2All Website Visitors Are Blind

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3IE On Acid

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To frontend developers IE is the bane of our existence. It takes one street smart designer to overcome the lack of compliance to web standards. The next release of IE 8 will overcome those obstacles. IE 8 developers announced that IE 8 passed the Acid2 test implemented by the Web Standards Project.

Acid2 was implemented by the Web Standards Project as a test to help vendors building browsers test their compliancy to web standards. It was written by Ian Hickson in 2005. Previously there was the Box Acid Test which Acid2 replaced.

Acid2 tests the following web standards:

• Alpha transparency on PNG images
• The object element
• Absolute, relative and fixed positioning using CSS
• The CSS box model
• CSS tables
• CSS margins
• CSS generated content
• CSS parsing
• Paint order
• CSS line heights
• Hovering effects

Many of the browser vendors have worked hard at passing the Acid2 test. And while it seemed as though Microsoft was ignoring web standards, it’s official Internet Explorer 8 does pass the Acid2 test. They even released a video of it as seen here: http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=367207

In the world of web design this is great news. I don’t know how many times IE has made me bang my head against the keyboard. Of course the key to this success will be the adoption rate from users. It’s still a step in the right direction.

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8What makes a good Web Design Company?

Web design is many things to many people. A Web Designer’s role continually changes and expands. I still remember the days when everyone was called a webmaster. Webmasters were skilled in HTML. Sometimes they were the computer power user in a company. Oftentimes they were a departmental secretary who was thrown into web design even as another job they had to do. Thank goodness the word “webmaster” has fallen from popularity.

So what really makes a good web design company? Continue Reading What makes a good Web Design Company? »

2Donald Trump On Web Design

I watched Donald Trump on CNBC the other night. He was the center of a question answer/ interview session called “The Billionaire Inside”. While Web Design isn’t his thing and real estate isn’t my thing, the Donald has a lot going for him as an entrepreneur. He has certainly made his mark and made it well.

We all learn by example. It’s the one thing that’s touted no matter what business or activity you are pursuing. Find someone who is successful and copy them. No one can deny that Donald Trump is successful. So what can we learn from Donald Trump when he’s obviously not a web designer? Continue Reading Donald Trump On Web Design »

10Resolutions for the New Year

The New Year is always the time when we reflect on ourselves and our businesses. I sat down today to think about my New Years Resolutions and my web design business. I looked up New Years Resolutions and “web design”. Clicking through link after link I came upon blog and article after blog and article. Continue Reading Resolutions for the New Year »

6What Clients Really Know About Web Design

In a word: NOTHING. They are not web designers or developers. Just as you have no understanding about their business, they have no understanding of the technical jargon you know. Some clients might be a bit more savvy than others however 9 times out of 10 the mom n pop shops out there know NOTHING.

So what should a good web designer to do about it? Continue Reading What Clients Really Know About Web Design »