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Google's Interface Changes
I'm not really a fan of Google's latest design changes. Increasing the size of the text-input seems fine, but the new buttons are atrocious. The biggest difference is the font-size on the buttons. But, with Firefox 3.5 on Mac OS X, the default crystal-themed buttons can only get so big.
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UMass Athletics Website Critique
The UMass Athletic Association just unveiled their new website. I’m not particularly impressed. I’ve listed a few constructive criticisms that I hope will help my alma mater when she decides to upgrade again. Homepage: Unnecessary & Inaccessible First things first: this website has a “front door” or a welcome-page as its homepage. Granted, this page […]
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Evolution of UMass Amherst Website
This post is a collection of screenshots and descriptions cataloging the evolution of the UMass Amherst homepage from 1997 to 2009, with pros and cons of each iteration.
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I'm Writing for Smashing Magazine!
I will soon be the proud author of a Smashing Magazine article (or two). I’ve been in contact with their editor-in-chief and I’m signed on to write a 1 or 2-part article, detailing CSS techniques that “I wish I knew” when I started designing. The content of the article will be CSS techniques, tips, tricks, […]
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Internet Explorer 8
Like many people, I recently “upgraded” my version of Internet Explorer to 8.0. Right away, a few things struck me. The user interface has changed… again. I’m all for redesigns (or “realigns”) but Microsoft seems to reorganize their UI so often, it’s almost hard to keep track. Already, there’s talk of a release of IE8.1 […]
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On HTML5
I, for one, don’t really understand some of the changes coming with the release of HTML5. After reading the entirety of the HTML 5 differences from HTML 4 document, two things occured to me. I’m a nerd. Parts of the HTML5 spec seem contradictory to the idea separating presentation from content. Now, before I go any […]