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Articles tagged ‘web standards’.

On Web Standards and rounded corners

October 25th, 2009

I think I agree with this article written ten years ago when the web was still in its infancy. While general web practices make sense, the need for having formal standards seems unnecessary. Website-building technologies have in a lot of ways standardized themselves because of individual developers deciding what is appropriate to use. Looking at the reasons [...]

Flash and AJAX

December 9th, 2005

During the second meeting of Refresh Phoenix, a local community of designers and developers, it occurred to me that there is a noticable devide between (formerly Macromedia) Flash fans and (don’t call it) AJAX fans. While both seem to be using the technologies for similar purposes, each group sticks by their prefered method.
While it may [...]

Why interface design?

November 20th, 2005

I’ve always worked with more than one area involved in designing/developing a website. My main focus, however, has always been on the initial design of the website. It’s what I consider the most crutial part of the process.
The design defines how the product or service is viewed on an emotional level. The [...]

Beginnings

November 17th, 2005

There quite a few beginnings here for me. The two big ones being this site’s release and my venture into the world of blogging. The other is more of a personal achievement of getting on the right track towards future goals.
This new website, DistinctiveQuality.com, will showcase some of my design work as well as [...]