Opinion

The Web In 2006

By Andrew Faulkner on December 12th, 2006.

A nostalgic look back at the happenings of the web design world in 2006. All in a nice top 3 format for you to dip in and out of.

I invite you to add your own by commenting below.
Top 3 Inspiration Sources
With all of the CSS showcases out there, it was …

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3 Services to try before Christmas

By Andrew Faulkner on December 11th, 2006.

December is a busy time of year. But don’t worry, I aim to de-stress you a little with some early Christmas presents.

SimplePie

For very easy RSS/Atom parsing. SimpliePie build themselves up as ‘feed parsing for the rest of us’ and they’re not lying. Nothing new if your a whizz at …

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The Demise of Flash: 8 Main Reasons

By Tadeusz Szewczyk on December 11th, 2006.

As a former Flash developer turned CSS zealot in the last 3 years I want to present the 8 main reasons for the demise of flash.

Now don’t get me wrong I still love Flash sites, at least to watch them and I acknowledge that there are certain cases where Flash …

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CMSs ~ Clients, Content & Control

By Andrew Faulkner on December 7th, 2006.

Steve Rose, an author here at fadtastic, approached me with some questions on Content Management Systems (CMSs.) Rather than simply offer advice to Steve, I thought I’d share it with you, dear reader. These are my opinions and I hope you’ll share your thoughts too. The following isn’t aimed …

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The Fadtastic Theme | Launch

By Andrew Faulkner on December 6th, 2006.

As some of you already know, we have created a WordPress theme based on the design here at fadtastic. The theme is available for regular Wordpress users and bloggers over at WordPress.com.

View full details on the theme and download.

I hope you enjoy it.

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Interview with Nicolò Volpato | He who designed PhotoMatt

By Andrew Faulkner on December 5th, 2006.

Welcome Nick. It’s a pleasure to chat. For those that don’t know you, could you say a few words about yourself.
Hi Andrew. It’s a pleasure for me too. Thank you for this opportunity. This is actually my first interview. My name is Nicolò Volpato, …

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Anti-Flash Standardistas - You’re Cutting Off Your Nose to Spite Your Face

By PJOnori on December 3rd, 2006.

The more I read attacks on Flash, the more I end up shaking my head in confusion. Honestly, I am a little surprised this is still being debated. People, we need to get over this. Before I elaborate further, I want to make clear my support for web standards, usability …

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SEO and SEM

By Andrew Faulkner on November 29th, 2006.

SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) has always been one of the biggest buzzwords on the internet. Recently, SEM (Search Engine Marketing) has been banged around too. What I aim to do here is to discuss what the differences between SEO and SEM actually are. What I say here should not be …

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Interview with Matt Davies

By Andrew Faulkner on November 21st, 2006.

Hi Matt. Thanks for talking. I hope to chat with you today about some of the subjects that don’t always appear on general web design blogs. Firstly, for those who don’t know you, can you briefly introduce yourself…

Hi Andy. It’s a pleasure to speak to you.

My name is Matt Davies, …

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Gloss V2.0 Sweeps In?

By Andrew Faulkner on November 14th, 2006.

A nice old skool article on one of the loveliest of trends: Gloss. Glass. Aqua.

Whatever you call the shiny trend you can’t deny its popularity. One could say Apple pioneered the look some years ago now. But as of late I’ve seen designers go to more effort to produce a …

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Joe Dizon on starting your web standards journey.

By Andrew Faulkner on November 13th, 2006.

Joe Dizon, 25, is a talented young designer based in the UK. His background is in print but would like to chat about his recent involvement in web design and particularly web standards. Joe’s hoping to persuade other up-and-coming print designers to embrace web standards when they start out on …

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Flash and Accessibility

By Mike Bishop on November 13th, 2006.

There has been a pretty heavy backlash against Flash since it’s inception. As a designer first and a programmer second, I understand the importance of very heavy branding and the need for standards once it is deployed. Today’s CMS laden world of the internet has obviously set a mandate for …

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