HTML5 and Flash

June 4th, 2010

HTML5 and Flash

After Steve Jobs announced that flash would never be supported on the iPhone and, more importantly, the iPad, he proceeded to write an open letter regarding his thoughts on flash. While I am not too concerned with flash being supported on mobile platforms (which introduces a range of problems regarding battery life, performance and more), this does beg the more interesting question of the future of flash on the web.

The Problems With Flash

Flash is often used to…

Eight Best Practices for Web Design

November 25th, 2009

webbestpractices

Below are some basic tips that may already be familiar to seasoned web developers/designers, but are what we consider best practices for designing and building a website.

1. Separate the design from the content.

Back in the pre-CSS days, website layout was accomplished with clever table manipulation. While CSS can cause some frustration due to the inability of certain browsers to properly implement the full specification, it can also be a great tool for controlling layouts and keeping the design of the site separated from the content.

Why does this separation really matter? If the website will…