“One of the many uses for personal and professional web site is to display a gallery of photographs that show off your skills with a camera. Until now these galleries have been produced using javascript, PHP or CGI. Now, there is now another way. With this article I hope to show you how to produce a professional quality photograph gallery using nothing more than an unordered list of photographs and a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS).”

“The guys over at 37 Signals posted a link to their article on the Yellow Fade Technique again. Much like the first time, I was disapointed that they didn’t provide any code samples. So, for all of you out there that would like to implement something like this, I have put together a sample of how to do so.”

A big list of CSS resources in useful categories.

“When Volkswagen released the new Beetle in 1998, I went to the local VW dealership with someone thinking about buying one. The salesman made a big deal about a feature I’d heard a lot about already: the bud vase mounted in the middle of the dashboard. That, I thought at the time, has got to be the stupidest feature I’ve ever seen in a product. Who has time to keep fresh-cut flowers in their car? Do you really want your car smelling like dead daisies? Boy, was I wrong.”

“What is this? It’s a simple web application where you can easily create transparent PNG images. These can be used to create cool effects in a variety of ways. This application produces only rectangular images, so I suspect it will be used mostly for web page background images, but use it for whatever you like.”

“Now that the money is back, the focus will necessarily shift even though, as Janice notes, we’ll be a little wiser about it this time around. There will be less innovation and activity from individuals because they’ll be snapped up by companies to work on their projects for their customers. The information flowing out of companies, even those that are pretty open, will be limited because of competitive and legal concerns”

“By far the most sought after use of CSS is to emulate the dated html ‘frame’ layout, whereby the header, navigation and footer stay on screen at all times and the content area will scroll. Since the adoption of the fixed position style by the latest browsers this is quite an easy task for CSS. Unfortunately, Internet Explorer hasn’t introduced this style into it’s repertoire (perhaps IE7 will correct this deficiency when it’s released later this year). Fortunately, there are ways around this and it’s possible to make Internet Explorer versions IE5.01, 5.5 and 6 fall into line with the rest.”

“Recently I started to put together a list of useful web design and web-programming tools. The idea was simple: I wanted to list on a one single page the most useful web-sites, which make the life of web designers easier. If you ask the old uncle Google where you can find proper web design-instruments he shows an infinite list, whereby ‘his’ links aren’t actually that useful. At the same time really helpful pages aren’t shown at all…”

Garrett Dimon shares his view of a design firm’s responsibility in ‘One Idea is Better than Three’. His premise is that presenting three directions to a client, then leaving it up to them to choose between the three falls short of our duty to create — and guide them to — the best design.

“Something is happening right now, and the developer community has an electric gleam in its eye. Curious, inventive people are making cool stuff again. There’s been a notable shift, and it’s incredibly exciting.” (See also: It’s A Whole New (No It’s Not) Internet.)

“Over at YourTotalSite, I wrote about how nice it is to see big and bold designs. Since there was more thought put into this site than you might guess at first glance, I wanted to take some time and provide some insight into the thought process that led to this ‘design.’”

“Welcome to the business resource for creative firm principals and freelancers. We’re dedicated to helping you be more successful.”

“It’s next to impossible to have a completely original idea on the Web and when you’ve got a knowledgeable and engaged audience (a very good thing to have) they’ll be able to tell where you draw your inspirations.”

“AllTheLogos.com is an online database of logotypes and logo design. This includes more than 70,000 companies and organizations brands logos, team sports logos, countries flags and insignia as well as signs, general usage logos and more. We hope to provide inspiration for designers as well as become a visual guide to the pop culture behind brands.”

“As you might expect from a story with design, media, and technology angles, Adobe’s impending acquisition of Macromedia has resulted in much reaction from a big chunk of the blogosphere. Here are what some technologists, designers, and pundits have had to say about the deal so far…”