April 2007
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Web Design Survey
April 24, 2007
In all the years people have been creating websites, nobody has bothered to gather statistics about who does this work, using what skills, under what conditions, and for what kinds of compensation. So A List Apart, Happy Cog’s magazine for web designers, has stepped in to fill the gap. Presenting the first annual web design survey. The information it collects will help us form a long overdue picture of the ways web design is really practiced around the globe. Also in this issue of A List Apart: The Long Hallway by Jonathan Follett. In the virtual conference room, no one can hear you scream. Plus Contrast and Meaning by Andy Rutledge. Learn how visual contrast can turn lifeless web pages into sizzling calls to action.
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One of us
April 19, 2007
Happy Cog is pleased to announce that Liz Danzico has joined our ranks. Liz’s expertise as an information architect is matched only by her compassion as a usability analyst and her sophistication as an editorial consultant. Liz has organized complex sites across a variety of industries, including retail, publishing, media and entertainment, nonprofit, and financial services. Her resume is breathtaking, and she brings wisdom and serenity to our world.
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Notes on An Event Apart Boston
April 19, 2007
546 web artisans attended An Event Apart Boston 2007. Designers came from as far away as Singapore and India to attend the two day event featuring Steve Krug, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Molly Holzschlag, Cameron Moll, Dan Cederholm, Ethan Marcotte, Jason Santa Maria, Eric Meyer, and Jeffrey Zeldman (photos). Limited seating is now available for An Event Apart Seattle 2007, June 21-22, featuring Tim Bray, Andy Budd, Mike Davidson, Shawn Henry, Shaun Inman, Jeffrey Veen, and Khoi Vinh.
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A List Apart 235
April 10, 2007
In Issue No. 235 of A List Apart, for people who make websites: Setting Type on the Web to a Baseline Grid, by Wilson Miner. Web designers have spent the last year or so discussing the application of sophisticated grid systems to multi-column layouts. Miner shows how to apply the same principles of proportion and balance to the type within those columns by borrowing another technique from our print brethren. Plus Accessible Web 2.0 Applications with WAI-ARIA by Martin Kliehm. “Web 2.0 applications often have accessibility and usability problems because of the limitations of (X)HTML. The W3C’s standards draft for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) … increases usability for all users by enabling navigation models familiar from desktop applications.”