Websites have to be accessible. You need to follow the WCAG guidelines, make sure that any user can fully access your site, through a screen reader and a Braille keyboard. People who are unable to use a mouse with precision […]
Wooh! Another Lazy List Of “Great” Websites
Web designers are all about self congratulation. We talk about our work, we tell others how awesome they are. We link to work that we think is awesome…
…no, wait. We *should* link to work that we think is awesome. […]
Haystack – Forcing Freelancers To Pigeonhole Themselves?
There was a lot of excitement last week about the release of 37Signals new Haystack website. It’s touted as an effective advertising tool for web design agencies and freelancers, and an easy way for a client to find a good […]
Design To Develop, Develop To Design
I talked last week about JomSocial, which was a pain to style because of all the unnecessary layout HTML and inline styling in the code. It’s far from the only application to suffer from this drawback. There’s a divide between […]
Patronising Users Over Internet Explorer 6 Is Just Dumb
I got annoyed today at the attitude some web designers seem to take to a large section of potential web users. Yes, I’m talking about that whole Internet Explorer 6 issue. I’m also talking about the patronising attitude that some […]