Category Archives: Web Design

Firefox Extension: Web Developer Toolbar

By Bish | Published: 31/01/2006 – 20:08 | Posted in Quick, Software, Web Design | Comments (0)

Web Developer screensThe Web Developer 1.0.1, by Chris Pederick, is not a new toolbar but it has got to be one of my most valued Firefox extensions. Also available for Flock and Mozilla, the current release was made available on the 23rd January and is compatible with any platform that the browser supports. For those who haven’t come across this extension it adds powerful web development tools right into the browser window turning your browser into a quality testing tool. Highlights include the handy CSS editor that allows you to view, modify and save the CSS file of the site you are viewing. Further the toolbar includes the ability to turn off java script, view structural elements of the page, and validate css & html all at the touch of a button. The feature I used the most would have to be the ability quickly resize the browser to other ‘resolutions’. This toolbar should be in any web developer’s toolkit!

Clockr – Stylish Time

By Bish | Published: 18/01/2006 – 23:33 | Posted in Design, Personal, Quick, Web Design | Comments (1)

Clockr has really caught my attention recently (I think I am getting a design bug). Its a 24 hour clock that is made in Flash and composed from some bright, bold images found on Flickr. I think its the simplicity of the idea that has really got my interest – download the screensaver if you like it.

50 Milliseconds to Loose Your Reader?

By Bish | Published: 15/01/2006 – 22:55 | Posted in News, Personal, Web Design | Comments (0)

I found an interesting article seeded by Jaap Schreurs on Newsvine about first impressions with websites and how quickly it takes us to make a decision on whether we like the aesthetics or not. The article, on nature.com, goes on to comment on the ‘Halo Effect’ of well designed sites that if it is deemed attractive then it will be looked on favourably,  minor problems could be ignored and the articles favoured more. With these decisions taking place within 50 milliseconds – it doesn’t give you much time to keep the viewer with your content.

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How to: Blogging Intro Part 1

By Bish | Published: 16/11/2005 – 22:45 | Posted in How To, Software, Web Design, Wordpress | Comments (0)

Kind of figured I should return the favour…… You see, I tried to put a lot of thought into this blog, did a lot of reading (others blogs), and spent considerable time working out the features I wanted on my blog.

The way I figured is, if I was gonna do this seriously, I needed to host it myself (which wasn’t a problem as I have hosting anyway) rather than the blogs that are given away free. Next up was the hostname, being witty and creative certainly wasn’t me that day and as benbishop.co.uk is some geezer selling insurance and the .com wasn’t available I figured .me.uk would suit me fine.

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