Has Google Fixed Internet Explorer?

October 14th, 2009 · 9:48 am  →  Web Design

Google have recently launched Google Chrome Frame which is their attempt to fix Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 and bring them up to date with the more advanced browsers like the Webkit Engine but at what cost?

Common Mistakes in E-Commerce Design

October 12th, 2009 · 3:55 pm  →  Web Design

There’s a really useful article at the moment on Smashing Magazine which explains a number of usability issues when dealing with e-commerce design.

Firefox 4 Screenshots

July 29th, 2009 · 10:19 am  →  Web Design

Firefox 3.5 has been out less than a month and the announcement of Firefox 3.7 was only last week. However, Mozilla are already looking ahead to version 4 of Firefox.

CSS negative margins

July 28th, 2009 · 9:49 am  →  CSS  Web Design

Negative margins can be really useful when used correctly but can are often avoided because they’re seen as a hack or work around to other CSS problems. However Smashing Magazine have put together a useful article which explains how they can be used to good effect.

HTML 5 Cheatsheet

July 9th, 2009 · 8:53 am  →  HTML  Web Design

Courtesy of Chris Hanscom, Smashing Magazine have released an HTML5 cheatsheet, which if you’ve not been following the developments of HTML is definitely worth taking a look at.

Latest Work: United Online

April 23rd, 2009 · 10:06 pm  →  Web Design

I don’t very often write about my own work on my blog, so following the re-design and launch of United Online this evening, I thought I’d take the opportunity to review my latest little project for a change.

Everything you need to know about browser testing

April 20th, 2009 · 10:11 am  →  Web Design

Cross browser testing is something every web designer and developer should consider before they even create one line of code. But how should you go about it? What browsers should you test? and what tools are there that can make browser testing easier?

W3C website redesign in beta

April 7th, 2009 · 9:34 am  →  Web Design

I’m not sure whether this has been kept quiet until recently as I’ve only just heard about the redesign of the W3C website but you can now view the W3C Beta version
To be honest, I think it’s a redesign that’s long overdue. Not just because the design was very simple and didn’t really set a [...]

Getting to grips with WAI-ARIA

April 2nd, 2009 · 2:04 pm  →  Web Design

I’ve been fairly busy recently and whilst I’ve heard about the introduction of WAI-ARIA, I’ve not really had chance to have a look at how these new guidelines will affect the way I build web pages. So today I decided to take the opportunity to sit down and at least get a basic understanding of [...]

7 Common Mistakes When Using the HTML Heading Element

March 31st, 2009 · 12:47 pm  →  HTML  Web Design

The heading element is an important part of any HTML document but is misused in a lot of websites. When used correctly it adds semantic meaning, helps with accessibility and can boost your search engine rankings however when used wrongly it can cause problems for your users and search engine rankings. This article explains how [...]