a list apart

30.10.08

Matt

Feed me Seymour, feed me

Sam here at Dusted asked me “what Blogs do I read?”. I said, “where do I start”. Strictly speaking I visit very few Blogs, but I do subscribe to several Blog RSS feeds. So for Sam’s enjoyment, and hopefully yours, here is my list. Read the rest of this entry »

01.05.08

Matt

Web site footwear

Picture courtesy of Flickr user \
The footer, as if to warrant its physical position in life, can often be left until last during the design process, like some sort of digital outcast. To the contrary, the footer deserves so much more attention than that. It can often be the next port of call in the event of a site’s navigation lacking a link that a user feels should be there (most commonly, this is a link to contact details). It can reinforce a brand, offer up exciting tools and just simply finish of a page in an aesthetic way. Read the rest of this entry »

12.04.07

Jamie

Inaccessible Web 2.0

One of the drawbacks of web 2.0 apps is that the limitations of (X)HTML can cause usability and accessibility problems. The W3C’s standards draft for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) looks to address those limitations. Read the rest of this entry »

20.02.07

Jamie

Paper prototyping – everyone loves paper

It seems that people may be getting fed up of using software to build prototypes in favor of the good old pen and paper, probably several reasons for this, I think it’s a great way to do it! The main reason for me is that I try not to spend every waking moment in front of the computer…well that’s the idea. As usual A List Apart come up with a nice article on Paper Prototyping