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AdSense testing new font formatting?

February 21, 2007

It’s a little known fact that you can change your AdSense ad fonts manually. Simply apply a div style or hard tags around your code and wala! You have a new look for your ad blocks. Google hasn’t specifically stated this to be a violation of the AdSense TOS. However, chances are they wouldn’t like […]

It’s ok to use tables… Just not in the layout

August 8, 2006

Some people have taken CSS beyond layouts - to the point of arranging data. Tables are still a key part of web design and have an important part in arranging data.
According to the W3C: “The HTML table model allows authors to arrange data — text, preformatted text, images, links, forms, form fields, other tables, etc. […]

Sharp edges are retro cool

A trend that is popping up among flourishing websites is sharp edges. No rounded borders, no fancy backgrounds, just solid, clean boxes. This is a relief to designers who have been flustering over complicated text boxes over the past several years.
The real question is though, are we ready for sharp edges again? The mid-90s was […]

BBC.co.uk Reboot Winner

July 15, 2006

BBC.co.uk recently held a contest asking developers to redesign bbc.co.uk, bbc’s personal homepage. The winner was announced to be FF Ecosystem with his design “BBC Malkovich.”

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What they liked about it
- The way that Andy (and his colleagues ?) have cracked how to reflect content, conversations and data taking place away from bbc.co.uk
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A designer’s nightmare… Open source templates

July 6, 2006

Serious web developers have been keeping an eye on open source web design communities. For small start-ups, open source design is a dream come true. Or is it?
The first thing that “open source” brings to mind is free software. Mozilla Firefox, Linux, OpenOffice. The truth is that open source web design works nothing like OS […]