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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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For professional web developers, WYSIWYG editors are usually inappropriate, because they may encourage bad practice; may not give the developer full control of the output they need to create; is the wrong paradigm when seemingly competing requirements for web sites are considered; and many WYSIWYG editors rely on Internet Explorer which produces poor quality markup. Fortunately, being able to hand edit your markup output is not only easier than it may initially appear, but gives you flexibility to get what you need.

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