Web Design & CSS

We monitor changes in browser market share based on real world data from our customers and update our testing commitment every quarter . Knowing what to focus on helps us deliver the best web experience for today's dominant browsers.

The City of Vancouver just unveiled their new logo which as led to a lot of discussion about its (lack of) inspiration and the price tag. While we will leave the design discussion up to others, it is a great time to discuss the cost and what goes into a logo design.

Working on an SVG animation takes more communication and direction than just creating a responsive web site. We worked on 5 versions over 2 weeks to go from a static image and 1 short line of instructions to create a complex pulse effect for a clients web site.

If your web site is older than your mobile phone, then it is overdue for a redesign. There is no hard and fast rule when it comes to how often to go between web design updates so here are a few things you might want to consider.

No matter how great your site design was when you launched it, there comes a time when you will need to consider a redesign. While this might send shivers of terror down your spine, getting a new web site design is a great opportunity to revisit your strategy and look at what your site is doing well, what it is doing poorly, and what you want it to do.

Good web accessibility makes sense when you consider that up to 20% of the population has some sort of disability. As more jurisdictions introduce legislation around Accessibility, you need to understand how it affects your site.

I've long been of the opinion that CSS Frameworks are the new <table> tag because they take all the  content  and the  presentation  and mix them up, muddying the waters and hurting maintainability. My hope here is to explain why I  was right, and why I  am wrong. Some History Back in the old days of the web (the mid-90s) before CSS was a thing, web developers had to write all of their styles inline, the color of text, the size of the fonts,...

One thing we learned early on is not to assume we understood the clients issue the first time. What might seem like a simple problem with a simple solution could have far reaching impacts.

  …and it’s going to have a big impact on sites that are not mobile friendly! “Starting April 21, we will be expanding our use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal. This change will affect mobile searches in all languages worldwide and will have a significant impact in our search results. Consequently, users will find it easier to get relevant, high quality search results that are optimized for their devices.” See the full post on Google’s Webmaster Blog . So, what this means...

Before we start on a web design for a client, the designers spend time doing research and searching for inspiration.  When they are working on tight deadlines on multiple projects a week for everything from retailers to manufacturers to insurance companies I am always impressed by their fresh ideas and creativity.   How do they do it week after week?   (Besides the fact that they are crazy talented!) I noticed through their time logs that they have a daily routine of surfing the web, reading...