Day: October 1, 2011

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds http://www.colorzilla.com/gradient-editor/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio#Aesthetics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headroom_%28photographic_framing%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_room http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_spiral http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_angle

There are a couple of special characters: the “en dash” and“apostrophe”. Small obsessive typography details I can’t let go of. :) Imention them only because most people never notice those consciously. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_case While you have serif links underlined and blue (default), this is unnecessary Spartan design –even primitive. People know what looks like a text…

I preach 7 to 9 links is the best-case requirement on a home page. So I choke on “link clutter”. That is frequently beyond a designers control since it’s probably edict from a committee. I have low-expectations of dropdown and flyout navigation. I am prejudiced about dropdowns for various reasons. It is mostly a matter…