Check it out: "HTML forms have been, to date, quite simplistic. We've had limited options: the text field, the checkbox, the radio button, the textarea and finally the select drop down. Any complex data like phone numbers, email addresses or dates had to be checked by JavaScript. (And you should … [Read more...]

While doing some research on search engine optimization (SEO) for my web design book, I came across a page from Google's User Experience team that discusses the organization's design principles. Upon reading these principles, I felt compelled to share it with the world (or at least the three people … [Read more...]

I recently came across some interesting comments about what designers commonly refer to as "the page fold." In the print world, this concept originated with folded newspapers. The theory is that any content displayed "above the fold" on the top page would be the key to someone buying the paper and … [Read more...]