I put the urchin.js file on commadot a month ago. It is a little file that tells Google everything that is happening on this page. It’s quite amazing actually. Really solid user interface. (Much better than AdWords) Great information. Nice use of Flash, where appropriate. Look at this image showing where commadot.com users reside. And…
I am trying to switch to the technique of 1 giant icons file. I didn’t like the opacity filter for the disabled elements. I really wanted grayscale. So I had to use duplicate images. I made a grid on my image so that the math was easy. See image here. So in my CSS, all…
From the legendary Bill Mirbach: …. so here’s today’s high-value trivia question. this “website” http://www.sigsmarketingsecrets.com/, if you can call it that, sells product. navigation …. not. is there anything other than the straight down approach that would sell more stuff? in other words, could you redesign this copy approach (including, i suppose, [a better picture…
I hope I answered all the questions correctly. 🙂 Speaking of Web Design. I had this minor problem. My code looks like: <body> <div style=”border: 1px solid red; display:inline; “> <span> <img src=”anyImage.jpg” mce_src=”anyImage.jpg” border=”0″ /> </span> </div> </body> What I don’t understand is why Firefox doesn’t display properly inline. It’s supposed to hug the content.…
These days there is alot of news about terror. Bombs in Bagdad. Nutballs in Virginia Tech. 9/11 and Columbine still seems fresh in my mind. I think about how people react during these terrible moments of fear. The students in Virginia Tech apparently froze. They hid under the desks while the nutcase walked methodically around…
I was walking back from Ethan’s school yesterday on the sidewalk. Suddenly, I noticed the lines in the sidewalk. Without even realizing it, I had been either avoiding or hitting the lines on the purpose with my foot. In other words, I was predicting, subconsciously, whether or not my foot would hit a line and…
When working on logos, its often hard to get started. It seems there are so many logos that have been done and you want to be original. The Web2.0 Expo had a collection on their site of sponsors. For me, it was a beautiful colelction of modern logos. The logo is such a wonderful design…
A guy on the jQuery mailing list asked how to achieve a goal. He had a table with checkboxes in them. He wanted the last checkbox to change the values of all the ones in that row. The first answer came from Roman Weich which was: $(‘input.rowChecker’).click(function(){ $(this).parent().siblings(‘.updateItems’).find(‘input[@type=checkbox]’).attr(‘checked’,this.checked);}); I loook at it and thought. Hmm, it…
JavaScript Libraries are definetely changing the way developers approach the client-side. Richness in the UI is becomming easier and easier. (Remember designers: With great UI power comes great UI responsibility.) What is happening now is an explosion of different libraries that all do similar things in different ways. Of course, I am a staunch support…
I am interested in writing a book. It’s hard to get started and get organized. The theme of the book is this: People who know HTML and CSS, but are newbies or know nothing about JavaScript can create nice looking but static websites. They can’t add interactivity unless an engineer helps them out. I was…
I saw this article while searching for the use of animated logos as "please wait" icons.http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511284.aspx It is part of a larger UX guidelines kit from MS regarding VIsta.http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511258.aspx Amazingly, it is quite objective and even harsh against certain Microsoft tendencies. I think it’s awesome that a company can be that objective and publish "bad…
I used to slam LinkedIn for being too complicated. It was so hard to just get up and running because you needed to know everyone’s email. However, after using it for a little while, it has grown on me. It has nice features and a crisp design. Several UX things they do, I have adopted…
Some of the UX Designs I made for TurboTax are going live. I HAD temporary links. Some people at Intuit who shall remain nameless have objected to showing them. So I am going to make local copies and host them myself. The test is also delayed, so I will wait a little bit to put them up.…
Ok, so I redirected http://pictures.kokopop.com to go to the new place. I like it, but I still have some reservations. Plus we need to tag and upload about 6 gigs of photos. Ugh! Additionally, I am getting a little annoyed with PowWeb. The speed seems to be getting slower and slower. Plus they still haven't…