Ian Weller’s free software blog

I plan to take my current website design and turn it into a template for web people to consume, along with a whole bunch of other ideas I’ve had in the past.

Watch for it :)

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May 6th, 2008

A list of 26 hand drawn websites. I’ve seen quite a few of them before.

I’ve always thought that designs for web comics should always be hand drawn… that’s how I’d do it, anyway… make the webpage itself part of the comic.

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May 5th, 2008

Do websites need to look exactly the same in every browser?

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devART: (Super Secret) Version 6

May 5th, 2008

I knew it was time for a new design when some of the latest deviantART features didn’t match the rest of the site design… and lo and behold, version 6 is out in “super secret” mode.

Well, it’s not a secret anymore. Hopefully the clowns and other devART ninjas won’t kill me for this tour and review.

Overall, the new design looks more advanced, but less flashy at the same time, something that isn’t easily matched by designers. A lot has turned into some really neat AJAX stuff. The home page is now a simple Browse page, browsing the newest deviations, leaving the Popular, Prints, and Daily Deviations (by default) “streams”, as they’re now called, to the bottom of the page in a fancy sort of toolbar thing.

So far so good. Even better, clicking any of the categories to the left will instantly take you to that category, using ~~some sort of magic~~ AJAX. Plus, the instant ability to see any category straight from the home page could prove to be a beautiful way for your art to be seen better by the general public. It allows for more interest from first-time visitors.

Unfortunately, most of the other pages are still the same style, just put in some different chrome. Take a look at a deviation page, for example… one with tons of comments…