Archive for the 'Design' Category

Lean XHTML and Precise CSS

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

Business Logs has a very interesting article up right now on writing lean CSS and XHTML. I’ve tried many different ways of formatting my CSS over the years, and have always found myself coming back to ordering it in exactly the same way that the logical blocks are ordered in the XHTML. I definitely am [...]

XHTML is not for Beginners?

Thursday, December 8th, 2005

Lachy’s Log has a somewhat controversial post, titled XHTML is not for Beginners, that is getting quite a lot of attention. And no wonder, to go out there and say that beginners should not be taught XHTML is going to get people talking. XHTML: It’s all or nothing The problem is of course that true [...]

CSS: To Hack or Not To Hack

Monday, November 28th, 2005

Tantek Çelik has written an interesting post on CSS hacks entitled Pandora’s Box (Model) of CSS Hacks And Other Good Intentions. Definitely worth the read. It is a problem with all kinds of programming, that when people initially start to learn, the idea of the hack is one that has much appeal. Pushing the limits, [...]

MIT OpenCourseWare: User Interface Design

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

I was very interested to see that MIT have released many of their courses in a new venture called MIT OpenCourseWare. From their FAQ: 1. What is MIT OpenCourseWare? The idea behind MIT OCW is to make the courses materials that are used in the teaching of almost all the undergraduate and graduate subjects taught [...]

Karma & Web Design

Tuesday, November 8th, 2005

The Karma of Web Design shows itself in many ways.