Hybrid Video Players for Video That Plays (Almost) Everywhere Video is becoming more and more popular as an element of web pages. With the fragmented technology standards, providing video that plays everywhere can be tricky. Fortunately, there's an assortment of solutions available that package up all the complexity and provide a single, integrate solution for video that just works.
CSS3 Gradient Generator A great online tool for exploring what you can do with CSS3 gradients.
CSS3 Generator A very handy online code generator that delivers CSS code to your specs, making it easy to get the syntax right and add vendor-specific variants.
CSS3 For Web Designers A brief book that focuses on the bits of CSS3 that are ready for immediate use as experience enhancements.
HTML5 vs. Flash: A Complex Political Battle A few days ago, I wrote about what the iPad means for web design. One of the most controversial issues is the effect Apple's spurning of Flash will have on the future of that technology. This subject has been written about widely; much of the commentary is along the lines of "good riddance to Flash" and "HTML5 can do everything Flash can do", and is emotional and ill-informed.
Hybrid Video Players for Video That Plays (Almost) Everywhere Video is becoming more and more popular as an element of web pages. With the fragmented technology standards, providing video that plays everywhere can be tricky. Fortunately, there's an assortment of solutions available that package up all the complexity and provide a single, integrate solution for video that just works.
New Sites Automatically use Fonts from Typekit We've written in the past about various ways to use real fonts on your web sites. Now, to make it even easier to get started, we've built support for fonts from Typekit into most of our SmartThemes.
SEO: The Low-Hanging Fruit Search engine optimization (SEO) is perhaps the most confusing, ill-defined, and controversial part of web design today. The good news is that there are some simple things that will provide a huge boost to most of these sites. Follow the easy steps in this article, and you'll be way ahead of the average site.
Should You Use JavaScript Library CDNs? The question of whether or not to use Google's CDN to load the jQuery library is more complex than you may think. This author thinks it's not a good idea.
Coding Your Web Site with Quality When you're ready to turn your beautiful design into a live, functioning web site, you need to tread carefully. While many different paths will lead to a site that looks more or less the same, the maintainability may vary dramatically, as may the browser compatibility and accessibility. In this article, we explore coding issues.
Designing Your Site's Information Architecture Information architecture is a big topic. However you are building sites, it's essential to think deeply and clearly about how best to organize a site's content. If the site is a simple brochure site, then there may not be much to think about, but the more content a site has, the more important it is to invest effort in this area.
Scrolling and Attention The question of how much information can go "below the fold" on a web page is one that is widely debated. This article presents some strong opinions that are firmly rooted in a lot of analysis of actual behavior.
IEBlog Blog for Microsoft's Internet Explorer team. The place to keep up with the latest developments in IE-land.
The Mozilla Blog Blog of the Mozilla development team. The place to find the latest news about emerging versions of Firefox.
Surfin’ Safari - The WebKit Blog WebKit development blog. The place to get the lastest information about the evolution of WebKit, which is the rendering foundation for both Safari and Chrome.
A List Apart: Articles: Smartphone Browser Landscape Excellent article on mobile browsers, with a good set of links to other resources. A great place to start if you're diving into learning about mobile development.
Adobe MAX 2010 This is a conference for all Adobe fans, bringing together thousands of designers, developers and decision-makers under one roof. Connect with one another face-to-face or through the plethora of screens installed at the LA Convention Center. The 2009 event was a huge success with keynote talks from Adobe experts Ben Forta, Terry White and Greg Rewis.
flashbelt - a flash conference bringing together flash … Flashbelt is for all lovers of Flash, from design students (who pay a lower entry fee) to Flash experts. This event is pretty informal (you’ll certainly see more attendees in jeans and T-shirts than shirts and ties here!), but the workshops are all highly educational. Attendees are often exposed to tools and apps of the future.
How Conference - Graphic Design is a Business as well as an Art! Create, connect and communicate at the How Design Conference 2010. Debbie Millman, president of the design division at Sterling Brands and president of the AIGA, will be running a session on why we brand and why we buy. How’s workshops are designed to boost creativity and improve your competence across a range of design software.
WebVisions - Visionary Web Conference The focus for WebVisions 2010, now in its 10th year, is web design, technology, business strategy and innovation. However, you can also expect workshops on web and mobile apps, user experience and video and motion graphics. This great event, which is fun as well as informative, is perfect for networking, with parties and gatherings aplenty over the weekend.
An Event Apart: The Design Conference For People Who Make Web … With 14 sessions spread over this two-day conference, you’ll learn about code and content, as well as usability and design. Keynote speakers at this fantastic event include Eric Meyer, one of the founding fathers of CSS, and Jeffrey Zeldman, author of Designing With Web Standards and owner of web design studio, Happy Cog.
Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design “Boxes and Arrows is devoted to the practice, innovation, and discussion of design; including graphic design, interaction design, information architecture and the design of business. Since 2001, it’s been a peer-written journal promoting contributors who want to provoke thinking, push limits, and teach a few things along the way.”
Webvanta Hosted CMS Demo at BizTechDay On Saturday, I had the opportunity to give a 5-minute Webvanta demo as part of the BizTechDay conference in San Francisco. It's a challenge to convey the power of Webvanta in such a short demo. I chose to focus on how Webvanta supports any design, and allows the designer to easily build database-driven pages.
Why You Need A Website Content Management System In this video, Michael Slater, CEO of Webvanta, explains why you should consider using a web cms or website content management system for your next website design project. Key reasons to use a web cms include rich built-in features such as blogs, calendars and photo galleries; ease of updating content; extensibility; and the ability to automate page creation.
A List Apart: Articles: Smartphone Browser Landscape Excellent article on mobile browsers, with a good set of links to other resources. A great place to start if you're diving into learning about mobile development.