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Should Web Designers Drop IE6 Support?

IE6 was released in August 2001 but despite being nearly nine years old, it is still the most common problem that web designers have when building a website. Is it finally time to drop support for the browser that is almost an antique in technology
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tags: web design
May 22 2010 05:03 AM
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Google: Have they copied Bing.com?

Google very rarely make huge changes to their general search results but they’ve made substantial changes, particularly to their search results page recently, this article explains some of the changes as well as a few similarities with their
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tags: seo web design
Apr 06 2010 07:47 PM
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13 Google Chrome Extensions for a Web Designer

As some of you who follow my Twitter feed or Facebook page will already know, I’ve recently switched to Google Chrome. I’ve been reluctant to switch from Firefox for a long time purely because of my huge admiration for Firebug and the Web
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tags: web design
Mar 25 2010 12:49 PM
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IE9 Preview

Microsoft have made their first preview for Internet Explorer 9 available for testing. At this stage I’m pretty impressed with the progress they’re making but what can you expect from the new browser? If you’re a developer then you can
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tags: web design
Mar 20 2010 01:14 PM
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Perspectives on Cross-Cultural Web Design

It’s easy to get caught up in the design of your website. Transforming sketches and notes from the back of a napkin into a bunch of all-singing, all-dancing web pages gives a tremendous sense of achievement to amateurs and professionals alike: turning
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tags: web design
Mar 12 2010 05:24 PM
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How to become a Freelance Web Designer

I get a lot of emails from interested readers who want to know how to become a freelance web designer so I thought it might be a good time to write an article explaining how to get into this industry and share my experience as to how I got to where I am
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tags: web design
Mar 08 2010 06:15 PM
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Blank browser windows for Photoshop mockups

When creating mockups for websites, it’s useful to use a blank browser window within Photoshop so that you get a good feel for how the design will look when it’s actually rendered as a web page. To make this process slightly easier,
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tags: web design
Feb 10 2010 03:03 PM
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Web Browser News

Over the last couple of weeks Google have caused a bit of a stir in the world of web browsers. First they announced that they’d be dropping support for Internet Explorer 6 and that was shortly followed by news that Chrome 4.0 had been released.
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tags: web design
Feb 09 2010 04:02 PM
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Using em’s for font sizing

Many web designers still use pixels for sizing their fonts within a web page, however this presents an accessibility problem on devices and browsers (namely Internet Explorer) which don’t allow pixels to be resized. The solution is to use ems or
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tags: css html web design
Feb 04 2010 01:30 AM
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Project folder structure for a web designer

I’ve always been fairly well organised when it comes to projects but up until recently, I haven’t had a standardised way of structuring my folders which occasionally leads to hunting for that piece of documentation that’s hiding in a
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tags: web design
Jan 26 2010 10:00 PM
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HTML Escape Characters

Whenever I’m creating an HTML page and have a need to use a character that needs escaping (which is less common than the & or ©) I have to go hunting for a list of HTML escape characters so I’ve put together this article as a quick
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tags: web design
Jan 22 2010 04:47 PM
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Using CSS3 Selectors in Internet Explorer

CSS3 is the next big thing to really help during the web development process but any web developer that has been following the progress of CSS3 will have become increasingly frustrated at the lack of support from Internet Explorer. However Keith Clark
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tags: css web design
Jan 21 2010 07:47 PM
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Dave-Woods.co.uk Redesign

It’s been long overdue but the redesign of my personal website was finally live this evening. I’ve been so busy with client work that my own work had to take a bit of a back seat but my portfolio was extremely out of date and as the site was
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tags: web design
Jan 19 2010 11:33 PM
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Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
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Jan 18 2010 06:00 PM
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Microsoft Agree to Browser Ballot

There’s been a lot of talk over the last few years regarding anti-trust charges against Microsoft due to them providing Internet Explorer as the default browser within their Windows operating system. However from March 2010 things are about to
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tags: web design
Jan 18 2010 04:50 PM
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Christmas and New Years Useful Links

I’ve had a busy Christmas and have just had time to catch up on my RSS feeds. Below is a selection of the best from my RSS feeds from over the Christmas period: Showcase Of Modern Navigation Design Trends Website Performance: What To Know and What
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tags: web design
Jan 11 2010 09:26 PM
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Microsoft Agree to Browser Ballot

