There was an interesting article I found about a new possible trend in web design. The author calls this trend, which is based on designs that incorporate design elements of space and/or nebula-ish light effects, ”out of this world.” Here is a short quote:
The last theme I noticed a lot of designers implementing was a wood grain theme, where the background would be some sort of wood texture and often you would see the text over rectangles with lowered opacity. This theme is still all over the place, but now I’m starting to see a lot of websites with this space theme.
Check out the article for yourself. It is a good read, with plenty of pretty pictures. Err, I mean, examples. Enjoy.
WebKit public build has pretty much passed Acid 3. This is great news. It seems like the fight for browsers to be standards compliant is getting closer and closer to ending. Now let’s see how long it takes IE and FireFox to pass Acid 3…
So today I downloaded and installed WordPress 2.5(currently in its release candidate stage). As of yet, I like it. The admin has a fresh and simple look to it. And the separation of tags and categories is welcome. They changed the widgets “drag n’ drop” interface a bit, but it is just as easy to manage. So far I have only encountered one minor bug during my 5 minutes of poking around. If you want to download it just click here.
Apparently it is a good week for web news. The new Acid test was released by the folks at webstandards.org on Monday. And it looks like the winning browser is…. no one? Check out this quote from a statement on webstandards.org:
As a series of 100 mini-tests, Acid3 has already been found to expose flaws in all tested browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and Safari. WaSP hopes that Acid3 will prove useful to browser makers during the development of future versions of their products.
Now I’m wondering how IE8 will handle it after their big announcement about passing Acid2. Maybe we will find out soon…
Yesterday, Microsoft released some great news about the future of IE8. You all should really read it for yourself ASAP. Here is a good excerpt to give you the just:
Our initial thinking for IE8 involved showing pages requesting “Standards” mode in an IE7’s “Standards” mode, and requiring developers to ask for IE8’s actual “Standards” mode separately. We made this decision, informed by discussions with some leading web experts, with compatibility at the top of mind.
In light of the Interoperability Principles, as well as feedback from the community, we’re choosing differently. Now, IE8 will show pages requesting “Standards” mode in IE8’s Standards mode. Developers who want their pages shown using IE8’s “IE7 Standards mode” will need to request that explicitly
In case you havent been keeping up, many people disagreed with the “initial thinking” by the IE8 team(including myself). This new direction, in my opinion, is the correct one. Read on for yourself, and feel free to leave your thoughts/comments below.