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Robert Nyman, Jonathan Snook and Dustin Diaz - a triple interview

By Johan on March 29th, 2006.

What binds the three together? Professional webdevelopers running a weblog about webdesign, coding tips related to client-side scripting and server-side programming (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MYSQL, AJAX, ASP, PHP, etcetera), usability, webstandards, accessibility and webtrends.

A short introduction

Robert Nyman is a developer from Sweden running his webjournal at …

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Who To Design For?

By Steven Teskey on March 2nd, 2006.

Since the beggining of the web, designer’s have asked many questions, but none so very debated as “Do I Design For Me? Or For The User?” Most will tell you for the user (I’d imagine), some will argue otherwise, but where should you put yourself in this ongoing battle? It …

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Flash is dead! Long live Flash!

By Phil Renaud on February 22nd, 2006.

Web standardists: I love you guys. I really do. As far as internet users go, web standards advocates will back their bench like nobody else.

It’s part of the reason web standards have come such a long way in such a short time. Of course, there are a bunch more reasons, …

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Ajax - User Interface Libraries and Design Patterns

By michael on February 19th, 2006.

I was originally going to tell you how this book I’ve been reading, Ajax in Action by Dave Crane and Eric Pascarello with Darren James, has made me a Javascript phenom and how I’m putting together amazingly …

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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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Are ads okay yet?

By Phil Renaud on November 10th, 2005.

How far do online advertisements go to ruining the look of a well-designed website these days?

Not much more than a year ago, popups were ten times the problem that they are now, but there was generally a clear and distinct line brought about by them: If a site had severely …

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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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Hacked off with CSS?

By Andrew Faulkner on October 1st, 2005.

CSS Hacks are all the rage at the moment. I couldn’t resist putting in my view. This may upset those that love their hacks and collect lists of all the available ones.

Most CSS ‘Hacks’ involve simple punctuation tricks to fool the problematic browser into accepting a different style to the …

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