The Rise of Flash Video, Part 3

If you haven't done it before, preparing high-quality, low file-size video for the web looks daunting.

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CSS Styling for Print and Other Media

If you've been wanting to harness the full power of CSS for the presentation of printed pages, but could only find superficial treatments of the topic, we've got just the article for you.

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Perfection Meets Reality

If there's one thing those of us in the web-standards world have in common, it's a passion for what we do. We argue endlessly about the best way to do, well, everything. In the final analysis, though, we have clients, budgets, and deadlines constraining our decisions.

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ppk on JavaScript

You've studied an introductory book on JavaScript, and you're ready to be eased into the next level. According to DW Managing Editor Mike West's book review, ppk on JavaScript will take you there.

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Color: An Investigation

Many of us learned design on the job, as the internet took our careers down unexpected paths. We've focused on our most immediate and practical needs so we could sharpen our skills and meet deadlines.

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Adobe Captivate

Ken Westin went in search of the best eLearning and screen capture software and discovered the versatility and depth of Captivate. While it has a few limitations, including lack of development support for Macs, Ken found a lot to like in this product from Adobe. Read more...

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Shirley Kaiser Interview

Two prolific and experienced women of the web join forces for this week's issue.

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The Rise of Flash Video, Part 2

Part One of Tom Green's series traced Flash video's rise to prominence on sites such as YouTube and MySpace (the article fortuitously appearing on the day Google's purchase of YouTube was announced).

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Building a Website for Analytics

Site statistics can pinpoint vital information for your company, or merely be an accumulation of misleading numbers.

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The Rise of Flash Video, Part 1

In Part One of a two-part series on Flash Video, the immensely qualified Tom Green gives us a spirited and insightful account of the rise of Flash from a face in the crowd to the dominant video format of choice for giants like YouTube and MySpace.

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Competitive Analysis, Part 2

Websites don't exist in isolation, of course—the competition is always just a click or two away.

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Push my button

The button element has been misused, maligned, and neglected over the years. In this week's edition, Aaron Gustafson opens our eyes to what we can achieve with some nice, clean markup, a bit of creativity, and the simple, yet versatile, button. Read more

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Objectifying JavaScript

Object-oriented programming techniques can greatly improve both the structure and readability of your code, but it can be a little difficult to get a grasp on objects in JavaScripts unique implementation.

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Scope in JavaScript

JavaScript is rife with unexplored nooks and crannies that can trip up even the most seasoned programmers. Digital Web Managing Editor Mike West investigates one of the deepest: the basic question of scope and context.

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Building Your Own Start-up Technology Company, Part 4

In the fourth and final part of his series on start-up companies, Dirk Knemeyer, of Involution Studios, hands us the keys to sustainable success: sales, service, and management. This is Dirk's last piece for his outstanding Innovating the Web Experience column.

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The Big Picture on Microformats

You've heard the buzz about microformats, and you've probably been meaning to use them on your sites—perhaps they're sitting somewhere near the bottom of your list of things to do.

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Competitive Analysis

User-experience consultant and information architect Dan Brown gives us the scoop this week on performing a competitive analysis.

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Vision Quest: How Low-Resolution Displays Have Changed the Way We Read, Write, and Interact

Communication happens when behaviour changes – when the message you've carefully designed is not only received, but understood and acted upon.

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Understanding the Unconference

A brave new way to learn, share, and collaborate, or a disorganized free-for-all? If you've been to BarCamp or a BrainJam, you already know. If not, let Jonathan Follett guide you through Unconferences, the latest low-cost way to exchange ideas with fellow web professionals.

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You Can Take It With You: Going Mobile with the Web

The most beautiful thing about the web is that it never stops changing. To make web sites well, designers must keep up on new techniques and new mediums. If you haven't yet thought about how to build for mobile phones, now's the time.

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Veerle Pieters Interview

Most of us learned to make Web sites mired in "view source" code, through careful self study, and from those generous souls who share their tips and techniques through tutorials. If you're one of the lucky ones, you already know of the inimitable Veerle Pieters.

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User Interface Design - Taking the Good with the Bad

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Building Accessible Widgets for the Web

Build the interface in its most basic incarnation first. Before jumping ahead to the hi-fi widgets you've always dreamed of, think lo-fi. Read more...

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Code Reviews: Write Better Code Overnight

You know the feeling. You've been immersed in a project so deeply, your eyeballs feel square from so much screen time and so little sunlight.

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Watch Your COGS

You're a designer, not an accountant, right? Unfortunately, running your own business involves dealing with finances as well as fonts. This week, Business End Columnist Nick Gould offers a crash course on making COGS (cost of goods sold) part of your financial toolkit. Read more

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