digiwebs Flashes of Brilliance and Use-Centered Design Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By J. Dawn Mercedes Published on April 14, 2003 Can Macromedia Flash really add value to a Web site? Or is Flash content on the Web so prone to usability problems that it … Read more
Flash Usability Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Meryl K. Evans Published on January 22, 2002 Before you roll your eyes at the thought of reading about Flash, think about the possibilities of it putting money into your bank account. Let’s put our negative … Read more
Fluid Thinking Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > Keep It Simple By Peter-Paul Koch Published on October 2, 2002 Times have changed for the better since the advent of Web standards. We can write a script or a CSS declaration, confident that Mozilla, Explorer … Read more
Forms, usability, and the W3C DOM Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Peter-Paul Koch Published on May 30, 2003 Despite the specification having been around for nearly five years and a workable level of browser support for about three, the average Web developer doesn’t … Read more
Form follows function Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > Keep It Simple By Peter-Paul Koch Published on February 6, 2003 Although I’m not a designer myself, I’ve slowly grown to understand them, not only because of my frequent cooperation with Web designers, but also … Read more
Form vs. Function: Finding the Balance Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Nick Finck Published on October 29, 2001 Back to the basics In 1896, architect Louis Henri Sullivan said, “Form ever follows function.” His quote implies not so much the importance of function … Read more
Forum Setup for Designers: Putting Vanilla to the Test Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Jessica Neuman Beck Published on August 20, 2007 Ever since the Romans built their famous meeting place, people have used forums to disseminate information. The internet is no exception. … Read more
For and Against Microsoft Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Joe Hewitt Published on May 29, 2000 Introduction I’ve been following the anti-Microsoft threads [on the WaSP mailing list] for some time, and feel the need to summarize what I feel are the reasons … Read more
The Four Best Web Design Books You May Have Missed Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Book Reviews By Karen Morrill-McClure Published on February 2, 2005 Back in the wild-and-wooly early days of Web design, everything was changing quickly and it seemed like a … Read more
Four Ways to Bypass Inertia Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Curt Cloninger Published on April 3, 2007 [Editor’s note: The article below is an abridged version of Chapter Three of “Hot-Wiring Your Creative Process”. Edited for length, the original version includes an interview … Read more
Fresh Styles for Web Designers: Eye Candy from the Underground Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Book Reviews By James McNally Published on January 22, 2002 The Fresh Originally an online article, Curt Cloninger’s new book describes ten “schools” of creative web design, gives … Read more
From Each… To Each… Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > Pro Dot Con By Peter Fielding Published on August 14, 2001 So here I am, sitting on my column deadline, trying desperately to sort out my feelings about the status of “online community.” Those … Read more
Gabe Kean Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Interviews By Meryl K. Evans Published on May 7, 2002 Part I — Online Literature Part II — Inside Born Magazine Part III — Creativity in Web Design Part I — Online Literature Digital Web: Let’s start off … Read more
Anyone for a Game of Cards? Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Ruth Stalker-Firth Published on May 14, 2007 Everyone loves a game of cards. I was raised playing Whist for pennies and matches. Whatever the stakes, we ten-year-olds would play for hours, peering … Read more
Generating Dynamic CSS with PHP Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Douglas Clifton Published on April 28, 2005 Introduction A frequently asked question on the popular css-discuss.org mailing list and archive is, “How do I store and reuse values in my style sheets?” I … Read more
Geoffrey Hiller Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Interviews By Meryl K. Evans Published on March 19, 2002 Digital Web: How did you first get interested in photography? Have you had any formal education in photography? Geoffrey Hiller: I was 17. I studied for a year … Read more
Getting IA Done, Part I Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > Information Architecture for the People By Joshua Kaufman Published on June 6, 2005 People are crazy about Getting Things Done these days. First there was 43 Folders, then Lifehacker. Now there’s To-Done and … Read more
Getting IA Done, Part II Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > Information Architecture for the People By Joshua Kaufman Published on August 22, 2005 Back in June, I presented my best advice in Getting IA Done, Part I. At the end of the article, … Read more
Getting Mobile Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Brian Fling Published on July 31, 2006 Long promised and way overdue, mobile technology is finally moving beyond telephone calls to become a fundamental of our technology-infused lives. In fact, mobile could very well transform how … Read more
Getting The Most Out Of Your Library Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By William Hicks Published on August 12, 2008 So I want to talk about libraries. No, not the JavaScript kind, the old ones—bricks, mortar, and books. Chances are that when you need … Read more
Greasemonkey: Code Injection is Bliss Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Jeff Rudesyle Published on February 12, 2008 Don’t you hate it when someone develops an idea that’s been in your head for a while? Ever since I started messing around with web pages … Read more
Grit Meets Grout Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > Pro Dot Con By Peter Fielding Published on June 14, 2001 Let’s take a moment away from web design, shall we? I see the geeks trying to bolt now. Sit your turtlenecked, bespectacled arses down … Read more
Flash Player 9: Bringing HD Flash Video to the Web Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Tom Green Published on October 29, 2007 At a recent Adobe MAX conference, I was quietly sitting in a comfy chair absorbing the information overload, when an attendee … Read more
head Conference Q&A; with Aral Balkan Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Interviews By Frances Berriman Published on October 7, 2008 Digital Web: Hi Aral and welcome to Digital Web. Could you tell us a little bit about who you are and what your background is? … Read more
Heather Hesketh Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Interviews By Nick Finck Published on December 31, 2001 Digital Web: I’d like to start things out by taking a step back in history. The year was 1995 and the Internet was booming, this was the year that hesketh.com … Read more