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Monday, April 11th, 2011
TweetNow that CSS3 and HTML5 are well and truly here, fixing websites for Internet Explorer has become a more arduous task than most designers are prepared to undertake. Why do I say this? Well, taking a look at the web today it seems that the majority of web designers have simply given up on adding [...]
Tags: arduous task, background color, borders, bugs, chrome, chrome frame, colour, css, css3, cutting edge, design, drop shadows, gif, gradients, html, internet explorer, javascript, jQuery, png, replacements, rounded corners, safari, segments, square corners, textured background, transparent areas, trident, web designers, web today, webkit
Posted in useability, web design | 6 Comments »
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011
TweetPantone’s Colour of the Year for 2011 is Honeysuckle: rgb(203,101, 134) or #cb6586. But why? Pantone say “Honeysuckle emboldens us to face everyday troubles with verve and vigor. A dynamic reddish pink, Honeysuckle is encouraging and uplifting. It elevates our psyche beyond escape, instilling the confidence, courage and spirit to meet the exhaustive challenges that [...]
Tags: backdrop, black, bright colour, colour, colour scheme, design, dynamism, femininity, honeysuckle, neutrals, pantone, psyche, rgb, richness, verve, vibe, vibrant energy, vigor
Posted in web design | 14 Comments »
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
TweetUsing PHP variables in your CSS can add interest and interactivity, and you can even personalise colour schemes for individual visitors: let people choose their own CSS styles when they have logged in, or change the colours and images based on the weather or the time of day! This is a very simple PHP random [...]
Tags: colour, colour array, colour picker, colour schemes, content type, css, css file, css styles, geek, hex codes, interactivity, PHP, php echo, php function, php header, php variables, rainbow colours, random values, session variables
Posted in CSS3, PHP, Tutorials | No Comments »
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
TweetResearch shows that the experience that a consumer has on a website can drastically affect their perception of the brand or product. Bad design really does result in more stress – and fewer sales. This is not simply a question of aesthetics, but also usability, and of understanding the purpose with which a customer has [...]
Tags: aesthetics, alpha waves, colour, concepts, connection speeds, current trends, design, eeg, european consumers, eye movement, frustration, google, neuro, neuroscience, page loading speed, slow speed, slow web, slower connection, useability, web applications, website host, website owner
Posted in neurology, useability, web design | 11 Comments »
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
TweetThis tutorial gives instructions for Safari (Webkit), and the demonstration files include styles for Safari and FireFox4. OK so in the last tutorial I showed you how to make an equilateral triangle with css3. Now you can use this basic triangle to make a flower, or another symmetrical shape, using the css3 attributes transform and [...]
Tags: background color, borders, circle and triangle, color fuchsia, colour, css, css3, demonstration files, design, diameter, divs, elements, equilateral triangle, flower petal, isosceles triangle, overflow, petals, radius, safari, symmetrical shape, transition, webkit
Posted in CSS3, Tutorials, web design | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
TweetThis tutorial is based on an article from css tricks showing how to create triangles with CSS3. mandala The basic principal is that you define a div with width: 0 and height:0, and then define three borders: two transparent borders on either side cut the third border into a sharp point (triangle), the [...]
Tags: angled triangle, angled triangles, black, borders, caption, colour, concepts, css, css tricks, design, div, equal angles, equilateral triangle, hypotenuse, isosceles triangle, mandala, number solutions, pythagorean triangle, pythagorean triple, sharp point, six pointed star, whole number
Posted in CSS3, Tutorials, web design | 11 Comments »
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
TweetI recently found a fascinating article showing research on people’s perceptions, associations and preferences for colours, by Joe Hallock. He outlines research on colour perceptions and associations, focusing on the work of Bradford J. Hall (Among Cultures: The Challenge of Communications 2002). Faber Birren Previously, Faber Birren (1961) had stated that colours were inherently associated [...]
Tags: black, bradford j hall, colour, colour wheel, colours, common phrases, coolness, design, direct connections, earthly elements, emotional impact, emotional responses, energy range, faber birren, green with envy, hallock, sense perceptions, sun earth, warmth, water sun, wavelengths of light, word trust
Posted in web design | 10 Comments »
Monday, April 12th, 2010
TweetThe quality of the prose in this book simply took my breath away. I can imagine rows of schoolkids reading this one in unison for their GCSE English. It is more akin with a long prose poem, an exploration of a myriad nuances of black, than with the blockbusters that we are used to seeing [...]
Tags: beowulf, black, blockbusters, books, colour, drudgery, empathy, fiction, good guys, imaginings, life of ivan denisovich, nuances, prose poem, role model, shopping trolley
Posted in books | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
TweetI have been intrigued by the news that Pantone’s colour of the year for 2010 is turquoise. To tell the truth I am intrigued by the idea that Pantone have a colour of the year at all: it seems a crazy notion. Sure, I was aware of fashion gurus declaring what next season’s (or next [...]
Tags: chocolate teapot, colour, conran shop, crystal healing, design, distillation, famous designers, fashion gurus, feedback loop, honour, optimism, pantone, peacock, turquoise, zeitgeist
Posted in web design | 1 Comment »