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http://quirktools.com/screenfly/ Very handy site for screen testing.

Cleantech is a term used to describe products or services that improve operational performance, productivity, or efficiency while reducing costs, inputs, energy consumption, waste, or environmental pollution. I’m pro cleantech for websites using UX tools. The goal of UX is to reduce website frustration and struggle (aka toxic graphic pollution and bandwidth waste). Authors have…

http://goodexperience.com/2011/08/a-master-course-in-ho.php http://goodexperience.com/2009/04/on-hospitality-in-a-t.php I’ve been on this mindset for about 2 months. Hospitality is UX.

Hurdle technology is a method of ensuring pathogens in food products are eliminated or controlled. This means the food product is safe for consumption, and the shelf life will be extended. A website also needs some kind of user poison prevention so it is safe for “consumption” and that it’s longevity (shelf life or usability…

http://imprint.printmag.com/design-school/an-open-letter-to-graphic-design-students-dont-follow-the-web-follow-your-heart/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-open-letter-to-graphic-design-students-dont-follow-the-web-follow-your-heart&et_mid=519705&rid=60401352 This link is absolute Utopian Idealism. Joesph Campbellian, “Follow your bliss!” is a false notion of Boomer selfishness. It is the Myth of Myths. “Follow the money” is the key to survival. If you can be happy while doing that, it’s a bonus –not a prerequisite.

There’s nothing wrong with complex, expressive and distinctive page layout like swirling vines as long as it achieves the goals of the user and site owner –not just selfish ol’ designer self-aggrandizement. To design just to be fancy is wasting valuable mobile resources like bandwidth and screen space. So the big question is “Was the…

The Potlatch school colors are Forest Green and white. The programmer didn’t choose that theme. It was made by assignment and historical. White (or off-white to creme) is a given for almost all themes. Does the school print green text on white background? Or white-on-green? I bet they use both depending upon the application. Potlatch…

http://www.potlatchschools.org/ The Potlatch school district website is a dominant green (I sampled it). The green is the same one used in “powerful” color themes. This is very normal and good for school colors. We want others to think (perceive) “our team” as invincible. But green as a dominant color does NOT connote powerful. Only when…

Programmers usually think of theming as “skins” or “templates”. Theming in the graphic design world is NOT the same meaning. Theming is a combinations of elements like symbols, colors, type, etc that generate user emotion. Some things aren’t appropriate for the subject matter and will confuse or frustrate the user. These “manipulated” emotions are based…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_fonts_for_the_Web Here’s a demo I put together. http://www.pagepipe.com/testx/ These are going to be the fastest loading. From my experiments with web fonts, they can really increase pageweight. Especially for extreme optimization for tablets. Some sites allow you to trim the web font set. like FontFonts. These are expensive fonts. Not worth the grief. Color and…