Onenaught.com nominated for a logo design award
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. Continue reading
Category Archives: Design
Explaining whitespace
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. Continue reading
Usability — only the first step?
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. Continue reading
Young People Don’t Notice Technology
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! Continue reading
The power of line height and whitespace
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! Continue reading
Fixed, Fluid, or Elastic Width Layouts?
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. Continue reading