Articles posted in October 2006

Book Review: Homepage Usability - Nielsen & Tahir

Although four years old this book delivers invaluable insights into Homepage usability. At the same time though you find yourself wishing Nielsen and Tahir would relax just a little bit. Read more

Writing Good XHTML and CSS Part 2

The second in a series of good practices for writing XHTML and CSS looking at writing clean, maintainable code and dealing with browser hell problems. Read more

10 Tips for Good Web Copy

Well written copy is often overlooked but is an integral part of a successful website. Here are 10 tips to tighten up your copy. Read more

Photoshop 101 - The Lasso Tool

The Lasso Tool is another invaluable tool for making selections. For those with an unsteady hand or a hangover the Magnetic Lasso Tool will also save serious time in cutting out selections. Read more

Why use Web Safe Colours?

I've always designed using the web safe colour palette. Recently I realised I didn't actually know why. After a bit of research it would seem it is less relevant than I thought. Read more

Curving The Edges of Images in Photoshop

I get a lot of search engine referrals from people looking to create curved images or curved rectangles in Photoshop. So here's a quick tutorial to show you how. Read more

Photoshop 101 - The Magic Wand Tool

Especially for high contrast images the Magic Wand tool makes selection simple. A tool for daily use this example shows how to remove a background quickly and easily. Read more

Using background images with links

Associating icons with links can in my opinion be a powerful design device. With a small amount of CSS it is simple to add icons into your links. Read more

Photoshop 101 - The Slice Tool

For precise interpretation of PSDs to XHTML I recommend avoiding this tool. But there may well be a time when you can use this tool so here's a quick overview. Read more