Dave Hyatt has in interesting piece on the why and how of dealing with high resolution monitors in web design. As screens pack more and more pixels (especially laptops) the old standard of designing for an 800 X 600 monitor is starting to run into problems. Unfortunately there’s no technical magic bullet.

You look at two sites. At first glance they look very similar, but the more you look the better one comes across. You look again and can’t quite figure out why. They’re laid out similarly, as so many websites are. The images are about equal in quality. Yet, one just works better. Chances are very [...]

Color doesn’t have to be hard. So why do so many websites get it wrong? As with anything, it’s probably either a lack of knowledge, or worse, a lack of knowledge about a lack of knowledge. Any trained artist can tell you that there is a whole field of study regarding color theory. Any trained [...]