No, I am not referring to the quintessential ‘80s TV show of the same name — but rather the workplace conundrum of who has final say in questions of user experience, technology, and design. The obvious answer may be: “Well, d’uh — the person in charge of that department.” Continue reading “Who’s the Boss?”
So, don’t get me wrong. Jquery Mobile is awesome! But there is a time and place for every thing. When is a time for jQuery Mobile you may ask? The time is when you really want an out of the box solution. When the client is happy with slapping a header on the site and you are good to go. Continue reading “When jQuery Mobile is not so good”
I used to design websites using Fireworks — sometimes I used Illustrator. To me, they were easier to use and also performed a lot snappier than Photoshop. Fireworks also had some cool features like symbols, where you could turn a group of objects in to an editable symbol that could be used throughout the site. Continue reading “Photoshop is the worst web design tool”
One thing I hear a lot while working on the web is: “I like it! That design looks good”. Beauty is king. This type of comment implies that the design has met its goals by being pleasant to the eye. While being ‘pretty’ is important, does it really matter? What I would really like to hear Continue reading “Are you a Decorator or Designer?”
Before I began development on this blog, I made the conscious decision not to support Internet Explorer 6. Why you ask? The the answer is simple — saving time. One less browser for me to test and potentially debug was a no-brainer. Continue reading “An Easy Fix for IE6 CSS Problems”
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