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Some of us (me for example) write articles and other text for web users. As it turned out, it's a completely different beast. At least I didn't know, may be just suspected.
People rarely read Web pages word by word; instead, they scan the page, picking out individual words and sentences. In a recent study John Morkes and I found that 79 percent of our test users always scanned any new page they came across; only 16 percent read word-by-word. Jakob Nielsen
Therefore when you adapt your writing approach and already written texts you can improve usability by 159%. And there is a good set of articles to do so. Just read them and apply.
For example, there you will find out about F-Shaped Pattern For Reading Web Content, which you could use to better organize your text.
One more thing. Have you noticed that some web designers use latin text to fill the areas in their layout mockups? Yes, me too. So here is a link to the website that can generate tons of such text just for you.
Sometimes being a beginner is a good thing (you will find out why a bit later).
I am not a web designer even though I managed to create and maintain this website.
And I don't know many things about web design and PHP programming. The one
new thing I learned is "<!-- #include -->" directive.
With such command you can include another HTML code into your web page. The
only thing that you should know is that your web page (where you include the
code) has to have ".shtml" extension. The file, which you include
doesn't have to have any specific extension.
This directive is useful to include the same header and footer to your pages
(that's what I use it mostly for). So you can modify the header and footer
in one place.
At Imaging-Resource.com I learned about a new software that is presented by SeeFile. It is "Online photo sharing and slient communication tool" as it is said in the press release.
What's it good for? Here how it is described in the press release:
"The Macintosh-based software is aimed at photographers, designers, and smaller graphic arts shops looking for a way to promote their work and interact with customers on the Internet. Traditional solutions to this problem have cost as much as $50,000. The SeeFile 2.0 system is being shown in booth 3280 at PMA at a complete price of only $1,095, including hardware that puts a Web server on an affordable platform. Once plugged in, it provides instant Web access for any images stored on the system."
SeeFile supports upploading and downloading of various types of files:
How much do you know about colors? How well you know how to use them? And it doesn't matter if you are a web designer or a photographer. Photographer designs his frame instead of the web page. The article "Choosing Color Combinations" is written for web designers in mind, but as a photographer you better know it as well.
Don't forget to check the links provided in the article. For example, the link to "Color in Motion" directs you to a nicely done interactive flash movie, where you can learn about meaning of the colors and the message they may convey.
When we find something interesting and useful, which we want to return to and share with others, it will be posted here. It could be about composition, digital effects, photoshop, photography business or links to interesting websites.
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