Online newspaper layout: 10 years and 10 steps back
June 28, 2009
Do online newspapers provide a better reading experience than they did ten years ago? Yes and no, but the fear of not slapping as much content as possible on the page, the overuse of complex grids and advertising immaturity means there’s a lot of room for improvement.
Text is text is text is text
June 13, 2009
There’s nothing wrong with web pages that look boring and conventional. The role of web design is to make content comprehensible, readable and accessible (and any other -ible or -able you can think of).
Using Twitter for blog subscriptions
June 8, 2009
I’ve decided to try an experiment. Instead of placing a Subscribe by email link in my sidebar I’m going to encourage readers to follow me on Twitter instead.
Introducing the FON theme for WordPress
June 6, 2009
FON is a simple, readable theme made with 100% organic Georgia.
What is semantic HTML?
May 31, 2009
It’s often considered ‘good practice’ to make our HTML as meaningful as possible by using class names that relate to an element’s purpose rather than its appearance. But can class names actually give content a semantic ‘boost’? And does using presentational names somehow make our content less meaningful?
