Tag: web design
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Relative readability / Wilson Miner
Wilson’s notes on redesigning with much larger type. I’m increasingly going this route. Relative readability / Wilson Miner
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Everything you know about online news design is wrong?
Over at Signal vs. Noise, Jason Fried explains “why the Drudge Report is one of the best designed sites on the Web.” “The Drudge Report usually leads with a “font size=+7” ALL CAPS headline in Arial. Sometimes it’s italicized. Sometimes, for something big big, he’ll cap it off with the infamous siren. [snip] Stories aren’t…
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Customize site style by user with django-userskins @ Irrational Exuberance
Let users choose a color scheme for your Django-powered site. Customize site style by user with django-userskins @ Irrational Exuberance
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Working with developers and designers
I wrote a post for IdeaLab earlier today. It’s a short update on ReportingOn development, framed as a weighing of the pros and cons of a few different development platforms. It occurred to me near the end of it that I should treat this project as if the developer was someone other than myself. (Yes,…
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Khoi Vinh — Talk to the Newsroom — The New York Times
Khoi does the Q & A thing at the NYT. (He’s the “design director” at NYTimes.com.) via Rex Khoi Vinh — Talk to the Newsroom — The New York Times
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Sign Up Forms Must Die – A List Apart
Well, not die, exactly, but flip the script: Users upload or edit a piece of content, then when it’s time to publish, cue them to fill out a form. First, give them the lollipop, then, ask for their nickel. Sign Up Forms Must Die – A List Apart