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Google Chrome explained by Scott McCloud
Before the day is out and because anyone who has any interest in web technology has already blogged on it, Google Chrome is out and about. But I would just like to draw your attention to the supporting documentation. Read about the technology. It has been drawn by Scott McCloud. He authored Understanding comics and Reinventing Comics, which…
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Card sorting and post it notes
At the beginning of a project a card sorting exercise will guide the business owners towards a structure for the content of their site. Everybody uses post-it notes. Putting it all up on a wall is key, so everyone involved can take in the whole site.
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It’s ugly, but it gets you there.
Its a web designer’s conundrum. That despite our best efforts some of the sites that are the most popular don’t appear to have a strong visual design. Some people might say they are ugly. It is a balancing act that is one of the great skills of visual design on the web. Usability, Information architecture…
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NPD notebook
At IPC media as their Lead Web Designer, I put together a little blog for Andy Cowles and his New Development Team. Andy has taken the blog down but I don’t think will mind me reproducing some of my posts. I had a few backed up but also its amazing what you find on the…
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say goodbye to ‘customer’ silos
People are now making what they want of your customer silos. People online have more options than ever before to access the information they want. The tool they most often use is a search engine, and with mission statements like this “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful” who can blame…
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AOL Redesign – Project Trinity
Complete redesign of AOL.co.uk, which at the time was made up of 15 channels, and hundreds of pages of content. To speed up the design process standard modules were created, which could be combined to produce a range of page templates. Each template layout was dynamic. Modules in the right hand side of the screen…
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Project Restart
Project Restart, was a WYSIWG content management tool for the AOL Welcome screen. It allowed the editors to preview the content before publishing. Edit and control each element of the screen.
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Topology of AOL
I have been told that AOL can be seen as an experience. Are there other ways of thinking of AOL? Could it be thought of as an island in a sea of html? I’d like to explore its topography.
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