Text Replacement Roundup: The Pros and Cons of SIFR, Cufon, Typeface.js, and FLIR
on Jul 28, 2009 in AJAX Accessibility CSS Flash Font Free JavaScript Tools Typography Those of you who have explored rich typography solutions for web development should be very familiar with the different techniques floating around the Internet. Until majority of the population uses browsers that support CSS3, and until commercial fo...

5 Great CSS Techniques To Improve Your Website
on Jul 21, 2009 in Accessibility CSS Design Forms Mobile Optimization Phone Software Themes Tips Tools Tricks Tutorial CSS or Cascading Style Sheets is normally used to separate the style and layout of your HTML files from the actual content. However, few are aware of the added value that CSS can give to your website. Aside from the obvious ones like style standardiz...

SlickMap CSS Lets You Create Beautiful Visual Site Maps Easily
on Jul 10, 2009 in Accessibility Automation CSS Cool Free Inspiration Interface Tools Visualization Bored with the same old uninspiring, list-based sitemaps? If you’re like me, most likely you will find that creating better looking sitemaps can be quite time consuming. Thus, we end up having to settle for text-based unordered lists that look...

Object Oriented CSS
on Jun 30, 2009 in CSS Coding Framework Reference Tips Tricks “How do you scale CSS for millions of visitors or thousands of pages?” This is the question that Nicole Sullivan tried to answer in her presentation at Web Directions North in Denver. Entitled Object Oriented CSS (OOCSS), the concept has...

Take Your CSS to the Desktop with Adobe AIR!
on Jun 24, 2009 in AJAX Development Howto Software Tutorial Here is an article that you may find useful. Designers would find it surprising that to know that you can now take your HTML and CSS skills and use it to create desktop applications. This now very much possible for anyone who is willing to explore th...

Building Good Websites with Fluid Layout
on Jun 16, 2009 in Accessibility CSS Coding Design Development Tips Tools Those familiar with fluid / elastic layouts know that they can be a little more challenging to implement compared to fixed-width layouts. With the advent of wide-screen monitors, one of the biggest advantages of fluid-width layouts is the ability to...

on Jun 16, 2009 in Accessibility CSS Coding Design Development Tips Tools Those familiar with fluid / elastic layouts know that they can be a little more challenging to implement compared to fixed-width layouts. With the advent of wide-screen monitors, one of the biggest advantages of fluid-width layouts is the ability to...

Code Better CSS And Preview Websites Across Different Browsers With Adobe BrowserLab
on Jun 5, 2009 in Beta Browser Compatibility Software Tools Adobe BrowserLab is an online service that allows web professionals to test their websites on popular browsers and operating systems. Screenshots of actual browser renderings are generated in real time, with multiple viewing options to help pinpoint...

Featured CSS Library: Better Web Readability Project
on May 22, 2009 in Accessibility CSS Font The Better Web Readability Project aims to promote screen-friendly and more readable fonts. The result is a CSS library that redefines, among others, the standard font size as well as leading (the amount of space between text). Other features of this...

Non-Flash Peeling Page Effect Using jQuery & CSS
on May 11, 2009 in AJAX Animation Effects Flash Howto The Peeling Page is an effect is normally used by advertisers to show advertisements that would otherwise occupy space that is larger than what is available on a page. It is very slick, and is normally implemented in Flash. This script on Flashden co...