Comments on: Trends in Web design today http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/trends-in-web-design-today/ Notes from the classroom and observations about professional practices for sharing the news on digital platforms. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Mindy McAdams http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/trends-in-web-design-today/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Mindy McAdams Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:46:39 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/trends-in-web-design-today/#comment-74 Hey, Patrick, you guys in Roanoke are doing some nice stuff! Hey, Patrick, you guys in Roanoke are doing some nice stuff!

]]> By: Vlad Gerasimov http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/trends-in-web-design-today/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Vlad Gerasimov Tue, 30 May 2006 01:27:00 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/trends-in-web-design-today/#comment-73 if you need even more stock icons, may I recommend http://www.orangeicons.com - not exactly free but really really cheap(you can buy icons one by one there not sets) if you need even more stock icons, may I recommend http://www.orangeicons.com – not exactly free but really really cheap(you can buy icons one by one there not sets)

]]> By: Patrick Beeson http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/trends-in-web-design-today/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Patrick Beeson Tue, 09 May 2006 18:26:58 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/trends-in-web-design-today/#comment-72 Very good commentary on the proper method of Web site construction and design!<br/><br/>As an online producer with <a HREF="http://www.roanoke.com" REL="nofollow">The Roanoke Times</a>, I've pushed hard for a standards-based approach evident in our recent redesign. This was a HUGE jump from our previous effort (tag soup, tables, you name it).<br/><br/>Fortunately, more and more newspaper Web sites are discovering the proper way to code (<a HREF="http://www.sacbee.com" REL="nofollow">Sacbee.com</a>, <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com" REL="nofollow">nytimes.com</a> being the best of the bunch IMHO). But, as stated, we have a long way to go. Very good commentary on the proper method of Web site construction and design!

As an online producer with The Roanoke Times, I’ve pushed hard for a standards-based approach evident in our recent redesign. This was a HUGE jump from our previous effort (tag soup, tables, you name it).

Fortunately, more and more newspaper Web sites are discovering the proper way to code (Sacbee.com, nytimes.com being the best of the bunch IMHO). But, as stated, we have a long way to go.

]]> By: Mindy McAdams http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/trends-in-web-design-today/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Mindy McAdams Sun, 07 May 2006 17:03:27 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/trends-in-web-design-today/#comment-71 Hi, Bryan. I know exactly what you mean -- I have seen that same kind of thing a couple of times. Some students are really good with image software, but they do not realize how much they are missing. We all need to talk more about Web standards and why they matter so much. Hi, Bryan. I know exactly what you mean — I have seen that same kind of thing a couple of times. Some students are really good with image software, but they do not realize how much they are missing. We all need to talk more about Web standards and why they matter so much.

]]> By: Murley http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/trends-in-web-design-today/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Murley Sat, 06 May 2006 23:51:07 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2006/trends-in-web-design-today/#comment-70 One of the great joys I had this semester was turning a student of mine on to the joys of CSS. He had been doing his own freelance web design for a several years with dreamweaver, but he was still stuck in the font tags and tables way of doing things. I spent two class periods (three hours at a time) having students work through some Eric Meyer stuff, and his eyes lit up.<br/><br/>The ironic part of it is, he's a real whiz with Flash and Photoshop, he'd just never bothered to figure out what CSS meant, since the way he was doing things had worked for him. One of the great joys I had this semester was turning a student of mine on to the joys of CSS. He had been doing his own freelance web design for a several years with dreamweaver, but he was still stuck in the font tags and tables way of doing things. I spent two class periods (three hours at a time) having students work through some Eric Meyer stuff, and his eyes lit up.

The ironic part of it is, he’s a real whiz with Flash and Photoshop, he’d just never bothered to figure out what CSS meant, since the way he was doing things had worked for him.

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