I think it depends greatly on what the colors are, when you are talking about two colors that are in complete contrast with each other (white font on black background) then no it isn't easier. Throw in an off-white with a gray background like the one seen at Daring Fireball then I can see how it is easier to read.
Doesn't get more comprehensive than this.
For a simple blog always go with fixed in my opinion. Screens are getting larger, but that doesn't mean you should make people read billboard sized lines.
Throw in a mobile stylesheet for the iPhone people if you want flex on mobile devices.
Yeah but how many great interactive videos (doesn't seem an easy thing to develop) will come out? You are finding the niche of all niches it seems or maybe something that will serve as a great feature on the back of the box.
Wow that interactive video is mad slick. Video is the future if it can be combined with static/text in a smart way. People thought Flash was the future before, but it took a while till they found the right balance of it.
Others say the future is in mobile and video doesn't have that strong of a place there in my opinion.
To me this seems like something that is great in concept, but at the moment might not play out right. Kind of something before its time because I'm not sure people are still secure about letting people know these types of things. But then again, people seem to have no problem posting this information on Facebook or Myspace.
I would actually focus on the younger demographics because they like to find people with the same interests just as much as adults and would be more willing to participate in such a thing. Today's adults didn't grow up with social networking tools and some are still getting used while others don't bother with them or know about them at all.
Also tools like this become more useful when there is a mobile aspect involved. Doesn't seem that much more than Meetup with some social networking involved though.
What is fatdoor supposed to be?
I think it does the job perfectly because you have to remember that Myspace mad it's mark because of its ghetto design and I don't think the goal was to come up with something revolutionary, just something clean along the lines of Facebook. I think they succeeded in doing so and have essentially taken away the one advantage that Facebook had.
The people who define a trend are the followers. They like something they see on a site and they go for it. Then their followers copy and the cycle continues to repeat. It's the designers that can recognize trends, apply them when needed and avoid them when necessary that will stand out from the crowd.
Some trends are meant to happen, like bigger type for example, while others (grunge) or just a fad.
Wonder how much longer it would have taken them to wait for the whole site to transition over instead of just doing the homepage?
Below are the top 25 highest scoring entries submitted in may 2008 on PST… taken from all photoshop contests that were active during that month.
On the homepage I would like more of a description of what it is. As it stands now you get almost zero information unless you click somewhere so it seems a bit of a waste. The aesthetics of the page are nice though.
Response times, availability, and stability are vital factors to bear in mind when creating and maintaining a web application. If you’re concerned about your web pages’ speed or want to make sure you’re in tip-top shape before starting or launching a project, here’s a few useful, free tools to help you create and sustain high-performance web applications.
All three operaing systems come with a variety of fonts, many of which can be reasonably substitued for each other without affecting the design.You can also choose fonts that have the same look and feel that you want, but may not be close matches. This allows for much more flexibility in design while still ensuring compatibility across operating systems.
You may have noticed that Google has a new favicon, the small icon you see in your browser next to the URL or in your bookmarks list. Some people have wondered why we changed our favicon -- after all, we hadn't in 8.5 years(!). The reason is that we wanted to develop a set of icons that would scale better to some new platforms like the iPhone and other mobile devices. So the new favicon is one of those, but we've also developed a group of logo-based icons that all hang together as a unified set.
You are a dork.
They are just crazy, crazy I tell ya.
And it's over and this one was actually educational. Sorry it stopped for you Ozone, missed some good stuff.
Damn that's still around? Will do.
That doesn't help us out, we need sites people!
I'm sure Mike will have no problem going over New York Mag's site since he has done it in a podcast before.
If you really are 7 hours ahead like the image shows then you are talking 4am, just in time for you to get your coffee.
The Drawar Superstream is happening tonight at 9pm (or tomorrow depending on where you are at the moment) and Mike and I will be gracing the video screens. Since this is the "design" site I figured one of the things we could do is provide live design critiques on a couple of sites to get in the minds of how we view the world.
Don't suggest personal sites unless you are the owner of the site and understand we aren't here to blow smoke up your ass. We are here to entertain, be informative and provide cut-throat, brutal honesty. You will be dealing with one of the great designers on the web you know.
This Superstream will also give you a great opportunity to ask Rundle the questions that you always wanted answered like how much of a pain in the ass it is to design with me watching over his shoulder.
Anyways hope everyone can make it.
Is there are particular type of design you are interested in? Graphic, web, etc...
Ever wanted to make text out of grass? Well with Photoshop you can. In this tutorial we'll create a rather cool looking grass-text effect using a photo of grass, the pen tool and a bit of patience.
Exactly what the title says.
In today’s tech-oriented world of short attention spans it is more important than ever to make a compelling first impression. A brilliant business card that speaks to your profession, serves some unusual function or that transforms into something else can be a great way to grab attention and inspire those you meet. Organized by category here are 42 extremely creative business card designs. Some of these are old, some new, but all are still amazing examples of out-of-the-box thinking in business card design
Designing content whether it be an article, landing page or a website you want to evoke a certain image. If you are selling then hopefully your image has a lot to do with trust. What makes one design more trustworthy than another?
Nothing is more frustrating than seeing a great moment to photograph, but missing the opportunity to do so. I’ve missed my fair share of great moments either due to timing or worse lack of preparedness. Either way it’s no fun to miss a photo whatever the circumstances. The Art Of Being Prepared is just that, an art. So what can you do to minimize the chance you’ll miss that next great photo? Here are 12 ways to never miss a photo…
We all know about Adams' revolutionary zone system that he pioneered in the development and printing of photographs. But as much as this, Adams was constantly testing out the very latest and prototype cameras from people like Polaroid and Hasselblad. Because he was Ansel Adams, he had a great opportunity to try out so many new technologies as they rolled out. According to Michael, Haselblad had an understanding with Ansel where pretty much anything they built could be on loan to him.
There are many available tools to help make web development projects quicker and more productive. Aside from a handy text editor or WYSIWYG editor like Dreamweaver, you can find plenty of tools and utilities that can greatly increase development speed, reduce debugging and testing time, and improve quality of the output. The tools described below are a variety of utilities, optimizers, testing, and debugging tools aimed towards helping developers create websites more efficiently.
I can't even fathom the time it must have taken to do all of this and how you could pull it off without a million people stopping to watch you do it.
It is interesting to see people's thoughts on the ability of an individual to "learn" creativity. I think we all have our own type of creativity and that some people are able to bring that out in the open more easily than others. If these types can apply it properly to design then they have a great chance of success.
If you are simply breaking down the definition of an artist vs. designer than to me an artist is simply making real his vision while a designer is solving a problem visually.
It all depends on how often you are using the framework I would think. If you are only putting out a site every once in a while that isn't like what you have done before then by all means go custom. Not like a basic structure in CSS takes time to do up, but if you are releasing sites at a breakneck pace then a standard framework you are familiar with makes perfect sense.
» Thinning fonts on the web ... Last Reply: 2 months ago by alexsuraci.
Still too many variables involved, platform, browser etc to get the customization that designers have been craving. I would assume something is in place for CSS3, but that has been in the works since 1885.