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Firebug for IE
Firebug Lite 1.2 was released today at OSCON. Those in the web design world no doubt are familiar with the Firefox extension that allows you to manipulate javascript, html, css, and the like from a debugging console. The newest version of Lite 1.2 offers enhanced functionality to non-Firefox browsers. For those suffering through debugging IE [...]
Testing Paragraph Density
TypeTester is a very nifty website that allows you to test what different fonts look like in your browser. Beyond that, though, it allows you to compare the affect of different css effects on your paragraph density. Do I like impact 1.3em with 3px tracking? How does it look with 1px tracking, but .25em wordspacing? [...]
Designers: The Client’s Guide
I came across this nifty article via Jeff Croft‘s link blog. It overviews some of the things a client can do to make being a designer an enjoyable experience. Most of it is common sense for the designer types.. Trust us, focus on the design from the customer’s perspective, etc. The best part of the [...]
The Employable Web Designer
This was an excellent article by Andy Rutledge about the skills necessary to be employable as a designer. I think the biggest thing in here is a focus on designing interaction between people and a product rather than focusing on a tool. Just because I can use a hammer doesn’t mean I can build a [...]
