Articles
Inverted-Color (White on Black) Text
Inverted text is text that has been switched from the default black-on-white color scheme to white-on-black. It is strongly suggested that you don't use this format of text for most printed materials - but what's the right thing to do for websites?.
Everything You Wanted to Know about Color
Color... a work in progress...Which Is the Better Font for the Web: Serif or Sans-Serif?
March 10, 2001 - written by Steven Moseley
Font selection is a topic of ever-growing interest for web designers. With greater selection of fonts and styling available to us with tools such as CSS, font-embedding, and Flash, we have to constantly reevaluate which fonts are most suitable for different applications on the web.
This article explores the age-old question for web designers: serif or sans-serif? I will begin with the assumption that serif is better for the web (my belief), and attempt to convince you, the reader, of that belief throughout the article.
(Note: There is some need for revision of this article - right now it's just a series of random thoughts - so I apologize in advance if I jump around a bit.)
How to Design a Site for Everyone
February 12, 2004 - written by Steven Moseley
A big topic of interest regarding Internet content over the last several years has been usability. The Internet is the world’s largest information store. Unfortunately, it’s also the least usable. There are two primary reasons that the Internet is not usable:
- There is no formal standard for usable interface design established for the Internet. Each site follows its own navigation standard.
Many web designers just don’t know how to make usable design!
Looking at the Internet these days is like a rollercoaster ride. There's such a variation of content and aesthetics that it's almost painful for you and me to navigate through it all easily. What’s more, the usability standards (if any) that have been implemented in each website are incomplete. They address specific audiences or none at all, and often neglect the fact that humans will eventually have to use them, sacrificing usability for art.