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Our obsession with our work doesn't stop when we clock off. We just can't help ourselves! We're always looking to satisfy our cravings for juicy chunks of knowledge - we'll share the best bits on here with you.
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Every web designer worth their salt knows that a major and invaluable stage of any successful project is testing. But so many designers use Macs for their work and a result often leave testing on Windows based PCs as an after-thought, or even forget about it entirely. There is no excuse to not be testing every project once it can be accessed via a remote server and I’m sure many designers do find a way to test at this time… but testing really shouldn’t be left to this late stage. Read Entire Article…
Today I stumbled across this: http://www.apple.com/html5/ Apple has begun to use HTML5 as a marketing tool now:
Every new Apple mobile device and every new Mac — along with the latest version of Apple’s Safari web browser — supports web standards including HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. These web standards are open, reliable, highly secure, and efficient. They allow web designers and developers to create advanced graphics, typography, animations, and transitions. Standards aren’t add-ons to the web. They are the web. And you can start using them today.
One of my favourite little tidbits in the HTML5 spec is the placeholder attribute. Placeholders, or inline labels, are a very common piece of functionality that I see people attempting to tackle with languages like Javascript. Obviously, it’s not ideal to approach this scenario with Javascript so it’s definitely a welcome addition to the HTML spec. Read Entire Article…
There have been a lot of mutterings ever since the release of the original iPhone about Apple’s decision to exclude Adobe Flash support. After all these years Steve Jobs has finally explained some of his reasoning behind this controversial decision in ‘Thoughts on Flash’. Regardless of whether the decision was motivated for business reasons or on principle, one fact remains: the decision is good for the web design industry. Read Entire Article…
For many years Microsoft has been the thorn in web designer’s collective backside, but as the worst offender (IE6) begins to lose ground in the ‘browser wars’ has it become time for Microsoft to try and win some friends back?
With the release of the Internet Explorer 9 platform preview Microsoft has taken it’s first small step towards earning back a little respect from web designers. Finally, with better support for CSS3, SVG and HTML5 as well as a dramatically improved javascript engine, perhaps the next arrival of this dreaded lineage of browsers isn’t one to fear. Read Entire Article…
Desktop wallpapers are a brilliant source of inspiration as well as fun, so sometimes it’s nice to have a change. That’s why I’m giving away my latest digital painting as a wallpaper for free to our readers. Simply choose your screen resolution from the list below and you’re good to go!
Many of you will have had this problem when working with gradients in Photoshop before, both for screen and print. Gradient banding is when there is a clear line where one color starts and another ends in a gradient, instead of a smooth transition between the range of colours.
You may not see the banding if your monitor has low contrast
In this short article I’ll show you my method of removing this graphic designer’s pet peeve. Read Entire Article…
Until recently, Mozilla Firefox had been my browser of choice, especially when it comes to coding up a site. This is much in part to the phenomenally popular Firebug extension. But over the past couple of months I’ve found a great reason to switch back to Safari – the develop menu.
Despite its overhaul with the release of Safari 4 back in July, there hasn’t been very much attention surrounding the Safari develop menu. I thought a brief introduction to this powerful feature would give some other developers another reason to switch to Safari (and I mean brief introduction… there is no way I have the time to cover every option provided by this extensive tool!) Read Entire Article…
