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UI Design Can Be Funny Sometimes… Again

Right after we got done laughing about Mixx’s somewhat mixed message on it’s “do more!” submission confirmation page, we tried out Google’s Friend Connect (integrated on the right hand side of the site if you are interested) and saw an even more interesting placement of conflicting functions: Pretty great if you ask us… immediately after you [...]

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Object Oriented-Style CSS Inheritance Tip

I was trying to figure out recently how to apply multiple CSS styles to a single element. What I wanted to be able to do was define a single base style for a particular element, let’s say the P tag, and then define a multitude of differing additional styles for that same tag, like a [...]

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UI Design Can Be Funny Sometimes

The other day I was posting something to Mixx (it’s a social news site, like Digg) and noticed on the submission confirmation page there was something interesting about the flow of additional “promotion” work I could do for my story: It’s minor and I think overall (even this screen) that Mixx has an excellent UI across [...]

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CSS Slicing Guide and XHTML/CSS Page Design Guide

When I first got into web development, the new layout craze for websites was “table layouts”. The idea that you could slide and organize everything in a grid (using <table> tags) was a godsend for designers. All you had to do was learn how to “slice” your Photoshop mockup into the appropriate squares and they [...]

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