Now that digital lifestyle devices, tablets, wireless phones, and other Internet appliances are beginning to come of age, we need to worry about presenting our content to these devices so that it is optimized for their display capabilities. Mike Davidson ageappliancebegin share on social
It's all about people. It's about networking and being nice to people and not burning any bridges. Your book is going to impress, but in the end it is people that are going to hire you. Mike Davidson bookbridgeburn Change image and share on social
Blogs are a great way to monitor and even participate in the chatter about your new site. Mike Davidson blogchattergreat Change image and share on social
I vertically center things in tables a lot, and the fact that there is no way to control vertical positioning in divs affects the way we do things across the board. Mike Davidson affectboardcenter Change image and share on social
We reduced the size of our front page code by about 50%, and by using absolute positioning, we are able to display important parts of the page before other parts may have fully loaded yet. Mike Davidson absolutecodedisplay Change image and share on social
I don't start with a design objective, I start with a communication objective. I feel my project is successful if it communicates what it is supposed to communicate. Mike Davidson communicatecommunicationdesign Change image and share on social
Our old site did not have very good support for the disabled, but our new site should soon have much better support. With all of our content in divs now, we can hide all but the relevant chunks of content and navigation with a simple alternate CSS file. Mike Davidson alternatechunkcontent share on social
For the tiny percentage of people who are negatively affected by our embracing of standards, they can just get their sports somewhere else in the meantime. It's not like we're denying them hospital care. Mike Davidson affectcaredeny share on social
If I was designing a web site for elementary school children, I might have a much higher percentage of older computers with outdated browsers since keeping up with browser and hardware technology has not traditionally been a strong point of most elementary schools. Mike Davidson browserchildcomputer share on social
You can have information and ease of use and have artistic integrity at the same time. The art of being a good Web designer is getting yourself into that middle ground and treating it as a final destination instead of as a compromise. Mike Davidson artartisticcompromise share on social
