As a small business owner, you have enormous choice when looking for a web designer. The best approach is to forget fixed rules about what you ought to need. Instead, during your initial discussions, follow some simple guidelines to help understand what’s on offer. The result will be a better ‘fit’ with your chosen designer and a much better idea of where your project is going.
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Mobile First: solving IE vs. Symbian
As we all know, media queries are by far the best way to distinguish between desktop and mobile browsers, or, more generically, between the dozens of different screen sizes our users can have. Media queries are the future of the web.Nonetheless, the fact that they are the future doesn’t mean that there are no problems. [...]
Interface Watch: Google.com
Google’s updated search page sets a new of how to maximise usability by keeping things simple and focused on the task at hand. When first loaded, the page shows the logo and search box. That’s all. Everything else is hidden.
What makes a website successful?
Over at 24ways, Paul Boag suggests that a website’s success is actually determined by whether its content supports the owners’ business objectives, is targeted at the right audience, and provides appropriate calls to action. True, but there’s more to it than that.
Coding like it's 2009
Cameron Moll suggests we can safely go back to sizing text in pixels – because new browsers allow anyone who wants to resize it. Sorry Cameron, but for people who care about accessibility, that’s just plain wrong.