Back in the dark ages of web design, layouts were lumbering beasts with heavy skeletons of nested tables and spacer GIFs. I have no regrets for designing this way; it was the de facto standard, even detailed in web site reference material. But then we entered a renaissance period: we discovered the elegance, freedom, and flexibility of tableless design using semantic (X)HTML and CSS. (more…)
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February 23, 2010
February 12, 2010
CSS3 Might Be the Best Prototyping Tool Ever
While CSS2 and CSS2.1 introduced some ambitious elements, it’s CSS3 that’s becoming a real design powerhouse. I have to give credit to 24Ways and Handcrafted CSS to give me compelling examples of applying CSS3 design to prototyping. (more…)
February 1, 2010
The iPad: Because We Pretty Much Have To
Being a self-proclaimed gadget fanatic with a blog, I pretty much have to sound off on the recently announced iPad, lest I do the internet a disservice.
Apple is very good at repackaging technology and selling it as something new. They didn’t invent the mp3 player, nor did they pioneer the cell phone (or the smart phone, or – and someone correct me if I’m wrong – the touch screen cell phone). But they are quite good at taking a piece of technology coveted by a niche of gadget fans and turning it into something that few consumers can live without. (more…)