In design-speak, all documents have a combination of white space, gray space, and black space, even if they use colored paper and colored headlines. The white space is the paper, the black space is the headlines, and the gray space is the text.
Perl 6 Design Philosophy
At the heart of every language is a core set of ideals that give the language its direction and purpose. If you really want to understand the choices that language designers make–why they choose one feature over another or one way of expressing a feature over another–the best place to start is with the reasoning behind the choices.
Top Web Design Pet Peeves to Avoid
Explore common web design pet peeves and tips to enhance user experience, from pop-ups to responsive design.
Authoring, Design, Consultancy: Balance
In establishing any Internet presence, there are three major aspects of the process that must work in harmony together to bring about a successful whole. It is essential to get all three aspects right, or the resulting Web site is more likely to be a liability than an asset.
When it’s Okay to Break Grammar & Design Rules
Will you break some of the sacred top ten Web Design Rules for Success if you create clumpy clusters of yellow text parked on an orange background, surrounded by bouncing hippos or cattle wearing shoes? It depends.
Design Your Home Page to Motivate Prospective Buyers
Step 1. Headline
Start your home page with a compelling, benefit-oriented headline, followed by a subheadline.
Damashi Peer Review – Visual Design Problems
The biggest problems with the Damashi web site are visual. (And the fact that I couldn’t access the shopping cart due to 404 – Object Not Found errors.) The site contains a distinct market niche of which the owners are clearly experts. The products are logically organized, and combination specials are displayed when a user views either of the components. Normally I am not in favor of alphabetical listings of products, but in this case the listing is not overwhelmingly long enough to make a negative impact.
Shaddow Domain Peer Review – Bad Design, Poor Graphics
Well, viewing the site was a little shock at first, but it was not the site’s content. In general, the whole site looks more like a personal webpage than a commercial website. The general design is very bad and the graphics are lacking.
Your Guide To Successful Site Design
The Path to Online Success
Online success begins and ends with the commitment that’s made by the merchant. It’s that simple. While the Internet is still in its infancy, the baby has stopped crawling and has begun to walk. Let’s not go to the theoretical of how a web site can benefit you.
Tools For Site Design
Site design: layout
Now that you know the four the elements of good site design, it’s time to put the knowledge to work. The objective of the website will dictate the content which in turn imposes conditions on navigation. Navigation, in turn, imposes conditions on the pages themselves. This is counterintuitive. One would expect pages to set the direction of navigation.