Posted on May 19, 2011
Accessibility in Flash, sounds like an oxymoron right? it is actually possible to an extent as I found out. When creating for the web one needs to keep in mind the needs of those who are blind, deaf, etc. Often when a blind user, using a screen reader, comes to a flash object on a web page they basically hit a road block. The screen reader cant make sense of the content, can't use any buttons contained in it, or read any text contained in the flash. Flash has given us tools to work around that.
Posted on February 6, 2011
You may find you need to put a link over a image and there's no simple way to slice it. But putting an image map over it, as I found out the hard way, will not work for all email clients. I attempted to place image maps over an image of several rings piled atop each other. Each ring needed to be linked individually and slicing the image up for a table would have been a pain. I tested in entourage and outlook '03 with no problems. The email was sent out and sure enough, there were problems. Outlook '07, gmail, and others were acting very buggy. Either the image maps weren't linking, they were causing unwanted gaps, or other bugs.
Posted on January 6, 2011
I recently got an invite to try out the new web browser - Rockmelt. It was created by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen and built on google's chromium browser. Rockmelt has a serious focus on social networking, specifically Facebook. Before you can do anything, you log into the browser via your Facebook account, and you then are constantly connected.
Rockmelt is very much like Google Chrome and offers the same in speed. It differs in it has columns on the left and right to hold all your Facebook and Twitter contacts. You can quickly connect to all your contacts,share links and media, and view status updates.
Posted on July 19, 2010
I've recently started a new job working for a company creating html emails. They send out magazine renewal notices, event notices, advertising, etc. Designing for email is a entirely different beast than designing for web.
Posted on April 14, 2010
I've seen hundreds of articles stating why you should stop using Internet Explorer as your web browser and use something better. The one thing they're missing is, the average person doesn't care, or even know what a browser is for that matter. This list is for the non-geek.
