1 in 4 people have some sort of vision impairment that makes reading on the web more difficult.[1]
With the default text size on most major browsers set at 16px many people like to make their text larger to make it easier to read and I believe the number is set to go up as monitors get larger. Plus I’m sure that many people don’t realise they can increase the text size of a web page by holding ctrl + or selecting zoom via a menu.
Fill out your twitter feed and rss reader with some of the top creatives and thinkers from the www. 24ways is a yearly web developer advent calender. Each day providing an interesting and inspiring article. I’ve compiled a list of links to each authors blog and twitter. A great starting point for fledgeling web designers and those who want to find inspiration from highly regarded people in their field.
The genius concept for layer tennis was created by Coudal Partners and regular games are played on a Friday afternoon to keep the guys over there entertained. It involves two people adding elements to a document using all the usual Adobe packages in volleys – each player trying to out play the other. They usually play for about 5 rounds and each player has about 15 mins to prepare a volley. After all the rounds a winner is picked! You can follow the matches live at layertennis.com
It sounds like much fun and I would like to organise a game with you guys – with rounds spread over a few weeks rather than an afternoon!
So here is how to play:
Click Here To Download Round 1!
A few things to remember: Try and keep the layers intact, don’t worry about making it look too fancy and have fun!
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Check out this fantastical animation by James Hewlett of Gorillaz fame for the new Beatles rock band game. It’s got the distinctive styling of James Hewletts art along side Beatles classics and styling. Even if you’re not interested in the game this is definitely an inspiring piece of work:
Twitter sidebars are a useful way of providing info about yourself to your users and many people have come up with some inventive designs. The problem which I’ve come across with most designs is that at a resolution of 1024 x 768 the sidebar can get cut in half and the extra information you’re trying to provide gets cut in half too:
