Evil Auto Loading Flash Videos

Posted on: Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 in: BWI, Usability & Design

Evil Auto Loading Flash Videos can really mess up a users experience, and their PC

Why Meta Tags are Essential

Posted on: Thursday, February 26th, 2009 in: Usability & Design

The value, and a sample how to of meta tags. Meta tags, if done properly, can actually improve your sales.

Video Video

Posted on: Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 in: Usability & Design

Or should I call this post, Acai, Acai, Acai like their domain name www.acaiacaiacai.com. After my last post, I wanted to give a great example of using some video to sell your product. Check out this site: Acai Berry, and their use of video.

Fast Flash

Posted on: Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 in: Usability & Design

Because yesterdays post was about fast forms, I decided to stick with the theme in two ways, real estate, and fast. That is about the only similarity though. This one is about flash, its alternative, and how on this Austin Real Estate site, has some flash that runs too fast. I actually wrote a post about them a while back as well, and that time I was referring to their header flash object.

Elegant Templates

Posted on: Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 in: Sites Reviewed

In a hurry, and looking to crank out a site in a flash. Elegant Templates might be good source for you. They offer logo templates, web design templates, flash templates, and even some free templates.

Keywords Lost

Posted on: Monday, September 15th, 2008 in: Usability & Design

Flash is cool, but you still need to be careful how you use it. A classic mistake to make when designing a website is to use images to convey a text message. Search engines can’t read them, some pda’s won’t display them, and it will most likely create an accessibility problem for those who rely on text version only browsing.

Design For Performance

Posted on: Monday, August 18th, 2008 in: Usability & Design

What do you think? Should you design for user preference or user performance? Most webmasters would say design for user preference. It makes sense at first, designing to what your site users prefer.

Flash Templates

Posted on: Friday, May 2nd, 2008 in: Sites Reviewed

Very sweet, low cost, cool flash templates. I was checking out Dreamline Studio today, and they may be the solution to a problem I have. Pre-made flash templates. I’m looking for a little extra flair for one of the sites I am working on.