Below is a demo presentation of Ubiquity, an experimental Firefox plugin from Mozilla Labs. The concept is to connect the Web with language in an attempt to find new user interfaces that could make it possible for everyone to do common Web tasks more quickly and easily.
As we build websites and use the web in our usual day-to-day activities, we are often plagued with having to create user accounts for anything and everything. Source: How To Pick Passwords That Protect Your Online Experience
Author and Happy Cog founder Jeffrey Zeldman answers the question: what does a web designer need most? Skills and knowledge of software, of course, but empathy—the ability to think about and empathize with your user—is by far the most important. Good useful education is hard to find, and within companies there is often no departmental [...]
Great news for web developers around the world! This is the break that we have all been waiting for! It appears that ALL VERSIONS of Internet Explorer has a major security flaw. The said flaw is already in wide use as a tool to steal online game passwords, with some 10,000 websites infected with the [...]
David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of the web framework Ruby On Rails and a partner at 37 Signals gave a very inspirational seminar on making money online by creating a profitable startup company. I really recommend you watch his 32-minute presentation because it is really going to be worth your time. Source: David Heinemeier Hansson at [...]
Today I read a great article about an interview with Jeffrey Zeldman. Jeffrey Zeldman is a web designer and standards advocate who started A List Apart, wrote Designing with Web Standards, co-founded the web design conference An Event Apart and founder of Happy Cog web design agency.
Blackbird is a new web browser designed for the African-American community that has advanced Web 2.0 features. It allows African Americans to easily discover hard-to-find African American online content and to provide a platform for sharing their internet experience.
When it comes to online publishing, most of us are firm believers of the same old rule – Content is king. We’d like to argue a point that, even with the greatest blog that constantly pumps great contents, it’s not to overlook the importance of interface design. This includes overall color matching, the typography, attractive logo, proper text and paragraph alignment, clear navigation, etc. Another way to look at things is when you put an image and a row of text side by side, image is where the eyeballs are while the text plays a supporting role.
I selected some of the websites listed here from PC Magazine’s Top 100 Undiscovered Websites article (I felt that I haven’t seen all of the websites from PC Mag’s review because their slideshow was acting a little weird). I was inspired by the ideas and concepts presented in each of the websites that were reviewed. [...]
Looking for that perfect domain name can be a taxing job for some. I used to do my domain name hunting at NameCheap. A typical scenario would be to guide the mouse and click inside the textbox area, place both of my hands on the keyboard to type my domain name, reach back for my [...]
