Archive for April, 2009:

Introduction to css for designers #2: how does the code work?

{ Posted on Apr 30 2009 by pawel }
Categories : introduction to css
Last week we discussed what CSS actually is and what it does. We looked at some similarities between that and the way you create your print artwork and came to a conclusion that the principle between both is pretty much ...Read More »

Make pages long but not deep

{ Posted on Apr 27 2009 by pawel }
Categories : web usability
Have you ever been into a maze? At first it seems fun, you talk every next step with excitement but after a while you start hoping that every next turn will take you closer to a way out or a ...Read More »

Introduction to css for designers #1: you already know most of it, you just don’t know how to use it

{ Posted on Apr 23 2009 by pawel }
Categories : introduction to css
For a long time I was looking for a perfect way to start this series, a statement that would summarize it all and the only thing that ever came into my mind was "you already know it, you just don't ...Read More »

About a fold and it’s significance in web design

{ Posted on Apr 20 2009 by pawel }
I have to be honest with you, I had a different plan for todays article but as I started jotting down notes for it I suddenly remembered how puzzled I was when I first heard some of web design terminology. ...Read More »

Some things to remember when you design a home page

{ Posted on Apr 17 2009 by pawel }
Categories : design tips
There's a story told by James Hetfield of Metallica about their first visit to my home country, Poland back in 1991 or so. I can only recall it from memory now but basically they didn’t even get a chance to ...Read More »