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Web Tip: Look at things from ALL angles
Back in art school, I had a drawing teacher who would compel us to stop from time, and turn our drawing upside down the figure out what was wrong with them. Sounds goofy…but it works. The idea being, by forcing yourself to look at something from a new angle, you notice the irregularities you might not have previously seen. This is something we should adopt in web design as well. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Design, Tutorials, User Experience
CSS: Un-needed IE spacing around DIV elements
Sometimes you stumble upon a stupid solution to a complex problem and its makes you laugh out loud. Anyone who has a love for CSS has a hatred for Internet Explorer. Sorry Microsoft, but its true. … Read entire article »
Filed under: CSS, Tutorials, Web Design
Building custom Firefox Personas
One of the great things about the Firefox web broswer (aside from the fact that its just far superior to IE in every way shape and form) is how much you can personalize it. Along with plug-ins and add-ons for development, security and fun (did you know there was one that would block all references to Justin Bieber?) There are Firefox Personas. … Read entire article »
Photoshop: Whitening teeth in a photo with the sponge tool
We’ve all heard the mantra “sex sells”, and if Super Bowl ads are any indication it remains as true now as it was back in 1855 when W. Duke & Sons revived their lagging sales by inserting sexually provocative trading cards inside every pack of cigarettes they sold, taking themselves from also-ran status to one of the leading brands within 5 years. But the truth is, sex selling doesn’t always mean “sex”. Many times it can mean simply portraying a desired outcome to the viewer. Hence he use of “lifestyle” images in most things we designers create today. Whether your customer is a teenage girl or an 80 year old man with arthritis, you want to show them how things not only “could be” but how they “should be”…and thereby subliminally … Read entire article »