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15 Excellent Examples of Web Typography

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:55:46 GMT

clipped by: haraya

they make excellent use of type. Some of the examples mimic the typography of print, while others actually leverage web technology, smart CSS and delicious HTML to make their pages not only aesthetically pleasing, but legible, user-friendly and easily navigable.

01: A List Apart — for people who make websites

02: Shaun Inman — professional designer and developer

03: FontShop — as its name suggests

04: Jesús Rodríguez Velasco — blog of UC Berkeley professor

05: BearSkinRug Shop — professional illustrator, Kevin Cornell

06: Design View — Andy Rutledge, design strategist

07: Rikcat Industries — Rik Catlow, design director

08: Quipsologies — news and creative morsels

09: Design Snips — web design showcase

10: Red Interactive Agency — web marketing and development

11: The Big Noob — developed by and for…noobs

12: Design Can Change — climate change

13: Process Type Foundry — they make type

14: Finch— interactive and graphic design agency

15: SR28 — Simon Reynolds, web designer and illustrator

Tags: typography, web design, aesthetics, interface, website, usability

Wikipedian Protester

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:34:54 GMT

clipped by: haraya

Clip Source: xkcd.com

Tags: humor, web, comics, internet, funny, protest, wikipedia

The effects 0f Cannabis on a Web-Based Lifestyle

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:15:45 GMT

clipped by: pokkets
clipper's remarks: I noticed the web of a spider on caffeine was pretty patchy, but maybe the spider is quicker. Catch the flies before they stop laughing.

Clip Source: www.cannabis.net

web of a spider on LSD

web of a spider on mescaline

web of a spider on hashish

web of a spider on caffeine

Just Say No: web of a drug-naïve spider

see
Spider Communication: Mechanisms and Ecological Significance
Edited by Peter N.Witt & Jerome S. Rovner - Princeton University Press -1982

e-mail:
info@cannabis.net

LSD
HOME
Hashish
Caffeine
Cannabis
Mescaline
Wasted! (video)
Reefer Madness
Spiders On Dope
Marijuana lasagna
DISCUSSION FORUM
Cannabis Chronology
The Nectar of Delight
Cannabis : neurobabble
Arachnids on Benzedrine
Spiders on Chloral Hydrate
More Drug-Crazed Spiders
NASA's Drug Webs Unravel
Cannabis/Marijuana Hotlinks
Free Cannabis E-Mail Service
Frameworks for Intoxixated Spiders
A Terrible Accident With Cannabis Biscuits
Canadian Troops Battle 10-foot Afghan Marijuana Plants

Tags: web, spider, cannabis, drug, effect, test

Think Before You Post

Fri, 04 May 2007 19:41:43 GMT

clipped by: haraya

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

[Video]

Tags: web, internet, privacy, warning, technology, video

Web friends as important as real-world counterparts

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:10:05 GMT

clipped by: haraya
clipper's remarks: And Clipmarks is as important as your real life.

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

A survey found 43% of online networkers from the US felt "as strongly" about their web community as they did about their real-world friends.

It also revealed net-users had made an average of 4.6 virtual pals this year.

The survey, from the US-based Center for the Digital Future, of 2,000 individuals forms part of a six-year study into attitudes to the web.

Each year, the University of Southern California researchers publish data tracking the changing opinions of the same American households to the internet.

On the results of their sixth report, Jeffrey Cole, director of the centre, said: "More than a decade after the portals of the worldwide web opened to the public, we are now witnessing the true emergence of the internet as the powerful personal and social phenomenon we knew it would become."

Social interaction on the web has become a phenomenon in recent years, with the rise of sites like MySpace and Bebo, and the development of virtual worlds such as Second Life.

However, the report also discovered virtual friendship is not confined to the PC - those surveyed had met an average of 1.6 of the friends they had made online in person.

Keeping in touch

It also found 40% of net-users were using the web to stay in contact with people, and 37.7% believed the internet was enabling them to communicate more with friends and family.

The survey also revealed 7.4% of those surveyed kept a blog, double the figure in 2003; and in that period, the number of people posting pictures online grew from 11% to 23.6%.

Mr Cole added: "The internet has become an essential source of entertainment, information and communication... However, in 2006, we are beginning to measure real growth and discover new directions for the internet as a comprehensive tool that Americans are using to touch the world."

Tags: web, internet, community, study, survey, technology, blogs, friends, interaction, virtual, reality, world, computer, communication

F-Shaped Pattern For Reading Web Content

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:53:40 GMT

clipped by: haraya
clipper's remarks: Useful info for web developers.

Clip Source: www.useit.com

Summary:
Eyetracking visualizations show that users often read Web pages in an F-shaped pattern: two horizontal stripes followed by a vertical stripe.

F for fast. That's how users read your precious content. In a few seconds, their eyes move at amazing speeds across your website’s words in a pattern that's very different from what you learned in school.

In our new eyetracking study, we recorded how 232 users looked at thousands of Web pages. We found that users' main reading behavior was fairly consistent across many different sites and tasks. This dominant reading pattern looks somewhat like an F and has the following three components:

Users first read in a horizontal movement, usually across the upper part of the content area. This initial element forms the F's top bar.
Next, users move down the page a bit and then read across in a second horizontal movement that typically covers a shorter area than the previous movement. This additional element forms the F's lower bar.
Finally, users scan the content's left side in a vertical movement. Sometimes this is a fairly slow and systematic scan that appears as a solid stripe on an eyetracking heatmap. Other times users move faster, creating a spottier heatmap. This last element forms the F's stem.

Heatmaps from user eyetracking studies of three websites. The areas where users looked the most are colored red; the yellow areas indicate fewer views, followed by the least-viewed blue areas. Gray areas didn't attract any fixations.

Implications of the F Pattern

Users won't read your text thoroughly

The first two paragraphs must state the most important information

Start subheads, paragraphs, and bullet points with information-carrying words

Tags: web, content, internet, reading, patterns, technology, study, information, eye tracking, eye movement, tools

TV Embraces The Online Clip Age

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 06:13:47 GMT

clipped by: bookchick49

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Last Updated: Friday, 22 September 2006, 17:34 GMT 18:34 UK

TV embraces the online clip age

Millions of us are now sharing and watching home-made videos on the web, so will it soon be a case of "television is dead, long live the web"?

Dubbed web 2.0, there has been an explosion in sites that promote freedom to share and use content driven by the user.

"Couple that with really easy tools of production from a basic webcam and being able to record that, to filming something and plugging your camera into a PC and doing some basic editing. Also storage cost has come down considerably."

"In one sense user generated content is just the evolution of reality TV," says Angel Gambino of MTV.

In just one year, YouTube has become the market leader with 100 million video clips watched each day.

It is clear that user generated content is going to be around for a while.

Tags: technology, youtube, clip, user generated content, web 2.0

A Brave New Web

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:07:58 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: Clipmarks featured by Computer Shopper...

Clip Source: computershopper.com

An explosion of fun and practical new "Web 2.0" sites proves that innovation is just warming up on the Internet.

Ever wish you could "clip" a piece of a Web page the way you'd tear an article from a magazine? Clipmarks lets you do exactly that, then tag, store, organize, and share your clips. The site's simple toolbar is available for both Firefox and Internet Explorer; once it's installed, click the Clip icon on the toolbar, then mouse over the area of the page you wish to clip. Clicking on the toolbar again allows you to name, tag, and save that clip. Clipmarks is better than bookmarking because it saves only the data you want, not the entire page. Students, researchers, and even online shoppers are sure to find it invaluable.

Tags: clipmarks, web 2.0, computer shopper, technology, web