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  • Target Safari and Chrome with specific css

    Target Safari and Chrome with specific css

    Sometimes you need to apply CSS rules to deal with Webkit browsers such as Safari and Chrome. One example: sometimes non-standard fonts rendered using @font-face or an embed service such as Typekit or Google webfonts display thinner than on other browsers. You can deal with this using a media query: @media screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:0) { […]

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  • Programs to help you build your website from scratch

    Programs to help you build your website from scratch

    This is actually an email response I sent to a friend who was asking about this sort of thing. It kind of complements Richard’s blog post below. There are a number of programs out there to make the life of people designing websites much easier. Choosing the right one depends on what kind of website […]

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  • How Viewers read a web page

    How Viewers read a web page

    Interesting blog entry about how viewers read a screen. What I learned from Eye Tracking Using an eye tracking programme the video plots how people scan across a screen. Often people go quickly from one thing to the next. There is little evidence of people actually reading the text. Most people are scanning for a […]

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