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webdesign
I look back on the 3 musketeers of web design in the 1990s: Jeffrey Zeldman, David Siegel, and Jakob Nielsen. Each had a distinct web design philosophy (and if you read till the end, you'll discover which one I believe 'won' in the long term). I focus in particular on 1997, which is when Flash and CSS emerged. But I also look back on the careers of the 3 gurus from our 2025 perspective. https://cybercultural.com/p/web-design-1997/ #InternetHistory #WebDesign
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it's been quite a while, so lemme write a new #intro
i'm raven, a silly #transgirl on the internet who likes to write, and create free-to-use #photography (mostly landscapes). u can find me on mastodon, and see what an overview of what i’m up to on my now page. i have so many interests and try my best to experience new things in this short life. some sort of neurospicy, tend to be overly genuine, a bit corny, over-opinionated at times
🩺 #nurse, 📸 #photographer, 👩💻 #linux nerd, 🏳️⚧️ #trans girl, 💞 #relationship anarchist, 🌱 #vegan for the animals, 🌹 #leftist, ✊ #union steward, 🧗♀️ #queer outdoor girlie, 🌠 star stuff, 🚴♀️ bikes are cool, 😽 certified girl/boy/nb-kisser, 😝 #silly adventurer
i work in the OR as a nurse and i love my job
likes: #forests, #mountains, #oregon coast, #coffee, #adventures, #movies, #computers, #transit, #bikes, #Portland OR, scrub-role in surgery, science-stuff, n95s, #sewing, #privacy and #security in tech, #philosophy, #ceramics, #sailing, #music, pineapple on pizza, #leftism, workers-rights, #silliness, #headpats, and #praise
“chaotic af, kinda scatter brained, but smart if that makes sense”
“very direct and able to be vulnerable very easily (a good thing!) and the most ethically-minded and community-focused person ive met!”
“an iceberg. you’ve got a fun, flirty, smolder of a vibe when people meet you initially. then after getting to talk with you people see that you’ve got way more going on under the surface of the water”
i upload my photography as creative commons attribution license, i don't own a car, i have a #cat named Loki who i post about under the #catsofmastodon tag, i'm #divorced after a 14 year marriage (not the outcome i wanted, but here i am), and now happily in relationships as a relationship anarchist.
i live in #pdx and want to make it a better place by organizing and creating #unions and #community
i do #rock-climbing, #bjj, #running, #swimming, #sailing, currently recovering from injuries
i love #webdesign and created a #hugo theme which i use for my website (on github)
yes, imma #puppygirl and silly af
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In the latest post in my history of web design, we enter 1994 — when the Web shifts into a publishing medium. As site authors seek control over formatting and design, the WWW-Talk mailing list hosts an early debate over style sheets and presentation. Also, I look at typical web design elements of websites in 1994. https://cybercultural.com/p/1994-web-design/ #WebDesign #InternetHistory
New on Cybercultural: During the mid-1990s, David Bowie's website went from a storytelling structure for the Outside album, into a striking, grunge-inspired design for Earthling. At the same time, Bowie fan sites emerged. https://cybercultural.com/p/david-bowie-website-1995-1997/ #InternetHistory #WebDesign #BowieForever
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"There were no books on web design, no best practices."
https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/the-innovative-designs-of-1995/
In other news, I see that @doriane has published the english translation of my "tactical design" article.
The best part is her "added notes" in the context of the declarations.style project, "letting the text shapes our practices and our practices shapes the text" as she puts it. Thank you very much!
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#Website designers and developers who redesign or update sites WITHOUT creating broken links are among our tech heroes!
Why? Updating broken links is very time-consuming, and it is NOT our favorite website maintenance task!
If you can volunteer some hours to help fix broken links in https://bit.ly/SkillsSafetyLaws (e.g., we just updated broken links to City of Marina municipal code, which we discovered while looking up sidewalk info for a teen this eve ) or elsewhere on our site, please contact us https://bikemonterey.org/contact-me.
And if you just want to report a broken link, https://bikemonterey.org/using-this-site/be-a-community-reviewer.
Also note: We still need a Ruby on Rails expert to volunteer for https://bikemonterey.org/boosting-small-businesses-via-discounts-for-people-who-bike-e-g-the-her-helmet-thursdays-project.html.
Muchas gracias.
#WebsiteDeveloper #WebDevelopment #WebDesign #WebDeveloper #WebDev #BrokenLinks
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Re: flat web design.
Buttons that don’t look like buttons.
I blew someone’s mind today. She’s about my age, competent at her job, but not much into technology.
She complained that she always needs to scroll past the weeks in her web-based calendar.
I pressed the current date shown in the top-left corner above her appointments, which pulled up a big date overview by month.
She was so excited, asked me how I did that.
Mind you, the date was shown as simple black letters on a white background, with only a black, downwards-pointing chevron a bit to the right. It hardly suggested interactivity, especially to those not knowledgeable about web design.
I often think that flat design was a mistake, and today’s situation was a good example of bad user experience (UX) stemming from non-intuitive controls.
Vor anderthalb Monaten habe ich für die Website einer Kundin ein neues News-Format begonnen: »Kurz + bündig« fasst jeden Freitag die wichtigsten, interessantesten Meldungen im Tech- und Wissenschaftsbereich zusammen. Das liest sich dann so:
https://cors-consulting.de/#tech-news
Wer sowas auch gern für die eigene Website hätte: Ich bin vielseitig interessiert, stilsicher, saugründlich in meiner Recherche, erschwinglich — und habe noch Kapazitäten frei! 😺
Einfach Kontakt aufnehmen über meine Website https://wernerprise.com (oder hier natürlich).
P.S.: Das Webdesign dieser Site ist auch von mir handgecodet.
#Journalism #News #Internet #Redaktion #Webdesign #Journalismus #Journalist #GetFediHired #FediHire #FediJobs
Hello (again), after a brief posting hiatus and a search for somewhere to migrate to, I am back on Mastodon! I've been on the fediverse since 2023 but grew tired of the mastodon.social experience and felt like it was time to spread my wings.
A bit about me: I'm a 30-something fellow living in midwestern USA who works two jobs and takes care of two pets at home. I love #retrocomputing #retrogaming #writing #webdesign #electronicmusic #nature and many more things I can't think to list at the moment.
I manage a community for PC gaming on 4:3 displays that has gained a significant following in recent times, you can check us out on #neocities here: https://doesit4by3.neocities.org/
Sometimes when I have free time and feel motivated (lol) I will write a few thousand words on tech and tech-adjacent subjects. You can read my work here: https://read-only.net/
All other relevant things I've shared on the web can be found on various parts of my website: https://rootcompute.neocities.org/
Glad to have found somewhere to land on my feet and I hope I'll be able to call c.im home on the fediverse for many years to come!
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