Web Design

Font sizing in CSS: em vs. px vs. rem

I've been looking for ways to simplify my CSS development constantly.  I recently made the switch to using Compass/SASS full time in all of my projects due to its simplicity and more importantly the fact that you can create a base template for all of the wild CSS3 effects that require 5 different lines for each browser.

PayPal's User Experience Sucks

PayPal is a great convenience for me and a lot of others.  Unfortunately, their website user experience sucks.  Why do I need to search Google to find the pages I need on PayPal.com?

If you're selling online and have PayPal buttons created, you better bookmark the "My Saved Buttons" page, otherwise you're going to need to go five pages deep and find this small link when you want to get back to the list:

Using Adaptive CSS to create mobile-friendly pages

I recently discovered the greatness that is adapt.js, or Adaptive CSS.  In a nutshell, it's a javascript tool that allows your website to activate different CSS files based on the user's current browser window size.  

Improving user experience with jQuery Waypoints

I recently came across a great jQuery plugin called jQuery Waypoints.  It lets you do some really cool things when you scroll down a page and reach certain elements.  The page home page for it makes use of Waypoints with its fancy menu at the top of the page.  It also gives some more useful examples such as making a header sticky and allowing you to show additional information when a user reaches the end of a page.

Drupal vs. Joomla at ITWorld

ITWorld has a new article up about Joomla vs. Drupal and contains viewpoints of different developers.  I was asked by the author to give some insight on using either CMS so I'm in there around page two.  It's an interesting article because it's not from the perspective of one person and seems to cover many bases.

Blizzard's Web Art

A List Apart's survey about people who make websites

A List Apart's survey results about people who make websites for 2009 has just been released and it contains a wealth of fascinating statistics about the web development / design field.  Over 20,000 people participated in the survey and it has things like education, gender, salaries, age, seniority, and many more metrics.

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