Week One Article Blog - 1 - 25 - 08

Making Popular Layout Decisions

The first article i read was, Making Popular Layout Decisions by Eric Meyer. The article was about deciding to use fixed or scaled layouts and fonts. The author basically said one way or another your going to alienate a user and annoy someone. He also said that you must go through the pros and cons of the both fixed and scaled, and you should never expect to make everyone happy. I thought it was interesting article and useful, I've always wonder how a professional decides what the best option between the two while creating a site.

Will the Standards Battle Ever be Won?

The Second Article i read was, Will the Standards Battle Ever be Won?. The article touched on a number o subjects that were all based around web standards. Some of the subjects they talked about was whether or not we should standardize around IE or the other way around. Also talked about weather standards were getting better or not with the new version of IE. There was also a number of other small subjects that were touched upon. The article was interesting, but it wasn't useful for learning purposes. It was more informational.

5 Easy ways to Improve Your Website's Legibility

This third article i read was, 5 Easy Ways to Improve your Website's Legibility. The Article was written by Debbie Campbell. The article talked about the 5 ways they believe you can increase legibility of your web page and why they believe it worked. I believe it was a useful article because if your users can't read your page then, your page is useless no mater how good it looks.