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• Google’s “Let’s Make the Web Faster” Movement

Jonathan Christopher — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:04:57 +0000

Google's Let's Make the Web Faster and Page Speed Firebug add-on can help you optimize your Web pages.

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• Improving Your Process: Faster Front End Development

Jonathan Christopher — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:19:59 +0000

Time is very important in Web design. Here are a few tips to keep that time to a minimum, allowing for budgeted experimentation and polish.

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• Improving Your Process: Thinking More About Your CSS

Jonathan Christopher — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:17:50 +0000

It's important to constantly improve yourself, even when you've become completely comfortable with it. CSS is a simple technology, but putting proper thought behind it can make a stylesheet beautiful.

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• Improving Your Process: The Browser Gauntlet

Jonathan Christopher — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:42:07 +0000

Having an effective browser test suite for Web design should be a terribly important part of your process.

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• Fear not. I Have Conquered IE6, and You Can Too

Jonathan Christopher — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:52:04 +0000

Internet Explorer 6 should not be abandoned. Instead you should plan for IE6 and gracefully degrade.

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• Improving Your Process: Combating Burnout

Jonathan Christopher — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:36:05 +0000

Getting burnt out at work is possibly the worst thing to happen for any creative. Here are some things I try to do as soon as I discover I may be burnt out.

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• Raising the Bar with Adaptive Templates

Jonathan Christopher — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:03:30 +0000

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A recent project got me thinking about combining Super-Easy Blendy Backgrounds with CSS constants.

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• Improving Your Process: Client Communication

Jonathan Christopher — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:39:12 +0000

Although I’ve tried to optimize communication patterns in as many ways as possible, I’ve found that (like Web design and development) experience is the best thing you can do. Use your experience to alter the way you do things to improve your communication process both internally as well as with...

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• Working with Background PNGs and Internet Explorer 6

Jonathan Christopher — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:20:12 +0000

Using PNG images as backgrounds can be very helpful and useful, but there are some things to keep in mind when working with Internet Explorer 6.

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• Improving Your Process: CSS Techniques Part 2

Jonathan Christopher — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:04:14 +0000

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Nearly a year ago, I jotted down a few CSS techniques that I use day to day. Some tips included controlling browser defaults, avoiding box model headaches, stylesheet organization, and using a color glossary. I...

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