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Google Design with Style

APR 14th 2008 • 7 Comments

A new project I've gotten myself into came spur of the moment one weekend. It's essentially a redesign of google, giving users the ability to search with style. There have been a few attempts at redesigning google before, like here and here. But let's face it, Google's interface is very usable and clean, and we've all grown very accustomed to it, so there's little to be gained from reorganizing the structure or moving elements around. So I decided to approach it from another perspective and spice it up with graphics and cutting edge CSS techniques.
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Dynamically Resizing CSS Picture Frame on Any Background

SEP 28th 2007 • 8 Comments

I've always hated the lack of interesting frames or borders on images on the web. Most picture frames on images have either had to have a fixed width (custom made for a particular image size) or they're simply part of the image being displayed. So I came up with a way of getting a dynamically sized border onto an image that works well on any background. All you have to worry about is the presentational markup required for it to work. So I put some JavaScript to Add Extra Markup Around a Tag together, to handle the presentation markup required, adding a layer of separation between the content and the presentation. The frame I'm using is made up of transparent PNGs to improve its look, but it could easily work with GIFs if designed appropriately.
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Web Directions Day 1

FEB 8th 2007 • 0 Comments

Yesterday was the first day of events. I've had a great time so far and I can't wait for today's events to get started. I'm especially looking forward to Dave Shea's and Veerle Pieter's keynote.
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The Design of My New Blog

FEB 1st 2007 • 4 Comments

The more designs I do the more I learn, so I thought I'd share a couple of techniques I used in this design that were educational for me. The layout of this blog has taken a long windy road. Originally I intended to think outside of the box and create a completely liquid layout that would expand and shrink the content with the size of the window. Getting the main container divs and everything positioned was not a problem. In fact I have a liquid template that I use, which I plan to post in a later article. But in the end I resorted to a fixed width elastic layout because of the control I gain in the ability to set exact pixel widths of page elements.
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