The new iPad 3 is out and it is gorgeous! Retina display apps jump out from the standard apps like red roses in a field of ashes. In excitement, I started looking at websites and while the text was clear and sharp, images turned into a blurry fuzzy mess. Standard image viewed on retina Image
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Back in the early times of website design, when the idea of having images was still new, I remember using the technique of a dramatic image as the background. It drew people’s eye and helped differentiate the website. Eventually, designers decided it was a bit busy, and design turned more to using header photography with
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As I was driving around during December, I noticed a lot of banners hung by churches out on their front lawn or by their parking lot advertising their Christmas Eve service. The image above is a quick reproduction of one (with the church’s name changed) that floored me. Here you are driving along at a
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Although website design usually follows brand trends for choosing a color scheme, often a designer will hype up the brand using trending colors online. Logos are usually 1-2 colors—not necessarily enough to create a dynamic website that pops to the viewer. Here are three different color palettes that I am seeing used extensively in website
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There is some confusion going on about Google’s recent Farming Panda Update. The average person I have talked to seemed to think that as long as they wrote the content, it was okay to have it online duplicated in a bunch of places. An example is an employee who wrote a brilliant article that was
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WordPress Best suited for: Blogs, Portfolios, Social / Community, Small Shopping / eCommerce Not for: Large eCommerce, Text-heavy Large Sites Originally created for blogs, and now set up for regular websites, it has an “out of the box” philosophy. It is simple to install, and you can get up and running with it quickly. Many
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As you can see in this excerpt, the text is difficult to read—one of the biggest problems I have noticed lately in website design. It has become a fairly standard size online, and trying to make out even a short paragraph requires squinting and careful observation, never mind long articles. The designers probably assumed the
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I saw this truck parked and was very impressed with the design. With outdoor advertisements, most people see them while driving or walking by. The message must be instant, easy to read, and go straight to the call to action with lightning speed. “Get Loading Help!” is instantly visible, because it is huge, bold, and
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