Articles Tagged with Web

Comparing Safari 3.1 and Firefox 3 Beta 4
I took a week to give Safari 3.1 a fair shot for Web development, here are my results.
IE8, Version Targeting, and the Ruckus it’s Causing
Last week was quite enlightening for Web developers the world over. With the release of A List Apart No. 251, including Beyond DOCTYPE: Web Standards, Forward Compatibility, and IE8 by Aaron Gustafson and From Switches to Targets: A Standardista’s Journey by Eric Meyer, the biggest debate of the year was sparked.
Designing Web Navigation Book Review
The navigation design for a website is a big deal. I surf the Internet, and it seems to me that everyone would be quite a bit better off had more Web designers taken the time to read a book like this. Site navigation is the primary way readers are able to interact with information presented in a website. Therefore, a site navigation deserves to have some serious thought behind it. Designing Web Navigation by James Kalbach is an extensive resource on this very subject.
Improving Your Process: Sitemaps and Design Preparation
I’ve found a new use for sitemaps. Even though they’re not sitemaps which are classic in the sense of the word, they have really helped our process on a number of projects, and the end product is better because of incorporation in the design phase.
Improving Your Process: How Wireframes Can Help
Using wireframes in Web design can really help to increase the quality of your work. They’ll also help quite a bit with client work as well.
Mobile Web Design Book Review
I would absolutely recommend this book to any Web developer who is currently building websites. The mobile Web will continue to grow and it is important that professionals have a grasp on the pros and cons of the environment. This book is one of the few which focuses specifically on this subject, and in my opinion will become a staple read.
Jonathan Christopher
Monday By Noon
Albany NY 12210 USA