favorites
Every first Friday of the month, I will be posting some of my favorite bookmarks. Feel free to bookmark them or add them to your RSS reader (I use NewsFire) if they offer feeds. This week they will be mostly technical, but the overall themes will vary from month to month. Enjoy! SmashingMagazine.com A very [...]