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What a pleasant surprise to see the onenaught.com logo nominated for a logo design award at David Airey’s Logo Design Love Awards web site.

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Explaining whitespace to clients is important. Sometimes people may want to cram everything into a small place. But the way you explain it to clients is also important.

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Usability is often considered a big deal and ultimate goal for a site. While obviously important, user experience expert Jesse James Garrett (also the guy the coined the phrase AJAX) makes the point that it is just the first step.

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Young people don’t notice technology; its just a part of their lives. And that is how it should be. For web development this underscores the importance of usability. Its only us that should worry about one-naught stuff!

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Simple things like using wider fonts (e.g. verdana instead of arial, or georgia instead of times), generous line height, and good use of white space (e.g. margins and paddings) can dramatically improve the accessibility, usability and aesthetics of your pages. Use them!

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Although this topic has been discussed many times before, and many people now use modern web standards and techniques, fixed width layouts are still prevalent. While sometimes necessary, it can often be less flexible for different users. This post briefly looks at various layout options such as fixed, fluid and elastic, describing the pros and cons of each.

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