Invasion of the Body Switchers
An alternative method based upon the original Style Switcher. The main upgrade is that it enables independent switching of different media types, meaning you can set up multiple screen and multiple print stylesheets and control them separately.
Seems pretty cool but the old method still looks more useful for me. I'll have to look into it a little more.
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sorttable: Make all your tables sortable
JavaScript function that allows you to sort table data simple and easily. (via 5411)
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Onload image fades without Flash
I've really got to find a way to create easy to update and maintain galleries for the sites I'm working on. Here's one possible option, we'll see...
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Scrivs on the MSN Search beta
I've seen several posts mention the new MSN Search beta that was released yesterday, this is the first to actually critique the design on it's visual elements and not just on technical issues. He particularly dislikes the buttons, which I had noticed too. The text seems to be too low in the button, or as he says the text is just too big or the button is too small.
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Looking Around the Corner at CSS3
Pretty cool example of what can already be done in CSS3 if you have a good browser. I think his examples of what you can do with substring matching attribute selectors and the opacity property are particularly cool.
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Easier worn effect
Set of brushes for Photoshop to make the "Wicked Worn Effect" a lot easier. (via Authentic Boredom)
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Meeting a User's Emotional Needs
Another excellent article from DKR on how to meet all of a user’s needs and satisfy the goals of the business at the same time. He's a great designer but really seems to have a firm grasp of the business side of things as well.
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CSS rollovers with PNG support for IE
That's a long title, not too much new on the rollover front but good tips on how to use tranparent PNG's and get them to work correctly in IE.
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Author Highlighting in MT
Absolutely great help with something I've been planning on implementing here when I get the rest of the comment styling set up. It allows me to easily highlight my own comments so they'll stand out from all of the other ones on an entry. You know... because I'm more important than you.
Dave Shea also adds a helpful comment where he suggests instead of basing it on name, I can use the email field to store a password. Clever.
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Why link to index.php?
Good discussion on proper home page linking practices. (via 5411)
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Document titles and blips
Good stuff from both The Man in Blue and 456 Berea Street on titling your webpages. Before I had used BrianBehrend.com - Page but as someone pointed out, Windows then adds another - before the browser name. I like » a little better and will be using that from now on.
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The Weekly Standards Audio Show
An weekly "radio" show from Adam Howell of
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CSS negotiation
Good source of tricks to push certain CSS to certain browsers. It'll definitely be needed to make this site not look like crap in IE.
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Navigation Matrix Reloaded
Wow, that's cool. I don't have plans for tabs on Matt's site, but this seems like something I might want to consider when I finally create 722WebDesign.
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Mike Industries
MikeIndustries.com is the homepage of web designer extraordinaire Mike Davidson. Web designer probably isn't the best term, his current job title is "Sr. Assoc. Art Director & Manager of Media Product Development". You might not recognize his name but if you check out his portfolio, you most definitely have seen his work. The guy redesigned the ESPN.com homepage for crying out loud and most of the other stuff on the site too, so you can pretty much say he's got my ideal job. Sports and web design, I'd be a happy man.
I've only been reading his weblog for a short time now but it's already become one of the first sites I check in the morning. He only updates a couple times a week but his posts are always coherent, interesting thoughts (unlike a certain other site). The site is definitely of interest to anyone who likes sports and/or web design.
Mezzoblue
Mezzoblue is the personal site for Canadian web designer Dave Shea. A great source for ideas on CSS and design in general. A great example of what can be accomplished with a little CSS and a lot of creativity. Both new and more advanced web developers should definitely check it out. Dave is also the creator of the CSS Zen Garden.
Scrivs on Independent Thought
Long read on the design/weblog community. Pretty good read as usual.
Main point is don't just accept everything someone says because of who they are in the community, and then don't just post comments like You're so awesome!"
so that people will visit your site. If you have an interesting point to make, whether it's positive or negative than feel free to comment. "It sucks"
is just as bad, "I hate it because..."
is much more helpful.
The best way to get repeat visitors is to have quality content, something I'll have more time to work on when (if?) I ever get done with this redesign.
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Movies.com redesigns
I only realized Movies.com was a Disney property a couple of months ago when I noticed that my ESPN Motion worked with their version of Motion (now called Cinequiz). It looks pretty good, nothing too major aesthetically. The major change comes in the conversion to a CSS and standards based design.
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color synthAxis
A pretty advanced web-based color picking tool. So advanced that right now I really don't know what I'm doing with it, I need to read the manual more thoroughly. Definitely pretty cool and even just refreshing the page a bunch of time comes up with some nice looking color combinations.
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sIFR: Scalable Inman Flash Replacement
A relatively easy way to deliver rich typography on webpages using Flash rather than HTML/CSS.
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