Tag Archives: web design

Soma FontFriend Bookmarklet Released

I’ve been inspired by a few different articles to experiment with font stacks, but I wanted a way to quickly see how different font families looked within the context of my design right in the browser. For instance, how well does Georgia work as a fallback for Constantia? (Pretty well.) How similar are Helvetica Neue […]

WordPress Updates Admin (Again)

You can’t accuse the WordPress devs of sitting on their laurels. A new admin interface was recently released with version 2.5, and the team has now taken in feedback from users and usability testing with the newly revamped design for 2.7.

Web Standards and IE 8 Part 2

The IE Team has just changed their mind about and decided to promote web standards by default in IE 8. Web standards-lovers everywhere sing hallelujah, while incompetent designers will no doubt scream murder.

Whitespace Primer

Whitespace is a key design concept that makes the difference between a great design and a decent design. Here I explain the basics of what whitespace is and how it impacts a design.

Web Standards and IE 8

Internet Explorer and web standards have never been the best of friends. IE 8 proposes some non-standard behavior in the ultimate hopes to promote better web standards. Is this the way forward or a painful regression?