Category archives: Tools

Jane Bozarth Asks, “Do You See?”

So when designing, be careful of using color as a cue – remember that there are those who may miss it. Boldness, contrast, and pattern differentiation can go a long way toward preventing problems. Also, always, always look at programs on a… continue reading »

Visual Enforcement Kit

From illegible text to unforgivable font choices, there should be a tag here for most of the things you want to say when someone shows you an iffy mockup. – The Next Web: Visual Enforcement Kit (via Trina Rimmer)

URL Shortening Tip

Zeldman makes a great point about URL Shortener plugins and services. What happens when they go down? All your links are useless. He uses the Short URL Plugin for WordPress. It will be on all my blogs by tonight. (and… continue reading »

Design Checklist

Design Checklist (via CSS Globe)

Readability Experiment Widget

Great little tool from Arc90. (via Mike)