The Four Best Web Design Books You May Have Missed

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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

For and Against Microsoft

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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

Forum Setup for Designers: Putting Vanilla to the Test

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

Form vs. Function: Finding the Balance

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

Form follows function

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

Forms, usability, and the W3C DOM

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

Fluid Thinking

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

Flash Usability

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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

Flashes of Brilliance and Use-Centered Design

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

First Time Caller

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First Time Caller Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > Wide Open By David Wertheimer Published on June 18, 2002 Hello, Digital Web Magazine? Hi, yeah, long time listener, first time caller here. Yes! What can we do for you. I see you have an … Read more

Firing Atilla the Hun

Firing Atilla the Hun Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Wanda Cummings Published on October 15, 2000 Enter, Atilla the Hun. That client who is never satisfied, no matter how well we perform. It’s difficult not to view this client as a witless, thankless, … Read more

Mozilla Firefox 0.9

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Mozilla Firefox 0.9 Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Product Reviews By Will Chatham Published on June 30, 2004 The folks at Mozilla recently released the free Firefox 0.9 for public review, and as it nears its first full 1.0 release, the features, tools, … Read more

Finding The Sweet Spot

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Finding The Sweet Spot Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By D. Keith Robinson Published on December 1, 2004 The Web is slowly but surely growing up. For Web professionals it’s becoming more and more important to understand not only how various disciplines interact with … Read more

Fast Cars, Fast Food, Fast Access

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Fast Cars, Fast Food, Fast Access Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Parker Torrence Published on September 9, 2000 I tend to sit in my own corner and do what I enjoy doing without too much concern with the latest fad, style or trend. … Read more

Fare Thee Well

Fare Thee Well Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > DigiSect By Stephen Van Doren Published on April 25, 2002 W hen I was given the opportunity to write this column here at Digital Web Magazine, I felt as though I were on top of … Read more

Extract: Know Your Site

Extract: Know Your Site Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Paul Boag Published on November 4, 2008 This article is based on chapter 2 from Website Owner’s Manual by Paul Boag. A good starting point for planning the future of your website is to … Read more

Three Ways to Improve External Search Engine Usability

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Three Ways to Improve External Search Engine Usability Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Jeff Lash Published on July 9, 2002 Most diligent webmasters spend time on log analysis, analyzing server logs to determine where visitors are coming from, which pages they’re viewing, how … Read more

Extensis Portfolio 6

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Extensis Portfolio 6 Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Product Reviews By Jesse Nieminen Published on October 8, 2003 Creative people are notoriously disorganized, which can be a problem when they need to run a streamlined business. Those same people suffer most when it … Read more

Extensis PhotoFrame 2.5

Extensis PhotoFrame 2.5 Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Product Reviews By Jesse Nieminen Published on September 16, 2003 Extensis PhotoFrame is an interesting Photoshop plugin that applies unique and often complex border and edge effects to your images. Like many third-party Photoshop plugins, … Read more

Extensis Mask Pro 3

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Extensis Mask Pro 3 Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Product Reviews By Jesse Nieminen Published on July 31, 2003 If you are a creative professional who uses Photoshop on a regular basis, it is likely you have run into the hassle of trying … Read more

Extended ASCII Characters for HTML

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Extended ASCII Characters for HTML Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Nick Finck Published on August 29, 1999 HTML Symbol (Description) � –  (Unused) 	 (Horizontal tab) 
 (Line feed)  –  (Unused) 
 (Carriage Return)  –  (Unused)   (Space) … Read more

Experience

Experience Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > DigiSect By Stephen Van Doren Published on September 24, 2001 Basking in the reverence of last month and Digital Web’s tribute to communities online, it is with a joyous heart that this month I can talk about … Read more

Excerpt: Pro JavaScript Design Patterns

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Excerpt: Pro JavaScript Design Patterns Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Ross Harmes By Dustin Diaz Published on January 14, 2008 The Adapter Pattern The adapter pattern allows you to adapt existing interfaces to classes that would otherwise be incompatible. Objects that use this … Read more

Everything You Know About CSS Is Wrong

Everything You Know About CSS Is Wrong Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Rachel Andrew Published on October 21, 2008 When released, Internet Explorer 8 will support many new values for the CSS display property, including the table-related values: table, table-row, and table-cell—and it’s … Read more

Everyone in Silico

Everyone in Silico Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Book Reviews By James McNally Published on May 29, 2002 I haven’t yet reviewed a novel for Digital Web Magazine, and technically, I’m not going to start now. In keeping with this month’s theme, “Independent … Read more