Jason gave us a look at his sketchbook, shared some early comps, and detailed some of the back-and-forth that led to the final design. The wider-than-ordinary fixed width was a reflection of ALA’s user base - web professionals who almost always have better than average computers and large screens. He also joked a bit about […]
Eric Meyer is currently breaking down how to break apart a site design. He is using the AEA site and showing us his thought process. First he outlines all the main elements. Masthead, columns, headers and footers are some of the breakdowns he was talking about. By outlining the areas, you can get a […]
Every now and then Zeldman’s laptop will call out his name in a digital exclamation. “Jeffery!” That’s a man that has a very personal relationship with his laptop.
This talk has only just begun, but I wanted to note something that I found quite interesting: he started thinking about the favicon very early in the process, while still hashing out ideas for the logo itself.
It’s a tiny detail, but in the right environment (i.e. my Bookmarks menu) it’s their sole brand presence. I’ve […]
Couple of Recommended readings:
Attack of the Zombie Copy by Erin Kissane.
Five Simple Steps to Better Typography by Mark Bolton
Choice quote from Zeldman: “Jacob Nielsen gave us usability. Steve Krug made us like it.”
We will be posting pictures on this site and also on the official AEA Flickr site. Check them out here http://flickr.com/groups/aeaphilly2005/
Zeldman offered an interesting point in his presentation, Textism. The idea is that everything you do is branding. This includes your copy, design, logos and URL’s. It’s an important point to remember particularly when you’re writing content and titles and links. Anyone can hire a profile designer to make their content look […]
A sad fact about web development is that most companies don’t have a copywriter or copy czar. Copy is one of the most important parts of any site. He did a quick poll around the room and only about 9% of the participants companies have an editorial staff. Zeldman then went through some of the […]
“The 800-pound gorilla is stirring,” said Eric Meyer to begin a discussion about what’s going to happen when IE7 comes out. In brief, new bug fixes and new CSS features are promised, and many CSS hacks will not work in IE7 as they did in IE6. Look for improved fallback, CSS 2.1 selector support […]
IE7 is in development and Eric Meyer is talking about some of the new features that are going to be available in it. A quick list of items are:
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css2.1 selector support
css2.1 fixing
:hover on all elements
background-attachment: fixed on all elements
PNG alpha channel support
Eric also believes that most hack that were used to make IE work, will […]