Firebug (Lite) supported in IE, Opera, and Safari

Some people are unaware of this particular tool.

January 19th, 2010 at 9:00am — Comments: (1) — By: Jonathan Danylko — Tags: Design

Most designers and developers use Firebug constantly in Firefox, but what some people still don't know is that there is a lite version of Firebug called Firebug Lite for IE, Opera, and Safari.

Even though it's limited, it still has the same look and feel.

If you want to know more about Firebug, check out the Fireday review of Firebug or check out the Firebug web site.

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Annual Web Survey from A List Apart

Take the 2008 Web Survey to find out how the web industry is faring.

July 29th, 2008 at 3:00pm — Comments: (0) — By: Jonathan Danylko — Tags: Design

It's back! The 2008 Web Survey from A List Apart is back and is ready for data.

After a huge response last year of over 30,000 people taking the survey, it resulted in knowing what kinds of job titles, salaries, and work situations are common in our field.

This survey is geared towards designers, developers, data architects, project managers, writers, editors, marketers, and everyone else who makes websites.

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Default CSS for HTML 4

What are the default HTML settings for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)?

February 21st, 2008 at 6:00am — Comments: (0) — By: Jonathan Danylko — Tags: Design

Designers are using baseline, or "reset," style sheets more and more to clear out the existing settings of default styles in the browsers to create a more uniform way of designing web pages.

After looking at some recent polls about "Which CSS Reset do you use?", I thought about this in a different way.

Recently, I've been working on a project where I wanted all OL/UL tags to display a certain way throughout the entire pages, but at one section, I need the tags to display normally as if the CSS wasn't there.

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Free Stock Icons for your applications

For those developers who have a hard time creating icons, let alone graphics.

June 28th, 2007 at 9:00am — Comments: (0) — By: Jonathan Danylko — Tags: Design

Code and Coffee (love that name) collected a great list of free stock icons for your next application that provide exceptional value because:

1. They're look fantastic and professional.
2. They're Free!

I even used the famous famfamfam stock icons located on the left under categories.

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IA OneSheeters

Leah Buley has created the IA OneSheeters for designers/developers.

May 21st, 2007 at 5:00am — Comments: (0) — By: Jonathan Danylko — Tags: Design

One thing designers and developers don't like to do is document, but Leah Buley has created a quick way to get a point across on one page, or more appropriately, called IA One Sheeters.

The IA One Sheeters provided are Wireframes, Heuristic Evaluation, and Usability Testing. Since she started building the first three, see if you can create your own for your own business.

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A List Apart Web Design Survey 2007

Take part in a web design survey for A List Apart!

April 24th, 2007 at 5:00am — Comments: (0) — By: Jonathan Danylko — Tags: Design

The site A List Apart released their first annual 2007 Web Design Survey and want you to be a part of it.

They are offering a chance to win an Apple 30GB iPod, an Event Apart Jump Drive, or a A List Apart T-Shirt. Results will be reported on their site in the future.

Hurry, though. Their survey will only be available until May 22, 2007.

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Is GIMP better than Photoshop?

I pose the question to the audience.

January 23rd, 2007 at 6:00am — Comments: (4) — By: Jonathan Danylko — Tags: Design

For most of the design community, Adobe's Photoshop has always been there for you. You create your layered graphics and export it to your site and everything is well and good.

But now, there is a new face on the scene.

GIMP is a raster graphics program that can easily replace MS Paint. But can it replace Photoshop? I'll leave that argument to the GrimThing.com. They've posted an article about who would win in the battle between GIMP and Photoshop.

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So you think you want to be a manager?

Boxes and Arrows writer Erin Malone discusses her transition from designer to manager.

January 16th, 2007 at 5:30am — Comments: (0) — By: Jonathan Danylko — Tags: Design

You have stars in your eyes, right? You want the title, you want the prestige, oh..and you probably want the money? Making a transition from a worker to a manager is difficult and, trust me, it may not be greener on the other side.

Erin Malone was promoted from a designer to a manager and now that she's a manager, she's made some interesting realizations. Her article, "So you think you want to be a manager?", is right on target and recommend reading it before taking that managerial position.

I've been there before and I'm not envious. :-)

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Interface Design Quotes

The most complete list of interface design quotes on the Internet.

January 3rd, 2007 at 6:00am — Comments: (0) — By: Jonathan Danylko — Tags: Design

Reference: Andy Budd

Andy Budd found the most complete collection of Interface Design Quotes on the web.

An excellent source of inspiration for most designers.

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How much should a design cost?

Pearsonified has a enlightening post about how to price a blog design.

October 25th, 2006 at 9:00am — Comments: (0) — By: Jonathan Danylko — Tags: Design

What would you say if someone called you this morning and asked you to write up a quote for a blog for their business?

Would you freeze or would you quote a price similar to what Pearsonified charges?

In the article, Chris Pearson discusses why a blog can be expensive and talks about how much should a design cost?

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