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Archive for May, 2005

More than IE: Testing with Other Browsers

Thursday, May 26th, 2005

If you’ve never looked at your site with another Web browser, you might be in for a big surprise. Many Web designs (even if a professional graphic designer or Web programmer created it) were created and tested only in Internet Explorer. Viewed through another browser, some of them fail miserably. If you’re not checking your [...]

Using Color for Direction

Tuesday, May 24th, 2005

If you’ve read any other posts on this blog, you know that I generally consider content or services to be the most important part of any Web site.
Users want to know, “what can I do here?” — and everything you do, from design to layout to artwork or photos, should focus on that question.
That includes [...]

Quality vs. Quantity

Monday, May 16th, 2005

There’s a lot of talk about SEO (Search Engine Optimization) lately. It’s like it’s the second coming of Jello Pudding Pops — everybody’s just gotta have one. And as with most Internet things, where the buzz is, businesses have sprung up to meet the “need.” All these businesses need clients, so they set about creating [...]

Dream Big, Start Small

Saturday, May 14th, 2005

Lately, I’ve been talking to a lot of dreamers. People with big ideas, and that’s great — but I find myself advocating for a just-get-started approach. Have big dreams? Keep ‘em alive, and keep building on them. This country is built on people willing to dream.
But start small. On the Web, you don’t have to [...]

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