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Archive for February, 2006

Please wait… Loading…

Friday, February 17th, 2006

I’ve been on a lot of Flash-only sites lately, and I continue to be annoyed at the experience. After typing the URL, I get “Please Wait…” or the even-less-polite “Loading content.” Now, I haven’t even seen a logo or anything yet, so I have no idea if the wait will be worth my while — [...]

Last Updated On… Who Cares?

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

It’s time to start thinking clearly about when, how, and whether to put dates on your Web pages. You know, the snippets (usually at the bottom of a page) like “Page last updated: June 2, 2005 17:51:06 EST“?
On its own, this statement is pretty useless. Remember, Web pages tend to stay out there forever. [...]

Why “Consulting” Matters

Thursday, February 9th, 2006

There’s a substantial disconnect when businesses outsource their Web projects. Here’s the problem: in general, the agency is oriented towards discrete projects (y’know, where there’s a start and a finish), while any business is ongoing and ever-shifting. Maybe for initial designs and site redesigns this works, but quality Web sites are more organic than that [...]

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