21st
July
2000
“The Early Design Phases of Small to Medium Sites: Much has been said about the early phases in the design process of websites. However, the majority of this discussion has focused on the communication between the web designer and the client, such as establishing a ‘feel’ for the wishes and expectations of the client organization. This includes such things as establishing teams that will focus on creating a layout that conveys the desired mood or theme of the client organization. This is a very important concern, but ultimately web designers should first lay the groundwork for producing websites that are considered ‘usable’ by its users.”
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21st
July
2000
“Two years ago, when your market share was still high as a kite, you pledged to fully support five key standards in the next version of your browser. Having urged you to do this very thing, we praised your decision to everyone who would listen. Developers and the trade press quickly joined the chorus. We all anticipated that Microsoft and other browser makers would be forced to emulate your support for XML and the DOM out of sheer competitiveness. But mainly, Netscape, we all expected you to release a product. And to quickly take Navigator 4, a browser that forces developers to write non-valid code, off the market. At last you are talking about shipping product by the end of the year. Sounds great — except that it’s the wrong year. The end of 2000 is a long time to wait for a product announced in 1998.”
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21st
July
2000
“How are sites changing? Where are we heading? There’s remarkably little information on the Internet about the changing fashions in site design and technology, but here’s a quick glimpse into what’s going on. In many ways site design has stabilized over the last year or so. The big corporations who now dominate the Web have brought stability, and maybe a touch of dullness too. They’re all big fans of usability theory — the science of how easy sites are to use. So it’s goodbye to the old days of in your face graphics and fancy backgrounds. Heavily graphical sites are still out there, but most of them are in league division two. All the premiership sites are slick, fast-loading, plain and look pretty much the same as each other.”
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