Jeffrey Zeldman's Blog, page 80
February 8, 2011
Web Forms for Kids; SVG for Everybody
In Issue No. 323 of A List Apart for people who make websites, learn to love (and make cool stuff with) SVG and design web registration forms for kids.
Cross Platform Scalable Vector Graphics with svgweb
by Jim Ray
Pity Scalable Vector Graphics. It's been an official standard since before IE6 was released yet has never found much of an audience on the web, certainly not the one it deserves. Just as SVG was starting to establish some browser support, along came the canvas tag, stealing the thunder of dynamically generated client-side images. Yet despite all the attention being paid to canvas, there's still a place for SVG, particularly for developers looking to replace plug-ins like Flash for data visualization. Unlike canvas or other script-only approaches, SVG can be easily divided into design and code elements, with just a little code to add interactivity. It even works on devices like the iPad and iPhone. And now, thanks to svgweb and a clever use of Flash, it works on older platforms no one could have ever imagined supporting SVG. Jim Ray shows how.
Designing Web Registration Forms for Kids
by Debra Levin Gelman
Designing websites for kids is a fascinating, challenging, rewarding, and exasperating experience: you're trying to create a digital experience for people who lack the cognitive capacity to understand abstraction; to establish brand loyalty with people who are influenced almost exclusively by their peers; and to communicate subjective value propositions to people who can only see things in black-and-white. Fortunately, it's possible to create a successful registration process for these folks with an understanding of how their brains work. Debra Levin Gelman explores how to design effective registration forms for kids based on their context, technical skills, and cognitive capabilities.
Illustration by Kevin Cornell for A List Apart.
February 7, 2011
February 6, 2011
My Backpack
…AND WHAT'S INSIDE. A work- and workout backpack by Jeffrey Zeldman at Bagcheck.
Bagcheck is a fun and easy way to share the stuff you love with the people you love.
February 4, 2011
February 3, 2011
Happy Cog Hosting
HOSTING IS HARD. So why exactly are we offering hosting? Why get into a business that requires tremendous patience, extraordinary responsiveness, and technological wizardry? Mr Hoy tells all in the cleverly titled announcement, Happy Cog Hosting.
Bit o' nostalgia for the old folks
LONG BEFORE FLICKR "invented" the banterish copy platform, uncannily optimized for mobile devices a decade before they existed, coming at you from out of the past, it's the 11 February 1998 edition of Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.
Hat tip: Monsieur Charles Roper.
February 1, 2011
An Event Apart presents Hardboiled Web Design with Andy Clarke – uncompromising CSS3 and HTML5 for today's websites
You've read the book, now see the event: An Event Apart presents Hardboiled Web Design with Andy Clarke. This full-day workshop will challenge you, change your approach to web design, and give you the tools you need to make CSS3 and HTML5 a reality for your company and clients.
"Hardboiled Web Design" offers a fresh perspective on designing for the web—never compromising, always pushing boundaries. It strips markup to the bone and uses HTML5 and CSS3 to the maximum, to help make your sites more adaptable to whatever the web might throw at them. Based on the highly acclaimed, best-selling new book, Hardboiled Web Design by Andy Clarke.
EXCLUSIVE U.S. ENGAGEMENT! ONLY 2 SHOWS!
Mr Clarke will make two U.S. appearances in one week, and after that, he and Hardboiled Web Design are gone:
SEATTLE, WA. – AUGUST 26, 2011
Bell Harbor Conference Center
2211 Alaskan Way, Pier 66
Seattle, WA 98121
BOSTON, MA. – AUGUST 29, 2011
Boston Marriott Copley Place
110 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02116
Seating is limited, register now.
These are the only two U.S. shows for Hardboiled Web Design in 2011, and tickets will go fast. Register early or learn more at aneventapart.com.
January 31, 2011
Big Web Show, Talk Show Shirts!
SHOW YOUR LOVE for The Talk Show, The Big Web Show, and the network and Internet pal that bring them to you—by buying fine, authentic, officially sanctioned 5by5wear in the spanking new 5by5 Store. Accepting orders until 11 February 2011, shipping the following week.
