11 Great Story

I really liked this article. It does really show why we all design, program, and code- for the reason the web was invented- to communicate with other people.

posted at 01:39 pm on November 7, 2003 by Joey

12 Re: Munged Entities

OK, so I found the warning, but it’s at the top of the page, while the comment box is at the bottom. This is poor design and for me, a usability nightmare. Help!

posted at 01:39 pm on November 7, 2003 by Scott Johnson

13 Point taken

Sure, there is more to the web than just words.
There is more to the car than just engine.
Where would you go in a comfy car without engine?

posted at 02:29 pm on November 7, 2003 by ic

14 Munging Warnings

There’s a warning right up the top below the title and author: “HTML tags and entities display as source; they do not render.”

posted at 02:31 pm on November 7, 2003 by Dan

15 Cheesed Off

I’m sure your use of the phrase “dumb as a sack of hammers” was meant to get people cheesed-off and talking, but for those of us who are designers, it’s a slap in the face. When will we as web professionals learn to play nice together? We don’t need only writers, or only designers. We need both areas of expertise working together to achieve optimal web environments with kick butt content and writing.

posted at 02:49 pm on November 7, 2003 by Melissa

16 making a point?

Nicely crafted sentences, but as shallow as the next design trend.

What would you choose: the same content with a pretty face or unstyled?

What else did ALA restyle for?

posted at 03:00 pm on November 7, 2003 by Martijn ten Napel

17 Both sides

You can’t possibly say good design doesn’t facilitate good writing. If it’s great writing buried in a load of crap, nobody will spend the time to read it. The converse also holds true. The two are intertwined and, honestly, writing is too similar to design to say one trumps the other. Good writing is clear, concise, easy to follow, and creates a large impact. Same goes for design.

posted at 03:09 pm on November 7, 2003 by Rich

18 hm....

I’m not sure I understand this that much. Then again I know little of the history of the internet, besides that it was basically created by the leader of the World Wide Web Consortium.

posted at 06:01 pm on November 7, 2003 by Sod

19 wake up

I think you have failed to see the woods for the trees!

Communication is the woods, words are the trees.

The designer is god of the woods, telling the trees how to grow and where to seed.

The desinger says how the content should be written and what should be included, designers should point their writters at the target audience like a loaded gun.

Then there’s the non-designed evolving communication such as personal sites and email as well, which is subconciously designed in our heads – you would choose to write in a different style when writting to your boss than to your spouse!

posted at 06:30 pm on November 7, 2003 by LazyJim

20 ball peen vs. claw hammers vs. sledges

I’ll probably refer certain clients to this. The only problem is, the ones who need this advice the most, probably are not going to “get it.”

posted at 06:32 pm on November 7, 2003 by James Parsons