The Dummy Image Generator makes it a snap to create placeholder images for use in a design or even to include when you’re building out HTML code but don’t have final assets. Read More
Web Button Design Showcase
Buttons are a small but critical part of a web site design. In the best designs they create a strong call-to-action — add to cart, sign up, or learn more — as well being one of the details that reinforces the overall quality of the design. Read More
Nexus One vs. iPhone: How do the Websites Compare?
Now that the iPhone has a true competitor in the Nexus One, I thought it would be interesting to see how their home pages compared. What is Google doing from an online standpoint to take on the smart phone market leader?
Read MoreSmileyCat Website 2009 Uptime Report
I just got my 2009 yearly uptime report for this website. It was offline for a total of 6 minutes and 3 seconds, which is better than 99.99% uptime!
10 Key Tasks For Your Next Web Site
Last year I wrote about 12 essential web site building blocks – things that you should check when you take on responsibility for a new web site, or even just launch one.
Well, this year I’ve come up with a few more, mostly as a reminder to me for the next site that I’ll be running. Read More
The Importance of Links as Calls to Action
I enjoyed this conversion rate analysis by Dustin Curtis on the link he places at the bottom of his articles to his Twitter account. Read More
Mytheon Website Launch
If it’s been a little quiet around here lately, it’s because I’ve been busy with, among other things, launching a new website for Mytheon, the next game from True Games Interactive. Read More
Website Navigation Then and Now
I recently came across a collection of website navigation bars from a few years ago. I couldn’t help but wonder how those navbars looked today, and how the impact of site growth, redesigns, branding updates, etc. have affected them.
Read MoreUsing Web Analytics to Assess CAPTCHA Usability
Recent articles about the impact of CAPTCHAs on conversion rates caused me to look at the web analytics for the CAPTCHA we use on the account signup page for our online game, Warrior Epic .
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