Ethan Marcotte

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Ethan Marcotte Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Interviews By Carolyn Wood Published on July 25, 2005 Digital Web Magazine: We are finally seeing CSS come of age, with the publication of books that move beyond basics and evangelism to an integration of high-quality graphic design … Read more

e-Tailer or e-Failure

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e-Tailer or e-Failure Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Nick Finck Published on December 27, 2001 I am personally calling this the year of the e-Tailer. I have seen more hype in e-commerce this year than in any other holiday season in the past … Read more

Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design

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Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Book Reviews By James McNally Published on June 25, 2002 In 2000, O’Reilly published Eric Meyer’s, Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide. Despite the fact that it was … Read more

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Eric Meyer Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Interviews By Meryl K. Evans Published on June 11, 2002 CSS Standards CSS Positioning and Flexibility Netscape and Radio CSS Standards Digital Web: In English for those of us who don’t like to read W3 specs, what is … Read more

How Environments, Real And Virtual, Influence Us

How Environments, Real And Virtual, Influence Us Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Kyle Mueller Published on August 5, 2008 I get anxious in certain environments. The reasons for this can vary from general disorganization to bad lighting or clashing colors, but the biggest … Read more

How Environments, Real And Virtual, Influence Us

How Environments, Real And Virtual, Influence Us Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Kyle Mueller Published on August 5, 2008 I get anxious in certain environments. The reasons for this can vary from general disorganization to bad lighting or clashing colors, but the biggest … Read more

The End of Usability Culture, Redux

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By Dirk Knemeyer Published on November 17, 2004 Like any tribute that hearkens the end of one trend and the beginning of another, my article, The End of Usability Culture, received quite a bit of both support and dissent. The dialogue surrounding it revealed gaps in the article, gaps in how different people perceived and … Read more

The End of Usability Culture

The End of Usability Culture 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 November 10, 2004 Strike a match. Close your eyes. Hold the light high up in the air. Sway back and forth. C’mon, pay a … Read more

Empty Storefronts

Empty Storefronts Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > DigiSect By Stephen Van Doren Published on January 3, 2002 I took a bit of a field trip recently to a town in Colorado called Leadville. Founded in the mid-19th Century, it was a booming mining … Read more

Free Your Embedded Data With SearchMonkey

Free Your Embedded Data With SearchMonkey Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Christian Heilmann Published on June 3, 2008 Arguing for web standards and semantically clean and rich websites is an uphill battle. For years we had to deal with browsers that needed us … Read more

The Elements of Design

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The Elements of Design 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 August 15, 2005 The Design in Theory and Practice column is dedicated to helping the reader gain a better understanding of Web design. … Read more

Efficient Video Delivery Over The Internet

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Efficient Video Delivery Over The Internet Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Lei Zhu Published on May 13, 2008 They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In this day and age of digital media, video on your web site can be priceless. … Read more

SlideShowPro

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SlideShowPro Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Product Reviews By Ken Westin Published on May 11, 2005 SlideShowPro is a component for Flash MX 2004 that creates XML-based customizable image galleries. It has lots of features, and it’s a steal at $20—especially considering the … Read more

Simplicity vs. Innovation

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Simplicity vs. Innovation 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 November 25, 2002 Last month’s column focused on the general concept of user-centered design. This month presents a look at the more limited field of usability and … Read more

Simplicity: The Cobbles of the Designer’s Path

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Simplicity: The Cobbles of the Designer’s Path Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > DigiSect By Stephen Van Doren Published on June 14, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Out of clutter, find simplicity. … Read more

Simon Collison Interview

Simon Collison Interview Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Interviews By Carolyn Wood Published on December 4, 2006 Digital Web: Your book, Beginning CSS Web Development, was published a few months ago. It strikes me as being a bit more personal than the usual textbook, and … Read more

Shirley Kaiser Interview

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Shirley Kaiser Interview Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Interviews By Meryl K. Evans Published on October 23, 2006 Current State of Web Design and Working on a Project Digital Web: Last time we interviewed you was four years ago. What’s your opinion on the current … Read more

The Seven Deadly Sins of Email Marketing Management

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The Seven Deadly Sins of Email Marketing Management Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Véro S. Pepperrell Published on March 27, 2007 It’s a common belief that email marketing is dead, and that we’ve now entered a Web 2.0 era of blogs, buzzing social … Read more

Seven JavaScript Techniques You Should Be Using Today

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Seven JavaScript Techniques You Should Be Using Today Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Dustin Diaz Published on April 23, 2007 Whether or not your JavaScript is maintainable often seems to be relative to the task you’re trying to accomplish. You can follow best … Read more

Seven Accessibility Mistakes (Part 2)

Seven Accessibility Mistakes (Part 2) Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Christian Heilmann Published on February 6, 2006 This two part-article discusses reasons why some projects fail to result in properly accessible products. Last week we discussed the first three of seven accessibility mistakes … Read more

Seven Accessibility Mistakes (Part 1)

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Seven Accessibility Mistakes (Part 1) Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Christian Heilmann Published on January 31, 2006 There are several reasons inaccessible Web products get published. One we discussed in my last article is that some clients just don’t care about accessibility. Their … Read more

Separating behavior and structure

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Separating behavior and structure 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 April 14, 2004 In my previous column I confessed a fear for “accessibility zealots” who really are anti-JavaScript zealots. More than once I’ve encountered a hostile … Read more

Separating Behavior and Presentation

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Separating Behavior and Presentation 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 May 19, 2004 The story so far: Separating presentation and structure started in the early days of the CSS revolution. It turned out to be rather … Read more

SEO and Your Web Site

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By Alan K’necht Published on August 4, 2004 We all know the importance of having a Web site rank well in search engine results for searches on specific keywords/phrases. If your Web site doesn’t have a page appearing in the top 10 search engine result positions (SERPs) the chances of someone clicking on your listing, … Read more

Search Engine Optimization and Non-HTML Sites

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In: Columns > The $ & Sense of IT By Alan K’necht Published on June 16, 2004 “If you build it, they will come” might be the line from Field of Dreams but the same theory doesn’t apply to Web sites. What’s the good of building a great-looking Web site that no one knows about, … Read more