There’s been a lot of talk over the last few years regarding anti-trust charges against Microsoft due to them providing Internet Explorer as the default browser within their Windows operating system. However from March 2010 things are about to
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tags: web design browsers
Jan 05 2010 02:42 PM
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Internet Explorer 9: CSS3 Support

Internet Explorer 8 hasn’t long been on the market but Microsoft are working hard to make Internet Explorer 9 their best browser yet. IE8 was released in March 2009 and was a big step forward and a welcome addition to the browser market for most
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tags: css web design
Nov 24 2009 01:10 PM
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Internet Explorer 9: CSS3 Support

Internet Explorer 8 hasn’t long been on the market but Microsoft are working hard to make Internet Explorer 9 their best browser yet.
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tags: web design browsers
Nov 24 2009 01:10 PM
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Latest Work: PilotBean.com

I’m currently working for PilotBean who are a provider of web solutions specialising in content management systems, email marketing, ecommerce and web hosting. My latest tasks was to update the website to give it a more modern look and feel, make
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tags: web design
Nov 16 2009 09:16 PM
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Latest Work: PilotBean.com

I’m currently working for PilotBean who are a provider of web solutions specialising in content management systems, email marketing, ecommerce and web hosting. My latest tasks was to update the website to give it a more modern look and feel, make
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tags: my work web design
Nov 16 2009 09:16 PM
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Rounded Corners in Internet Explorer Using JQuery

Recently I wrote an article on CSS3: Rounded CSS Corners, which is a great solution for creating rounded corners. However, Internet Explorer doesn’t yet support it, but there is a solution which this article explains. The following two links
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tags: javascript web design
Nov 02 2009 02:45 PM
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Rounded Corners in Internet Explorer Using JQuery

Recently I wrote an article on CSS3: Rounded CSS Corners, which is a great solution for creating rounded corners. However, Internet Explorer doesn’t yet support it, but there is a solution which this article explains.
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tags: javascript web design
Nov 02 2009 02:45 PM
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CSS3: Rounded CSS Corners

There’s many ways to create rounded corners using CSS but with the introduction of CSS3, our lives as web designers are about to become a lot easier. Up until recently I’ve been using my Rounded corners with one image method which does cut
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tags: css web design
Oct 30 2009 02:28 PM
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CSS3: Rounded CSS Corners

There’s many ways to create rounded corners using CSS but with the introduction of CSS3, our lives as web designers are about to become a lot easier.
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tags: css3 css web design
Oct 30 2009 02:28 PM
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HTML5 Tutorial – Getting Started

HTML5 is coming quicker than a lot of web designers are probably aware. You’ve probably seen the stories that it won’t actually be usable until 2022 but in reality, you can actually start using it today. Not all web browsers support CSS2.1,
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tags: html web design
Oct 29 2009 09:51 PM
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HTML5 Tutorial - Getting Started

HTML5 is coming quicker than a lot of web designers are probably aware. You’ve probably seen the stories that it won’t actually be usable until 2022 but in reality, you can actually start using it today. Not all web browsers support CSS2.1,
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tags: html5 web design
Oct 29 2009 09:51 PM
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Useful links of the week

I’ve finally had chance to catch up with my RSS feedreader recently and thought I’d share some of the more interesting ones with you. Below are a list of Web Design, Usability, Accessibility and Search Engine related articles from the past
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tags: web design
Oct 28 2009 09:39 PM
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Useful links of the week

I’ve finally had chance to catch up with my RSS feedreader recently and thought I’d share some of the more interesting ones with you. Below are a list of Web Design, Usability, Accessibility and Search Engine related articles from the past
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tags: useful links
Oct 28 2009 09:39 PM
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Has Google Fixed Internet Explorer?

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? What is Google Chrome Frame Sorry if this is
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tags: web design
Oct 14 2009 02:18 PM
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Has Google Fixed Internet Explorer?

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?
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tags: web standards web design browsers
Oct 14 2009 02:18 PM
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Common Mistakes in E-Commerce 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. Here’s the topics it covers: A lack of detailed product information Hiding Contact
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tags: web design
Oct 12 2009 08:25 PM
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Common Mistakes in E-Commerce 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.
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tags: usability
Oct 12 2009 08:25 PM
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Firefox 4 Screenshots

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. So far there’s only screenshots available so there’s no information on what
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tags: web design
Jul 29 2009 02:49 PM
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Firefox 4 Screenshots

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.
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tags: browsers
Jul 29 2009 02:49 PM