digiwebs Client Centered Design 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 23, 2002 What is the difference between user centered design and usability? Until writing this column I didn’t have the faintest idea. Fortunately a quick search … Read more
Client Side Load Balancing for Web 2.0 Applications Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Lei Zhu Published on October 1, 2007 A web server handles HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) requests sent to it by web browsers. When you type in a URL —, for … Read more
An Introduction to Client-Side XSLT: It’s Not Just for Server Geeks Anymore Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Ken Westin Published on November 17, 2004 Learning XML by itself is a bit like learning Latin. You memorize the vocabulary and some grammatical rules, but … Read more
Review: CodeIgniter for Rapid PHP Application Development Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Book Reviews By Nathan Smith Published on February 12, 2008 Frameworks have become a hot topic in the world of web development. Their popularity stems from the notion of “convention over … Read more
Code Reviews: Write Better Code Overnight Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > View Source By Garrett Dimon Published on July 3, 2006 It’s a common practice among good teams of programmers, but I rarely meet front-end coders who know what code reviews are. Few … Read more
Coding for Content Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > View Source By Garrett Dimon Published on April 23, 2007 Strongly inspired by the work of Edward Tufte, I recently reworked the design of my personal site to focus on content and ideas rather than … Read more
Collecting for Design Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Matthew Smith Published on November 26, 2007 Very early in my design career, I noticed that my work was not on a par with that of designers like Jesse Bennett Chamberlain or Daniel Scrivner. Their … Read more
Color: An Investigation Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > Design in Theory and Practice By Joshua David McClurg-Genevese Published on November 6, 2006 Introduction What is color? Take a moment to consider this question before reading on. In a previous article, I referred to … Read more
Color Theory for the Color-Blind Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Mario Parisé Published on August 1, 2005 Being color-blind can be a real obstacle for anyone involved in design. For Web designers, this does not need to be true. In any other field … Read more
Community for Dummies Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > DigiSect By Stephen Van Doren Published on August 14, 2001 I take my introduction from dictionary.com, which says that community is several things: A group of people living in the same locality and under the … Read more
Competitive Analysis Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Dan Brown Published on August 21, 2006 Every industry has its own version of the competitive analysis and its function is clear: to line up your product with other products and show where yours falls short … Read more
Competitive Analysis, Part 2 Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Dan Brown Published on October 2, 2006 Excerpted from Chapter 5 of Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning by Dan Brown. Analyzing the Competition: The Basics Like any deliverable, a … Read more
Completely Rethinking the Web Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > Innovating the Web Experience By Dirk Knemeyer Published on May 18, 2005 It’s Spring 2005. April showers, May flowers. The hope of a new year bursting forth all around us. It’s a time for … Read more
Composition and Usability Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Rick Cecil Published on March 25, 2000 Since the advent of the Web, we’ve seen a myriad of design schemas evolve–from the simple navigation/content style of site to the cluttered portal. And as this evolution … Read more
Computers: An Illustrated History Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Book Reviews By James McNally Published on August 24, 2002 Taschen have turned their considerable talents for producing stunning art books to the computer, producing this lavish volume full of photographs of long-forgotten machines … Read more
Computer-Based Music Production on a Budget Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Product Reviews By Jesse Nieminen Published on April 21, 2004 As Web and multimedia firms broaden their service repertoires to stay competitive in today’s tight market, many of them are bringing music … Read more
Concept Design Tools Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Victor Lombardi Published on September 30, 2008 Designers of digital products and services like ourselves can dramatically improve our work by generating more concepts early in our projects. In this article, I’ll try to make … Read more
Content Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > DigiSect By Stephen Van Doren Published on November 6, 2001 “This article will be 750 words long exactly, or you can have your money back.” Several months ago, I went into great detail about the process that … Read more
Content as Navigation Tool Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Christopher Schmitt Published on November 6, 2001 As designers and developers of the web, we shape our experiences by what we add to or exclude from site development. From color schemes, icons, even to … Read more
Content? Or Dis-content? Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Garth A. Buchholz, BA, CUA Published on August 21, 2003 Whenever I’ve been involved in major Web start-ups or redesigns as an information architect, one of the biggest vocabulary challenges involves two of the simplest … Read more
Contract Killers Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Andy Budd Published on September 17, 2007 No, I’m not talking about hiring a hit man to take care of a difficult client, although I’m sure we’ve all been there at some stage. In this article … Read more
Converting a Page to CSS Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By J. David Eisenberg Published on May 14, 2001 A result of the Web Standards Project‘s Browser Upgrade Initiative many developers are revising their Web Sites, switching to XHMTL notation and applying Cascading Style … Read more
Cooking With Stock Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Jason Beaird Published on September 9, 2008 It’s not a secret. We all use stock imagery in our day-to-day design work. So why doesn’t anybody ever talk about it? My guess is that we’re all … Read more
Corporate Web Standards Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Scott Gledhill Published on July 16, 2007 We’ve all heard the fairy-tales about the prince kissing the princess, but the story just ends there; they both live happily ever after, riding off into the sunset, … Read more
Creating a Site Design Plan Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Karen Morrill-McClure Published on April 13, 2005 Some background I design sites small enough that I can handle all the details myself—sites for small and micro businesses. Many sites I design don’t sell … Read more