...page and see the most current event. This “Diary for the South Seas” was kept in 1839. Similarly, the blog format tends to place the most recent entry at the top, with previous entries cascading in reverse chronological order. This...
...& Training” in the upper right hand corner of your screen (next to your name), or you can click on “Help for this Page” on the far right below the tab navigation bar. The official help documentation is very in-depth,...
...the best — are very well designed. They speak the designer’s language by paying attention to details that usually only those who have worked with typography would consciously recognize. The rest of us just see the page and know that it looks...
...requirement through their site’s privacy policy. The new rule actually goes beyond this and requires user consent to place a cookie on their computer. However, many websites place cookies immediately upon the first page load, making prior consent problematic. Because...
...letterforms to create a printed page. There are still a few letterpress-age terms that survive today such as kerning, leading, uppercase and lowercase. While I appreciate the convenience and speed of digital typesetting, I think it’s important to appreciate the...
...render correctly with no blatant braking/alignment issues. If an image is going to be a banner graphic at the top of the page, make it work that way. Holding text can be made contextual by simply adding the description of...
...by John Napier in his book Hands. Perhaps so. But as long as screens are central to our interaction with the world, we’ll likely need to add a few to our repertoire. Undoubtedly, page turning was a tricky leap for...
...not easily controlled. It triggers reactions that depend on the reader’s own feelings and experiences, rather than just the facts on the page; it asks to be unpacked in ways that can send the reader’s thinking off in other directions....
...I can answer and get on with my day. The frustratingly best emails are the ones that feel like I opened up a James Joyce novel to a random page and started reading. I’m sure this email has some context...