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• Time to play with new things

  A quick experiment to try out new features in Safari.

  Posted on 20th December, 2 comments. Read More

• Generating Sprite Navigation from Fireworks

  Using a single background image and change the positioning has long been the favourite way of developing accessible navigation menus. It gives you pre-loading of hover states for free as well as an overall reduced server overhead. The main problem with the technique is that it’s rather fiddly writing all the HTML and CSS for it. SpriteNavi is a command panel for Fireworks that can generate this code directly from an image.

  Posted on 19th August, 4 comments. Read More

• GridMaker Reboot

  The first versions of GridMaker were well-received but several issues were highlighted, this article introduces the next version which includes a number of changes.

  Posted on 9th May, 18 comments. Read More

• GridMaker for Fireworks

  GridMaker ended up being quite popular so I decided to take a look at porting it over to Fireworks.

  Posted on 30th April, 8 comments. Read More

• Breakdown of Web Design Books

  In recent years a wide number of excellent books regarding web design (be it directly or indirectly) have been published and they cover a wide range of topics. In this article I take a look at some of the books I’ve bought and highlight what each is about and who might find them useful.

  Posted on 23rd April, 2 comments. Read More

• A Skeptics Approach to Development

  The web is a fast-moving medium, a new technology can go from being unknown to being a requirement for almost every industry job within mere months. So in a field where it’s so easy to get left behind, how can I justify being hesitant to adopt the new ideas that come along? This article explores some of my reasoning.

  Posted on 5th March, 4 comments. Read More

• My Web Design History

  Everyone has to begin somewhere. This article forms a brief but honest history of my web design experience and the lessons learned.

  Posted on 1st March, 1 comment. Read More

• What is Form vs. Function?

  When I took design lessons at school the principle of Form versus Function was introduced to me. I can’t help but think that the way it was taught has helped to fuel some misunderstandings. I’m going to offer my thoughts on what it actually means.

  Posted on 21st February, 10 comments. Read More

• Introducing GridMaker

  Prior to beginning work on this site I gained an interest in using grids to produce consistent designs. GridMaker is a small script for Photoshop which allows speedy development of simple grids.

  Posted on 20th February, 35 comments. Read More