If you’re thinking of venturing into the ‘web 2.0’ world of tag clouds, Joe Lamantia has come up with a list of best practices for displaying them.
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Easy Way to Display Well-Formatted Code on a Web Page
A while back I posted about a useful tool for presenting nicely formatted code in blog posts. Well, Quick Highlighter is a similar online service that includes color highlighting based on the language you are displaying.
Read MoreUS Presidential Candidate Web Sites Compared
Despite it being something like 20 months until the 2008 US presidential election, the campaign trail is already hotting up.
Read MoreThe Myth of the 3-click Rule
How many times has a client or stakeholder told you that it takes too many clicks to get to a page? Or that they heard that users give up after 3 clicks?
Read MoreIs Using Icons for Web Site Navigation a Waste of Time?
Not that this is a new phenomena, but I’ve been noticing icons popping up in the navigation of a number of web sites recently.
As much as I appreciate the craftsmanship that goes into designing these often beautiful graphics, I have mixed feelings about the time and effort it must take.
Read MoreDownload Free Fonts from Urban Fonts
The following is a paid review. Please note: my time is being paid for but my opinions are my own.
Urban Fonts is a fairly new free font download site that aims to make finding free fonts (and dingbats) a little less painful.
New Web Site Launched: Feedback Appreciated
The place where I work, Seattle Children’s Hospital, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. To mark this occasion we created an online timeline of the major events in the hospital’s history.
Read MoreSeen Around the Web
Here are are few of the sights that have caught my eye (for better or worse) recently.
Read MoreKeep Your Customers Happy: Provide a Clear Upgrade Policy
Jonathan Snook’s recent post about whether it is fair for people to have to pay for the latest version of the web stats software Mint, provoked an interesting discussion.
Read MoreIf You End Up On The Wrong Web Site Is It Your Fault?
Several people have kindly pointed out that in my previous post I did not review the official Utah tourism site.
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