Blasting the myth of the fold
Great article by Milissa Tarquini over at Boxes and Arrows on debunking the myth of the fold. Something I have long agreed with and which seems to be getting through to us now.
This myth that users won’t scroll to see anything below the fold – is doing everyone a great disservice, most of all our users.
Jacob was saying pretty much the same thing way back in 1997.
Compatibility table: CSS3 Selectors
The CSS3 Info compatibility table.
A few CSS3 selectors are already making their way into modern web browsers. Of the browsers tested thus far, Konqueror is the clear leader in implementation, with the Gecko (Mozilla, etc) engine not too far behind.
Avoid HTML form spam using CSS
So simple we laughed out loud! A very short article and answer to a big problem by Klaus Kjeldsen on using CSS to stop the spam.
The basic idea is to make an extra dummy input text field in your form, and using CSS to make it invisible to the real human users.
Thereby, if a post is sent to your php script handling the request and this extra text field contains information, you know that the submit must be spam, and the script can ignore the post.
Andy Rutledge asks design questions
As I’ve mentioned in previous articles, the initial direct contact with clients during the discovery meeting is likely the most important moment in the life of a project. While most of my previous reference in this regard has been toward the establishment of designer competence and development of fellowship with the client, there is another vital aspect to this initial meeting: the specific questions asked.
It’s all about discovery.