Thoughts on web development and technologies by Peter Gasston

Category: Design

Not only for designers, but also developers who get the opportunity to provide input to the design process.

What I saw at @media 2007

So @media 2007 is over and, after a little breather, here’s a short breakdown of what I saw, in chronological order, along with links to presentations where possible.
There were lots of great, inspiring ideas, which should spin out into a few more posts in the near future.
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@media, CSS 3, and browser news

I’ve been at @media Europe 2007 today, watching some top-notch presentations about the current and future state of the web. I think Dan Cederholm’s Interface Design Juggling was the pick of the bunch, although it was a close-run thing.
Six hour-long sessions, interspersed with a couple of work-related emergencies, then home for dinner and more work, leaves […]

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Five slideshow presentations I wish I’d seen

I’m off to @media Europe this week, and looking forward to hearing presentations from some of the best in the business.
Of course there are many excellent events that take place worldwide that I can’t attend, and many presentations I’d love to see. Below are five links to slideshows from events that have taken place this year, […]

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Hyperlinks are fun

Thanks to del.icio.us I found 25 Code Snippets for Web Designers which has some really useful and interesting links, including a great presentation on designing for the grid by Khoi Vinh, whose blog led me to DesignByGrid.com, a collection of tutorials and resources.

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New Labour website launches

Just a day after the Prime Minister announces he’s to step down in June, triggering a leadership contest, the Labour party launches their redesigned website.
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The Guardian gets a modern makeover

I’m very impressed by the redesign of The Guardian; they’ve managed to pull off the complicated feat of having a lot of information and not losing that information in a morass of boxes and links.
The design, based on a six-column grid, actually reminds me quite a lot of The Onion, although I think it’s even less […]

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Steve Ballmer has said that Microsoft “may look at” using Webkit in future versions of Internet Explorer (contradicting Chris Wilson’s statement last year that they wouldn’t). I really can’t see it; at least, not in the near future. Perhaps for Windows Mobile, as Webkit is proving itself in the mobile space, but almost certainly not on the desktop.

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