Posts Tagged ‘Opinion Column’
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You Design It, They Do It
- May 4th, 2012
- 22 Comments
What if someone came to you and said, “I’ve designed this great website, but people don’t stay on it. Why?” How would you respond? Would you ask them whether they have done extensive A/B testing? Would you recommend testing the usability of the website? People like to test a number of ...
Read more...Publish What You Learn
- March 30th, 2012
- 46 Comments
I don’t think anyone can deny that the Web has changed the way people teach, learn, and do research. Of course, this doesn’t mean that everything we read online is true and accurate—far from it. But I believe that through honest discussion and objective collaboration, accurate and useful information is ...
Read more...Open Call For International Communities
- January 21st, 2012
- 18 Comments
At Smashing Magazine, we are big proponents of diversity and sharing. We encourage designers and developers worldwide to step up and use Smashing Magazine as a platform to share their opinions, ideas or techniques. Our editorial process is quite evolved, yet we are very open to users’ suggestions. In fact, ...
Read more...Teach Them How To Hit The Ground Running And Faceplant At The Same Time?
- December 27th, 2011
- 37 Comments
A few days ago, a tutorial on how to Create A Christmas Wish List With PHP was published on Smashing Magazine’s Coding section that frustrated me. It frustrated me as it was incredibly easy to predict the comment reactions it caused. It also frustrated me as it was a classic ...
Read more...How Do You Deal With Overstressed, Irrational Clients? An Entrepreneur’s View
- December 23rd, 2011
- 33 Comments
As an entrepreneur who has been on the client’s side of the design and development process, I’d like to discuss the thought process of the client, as well as some effective ways to interact with them. For example, why do they ask for Shakira music on the home page? And ...
Read more...The Smashing Guide To Moving The Web Forward
- November 30th, 2011
- 24 Comments
Many of us rely on open source tools, technologies and standards to help improve the work we do on a daily basis. None of this would however be possible without the hard work, commitment and dedication that others, just like you, have invested in giving back to the Web community ...
Read more...Easier Is Better Than Better
- November 28th, 2011
- 101 Comments
In his book, The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz comes to an interesting conclusion involving human choice. “People choose not on the basis of what’s most important, but on what’s easiest to evaluate.” Common sense would dictate that if you were given a list of choices, you would choose the ...
Read more...Pursuing Semantic Value
- November 12th, 2011
- 0 Comments
Disclaimer: This post by Jeremy Keith is one of the many reactions to our recent article on the pursuit of semantic value by Divya Manian. Both articles are published in the Opinion column section in which we provide active members of the community with the opportunity to share their ...
Read more...Our Pointless Pursuit Of Semantic Value
- November 11th, 2011
- 0 Comments
Update (November 12th 2011): Read a reply by Jeremy Keith to this article in which he strongly argues about the importance of pursuing semantic value and addresses issues discussed in the article as well as in the comments here on Smashing Magazine. Disclaimer: This article is published in the Opinion column ...
Read more...“But The Client Wants IE 6 Support!”
- November 3rd, 2011
- 195 Comments
Frequently, when I discuss CSS3 with other developers, the issue of stubborn clients comes up. They tell me that even though they personally don’t think a website should look the same in all browsers and they’re eager to try all of these new techniques, their clients insist that their website ...
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