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Leaving An Impression

By Steven Teskey on June 19th, 2006.

We all know of our presence on the web, every action we take may be considered good or bad in the eyes of any person that takes witness. The Internet is a history of our interactions with the rest of the world. So why should any of us really care about anything that I’ve just said? Simple, how we act leaves an impression on anyone that interacts with us or anything/anyone associated with us.

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The Tagline Revisited

By Andrew Faulkner on June 17th, 2006.

Today, I felt inspired by Matt’s recent USP/Tagline post. Coupling that with an old article covering big header/banner areas and I have an “old-skool” fadtastic post - examining a very niche graphical trend for both mine and your interest. The trend in …

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A review of last week’s CNN.com and NYTimes.com redesigns

By Andrew Whitacre on April 9th, 2006.

Two prominent online news outlets—CNN.com and NYTimes.com—have without fanfare redesigned their websites—and the direction they’ve taken is striking.

Neither site has undergone such radical updating since abandoning their neonatal designs in the late 1990’s. In fact, NYTimes.com had been clunking along with the same table-rific skeleton for eight years …

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When Distinctions ain’t so Distinct

By Phil Renaud on March 1st, 2006.

A case can be made that web professionals thrive on competition: different schools of thought on web development emerge and almost immediately compare themselves as being superior to predecessors/rivals (ie: “rails is like php, only maintainable”; “my flash app can do what your java app never could”).

It’s becoming a bit …

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Feed Me: The New Standard Icon

By Derek Brown on December 24th, 2005.

This is definitely worth a mention, if you have not already heard. Evidently, Microsoft has recently adopted the Mozilla Firefox “feed” logo as it’s feed icon as well. Instantly, designers and developers alike are, ahem, “Flock”ing to this new image. Where can you get yours? Check it out: Feed …

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Tab Clear?

By Andrew Faulkner on October 14th, 2005.

Tabs have been used as navigational elements since time (or rather the Internet) began. A recent site-hopping expedition has brought up an obvious trend - side tabs. Several examples, including the much ‘copied’ SeventyTwo tabs really wowed me initially but also left an inkling of uncertainty in my …

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Big Players (not) Using Trends

By Andrew Faulkner on August 19th, 2005.

Looking at a few major websites on the web, I noticed that few actually use trends. An example would be Google. I’ve never seen their logo change one bit since they started to use images way back in the 90s. It’s bevelled and has an intense drop shadow - it …

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