Articles by Seth Alling - Page 2

I have spent the last few years of my life as strictly a print designer. Even though I began with websites almost fifteen years ago, I felt limited with what I could do. As CSS was just coming out, I switched over to print and figured that I wouldn't ever really go back to web design. From the looks of...

Read Typography & Web Design: Why Go Web-Safe

After spending a lot of time designing many different sites, I have noticed something. Colors can really cause problems, especially if there's too much. But then again, sometimes there is not enough color, which still causes problems. When I first started designing websites, color was everything. It didn't matter whose browser couldn't handle those colors because I didn't care. And the...

Read Increase Website Friendliness with Accent Colors

Compromise. Sometimes I really hate that word. Usually it means that there will be a lose-lose situation. But really, it all depends on how you look at it. When I'm browsing the Web, I analyze how sites look. This is just the designer in me. Actually, I must confess, I analyze everything I see everywhere I go. My wife thinks I'm...

Read Site Layouts: Design vs. Usability

Since moving back to Michigan, my wife and I have been house-hunting. Some of these houses that we have gone into have some serious problems, which are better left unsaid. But, then you have these other houses which are in fairly decent condition, yet they have had some of the worst interior designers I have ever seen! For instance, one of...

Read Just Because It’s Creative Doesn’t Mean It’s Good

In a matter of years, social networking websites such as Twitter and Facebook have become a part of our daily routine.  With their ever-increasing popularity, it is safe to say that many users log-in to their Twitter and Facebook accounts, daily, if not multiple times within a given hour.  Guilty. Typing www.tw or www.face has become an obsessive, sometimes unconscious,...

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