Archive for May 19th, 2008

The Need For Accessible Web Design

From WebProNews.com:

Given the many excellent reasons to make provisions for disabled users when creating a web site, why do so many professionals in the web design industry ignore this important facet of the online community?

Read more…

Add comment May 19th, 2008

Sit on the web, design a chair

From the Scientist:

Lab chairs are now as easy to configure as laptops, thanks to an online tool offered by a leading chair manufacturer. “What we saw as lacking in the field was the ability for the user to build a chair exactly to their specifications, as opposed to going to a store and buying what’s on the shelf,” says Ed Metzger of BioFit Engineered Products in Waterville, Ohio. The company, which sells more than 40,000 laboratory chairs and stools each year, offers an online solution. Its Build Your Own Chair tool - available at www.biofit.com/ship_now/byoc.html - allows buyers to configure the base, backrest, upholstery, and other parts of their chair, and interactively displays a picture of it with the selected components.

Read more…

Add comment May 19th, 2008

Strange Attractor

From Corante:

People who were on the web in the mid-90s were producing the web and so understood it. Now, most people who use the web don’t create websites so they don’t understand the technical issues and have very little interest in decoding interfaces that don’t meet their expectations.

Read more…

Add comment May 19th, 2008

Hail to Busker

From Ricksticks:

Something I have always appreciated about my morning commute is the buskers in the subway stations. Chinese flute, African thumb piano, Peruvian pan flutes, and the occasional banjo add a welcome flair to my day. What is more, they are so good, I often speculated as to what the possible process was for selecting them. Is there an audition? Or is it invitation only? Well, the commuter daily 24 hours answered the question for me.

Read more…

Add comment May 19th, 2008

Look what’s afoot

From DetNews.com:

Amazing colors and patterns are shaking up interiors these days, and the source of the excitement may floor you.

Read more…

Add comment May 19th, 2008

Web 2.0 and SEO

From BigMouth Media:

Search engine optimization is Web 2.0 - it’s official! In fact, even in the original O’Reilly brainstorm cost per click, Google AdSense, blogging and tagging were all “Web 2.0″.

Read more…

Add comment May 19th, 2008

SEO And The Outsourcing Of Inbound Link Building

From Market-Day.net:

Search Engine Optimization nowadays has a lot to do with building inbound links to your website. Building inbound links is a cumbersome tasks and webmasters have always been looking for shortcuts to do this.

Read more…

Add comment May 19th, 2008

The Practicalities Of Accessible, Commercial Web Design

From WebProNews:

I have read with interest recent articles containing hints and tips for cutting corners when it comes to making your site accessible to all.

However, many of these suggestions do not accommodate the practicalities of commercial web design; where cut corners often result in limited accessibility. With this in mind I have attempted to unravel some of these hints/tips/advice/fallacies below.

Read more…

Add comment May 19th, 2008

Web Hosting Provider Foing Launches Services for Web Design Beginners

From HostSearch:

Web hosting provider Foing (http://www.foing.com) has launched a number of new services for web design beginners, the company announced recently. The package of services enables beginners to create blogs, forums and ecommerce sites without technical expertise.

Read more…

Add comment May 19th, 2008

Human bonding key to Web success

From <a href=”http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Human_bonding_key_to_Web_success/0,339028227,339271363,00.htm”target=_blank>Builder.com.au</a>:

<em>Creating an emotional attachment is a key requirement to creating successful Web sites according to one leading design ethnographer.

In a keynote address delivered in Sydney this morning, Kelly Goto, principal and CEO of Gotmedia, said developers and designers should focus on creating bonds between technology and users of technology rather than focusing solely on technology for success. </em>

<a href=”http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Human_bonding_key_to_Web_success/0,339028227,339271363,00.htm”target=_blank>Read more…</a>

Add comment May 19th, 2008

Previous Posts


Calendar

May 2008
M T W T F S S
« Apr    
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031  

Posts by Month

Posts by Category


Home