Pagination 101
One of the most commonly overlooked and under-refined elements of a website is its pagination controls. In many cases, these are treated as an afterthought. Faruk Ateş goes deep with his article ‘Pagination 101′.
Right on, brother!
Alzheimer’s Society picks up prize
The Microsoft-led DesignIT 2007 competition has been won by an innovative concept that will help people with dementia.
The winning design, submitted by The Alzheimer’s Society, is called ‘memories are made of this’ and comes in two parts. The first is a customisable screensaver. The user will be able to upload pictures, text and video to create a personalised scrapbook on a computer. The second part is a social networking element, which will provide an easy to use way for people with dementia to talk with each other. Full story from the BBC.
Rediscovering the button element
When dealing with form elements, the biggest loser of them all in the battle for a standardised look is the infamous Submit button. Let us not ignore this! This is just how they decided to handle things at Wufoo.