Comments on: 10 old skool no-nos for web designers http://www.leemunroe.com/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/ User Experience and Web Interface Designer Lee Munroe Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:58:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Cookiehttp://www.leemunroe.com/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-35658 Cookie Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:40:36 +0000 http://www.leemunroe.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/25/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/#comment-35658 Interesting read.Lee, I'd appreciate your feedback on whether it is ever good to have the definite article, 'The' at the beginning of a web address? Is it always redundant or are there times, do you think, that it could be ok?Regards Interesting read.

Lee, I’d appreciate your feedback on whether it is ever good to have the definite article, ‘The’ at the beginning of a web address? Is it always redundant or are there times, do you think, that it could be ok?

Regards

]]> By: Andy Featherhttp://www.leemunroe.com/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-1563 Andy Feather Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:29:44 +0000 http://www.leemunroe.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/25/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/#comment-1563 cheers Lee cheers Lee

]]> By: Leehttp://www.leemunroe.com/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-1558 Lee Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:04:34 +0000 http://www.leemunroe.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/25/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/#comment-1558 @Andy: Sorry Andy I don't know. Maybe try asking on the NIMUG forum, it's pretty useful http://www.nimug.org/discussions/ or the Belfast Open Coffee group http://groups.google.com/group/belfastocc?pli=1 @Andy: Sorry Andy I don’t know. Maybe try asking on the NIMUG forum, it’s pretty useful http://www.nimug.org/discussions/ or the Belfast Open Coffee group http://groups.google.com/group/belfastocc?pli=1

]]> By: Andy Featherhttp://www.leemunroe.com/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-1542 Andy Feather Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:51:29 +0000 http://www.leemunroe.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/25/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/#comment-1542 Anybody know anywhere in Belfast or even NI that do courses learning PHP, CSS, Javascript & XHTML? Can't find a thing. I'm sick of developing server side code, time for a change to the client side world...cheers Andy Anybody know anywhere in Belfast or even NI that do courses learning PHP, CSS, Javascript & XHTML? Can’t find a thing. I’m sick of developing server side code, time for a change to the client side world…cheers Andy

]]> By: Seagshttp://www.leemunroe.com/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-1333 Seags Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:20:37 +0000 http://www.leemunroe.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/25/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/#comment-1333 An interesting read.What just came up with a current project is that a client is using IE 8 Beta and refuses to go back to the stable version. We now have to support a buggy beta browser... An interesting read.

What just came up with a current project is that a client is using IE 8 Beta and refuses to go back to the stable version. We now have to support a buggy beta browser…

]]> By: Carlos Hermosohttp://www.leemunroe.com/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-498 Carlos Hermoso Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:56:00 +0000 http://www.leemunroe.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/25/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/#comment-498 Unfortunately you will still find so many old-skool sites using tables.. That's not good Unfortunately you will still find so many old-skool sites using tables.. That’s not good

]]> By: Saucehttp://www.leemunroe.com/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Sauce Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:44:14 +0000 http://www.leemunroe.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/25/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/#comment-268 Yep. I pretty much agree with everything in this list except maybe the Internet Explorer one. I personally hate that we're still supporting an old browser (IE6 or 5.5), but I suppose you have to when you do it professionally. :|I got my first start making webpages using Frontpage before I finally looked under the hood and realized what a mess it was making. Then I forced myself to learn real HTML and CSS and I've never looked back.Plus, who didn't have a website full of "Under Construction" gifs on their website in the late 90's? Good times, good times :) Yep. I pretty much agree with everything in this list except maybe the Internet Explorer one. I personally hate that we’re still supporting an old browser (IE6 or 5.5), but I suppose you have to when you do it professionally. :|

I got my first start making webpages using Frontpage before I finally looked under the hood and realized what a mess it was making. Then I forced myself to learn real HTML and CSS and I’ve never looked back.

Plus, who didn’t have a website full of “Under Construction” gifs on their website in the late 90′s? Good times, good times :)

]]> By: Leehttp://www.leemunroe.com/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Lee Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:11:09 +0000 http://www.leemunroe.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/25/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/#comment-263 @lowell: Thanks for pointing that out lowell, it should be XHTML. Fixed. @lowell: Thanks for pointing that out lowell, it should be XHTML. Fixed.

]]> By: lowellhttp://www.leemunroe.com/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-262 lowell Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:22:10 +0000 http://www.leemunroe.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/25/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/#comment-262 @florin - i agree w lee.. i'm a developer too (ruby) and often work with a designer on projects.. split up the sections with DIVs and let the designer worry about placing them.lee, there's no reason at all why the 'x' in XHTML should be lowercase like you have it on #6. @florin – i agree w lee.. i’m a developer too (ruby) and often work with a designer on projects.. split up the sections with DIVs and let the designer worry about placing them.

lee, there’s no reason at all why the ‘x’ in XHTML should be lowercase like you have it on #6.

]]> By: Leehttp://www.leemunroe.com/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Lee Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:30:49 +0000 http://www.leemunroe.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/25/10-old-skool-no-nos-for-web-designers/#comment-254 @Florin: Rather than pulling your hair out over Divs and CSS you should probably be working along side a designer who can help design the templates for you.There are so many advantages to CSS/divs over table based design. Accessibility, SEO, maintainability, file size, faster loading time and cross platform compatibility (e.g. mobile browsers) to name a few.To be honest I didn't think this was debatable anymore. CSS is just all around goodness. A book like <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Web-Standards-Solutions-Markup-Handbook/dp/1590593812%3FSubscriptionId%3D1YNZ339ZCHHAKYFSY702%26tag%3Dleemunroe-21%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1590593812" rel="nofollow">Web Standards Solutions</a> is a good place to start or soon to be released <a href="http://www.webstandardistas.com/" rel="nofollow">Web Standardistas</a> @Florin: Rather than pulling your hair out over Divs and CSS you should probably be working along side a designer who can help design the templates for you.

There are so many advantages to CSS/divs over table based design. Accessibility, SEO, maintainability, file size, faster loading time and cross platform compatibility (e.g. mobile browsers) to name a few.

To be honest I didn’t think this was debatable anymore. CSS is just all around goodness. A book like Web Standards Solutions is a good place to start or soon to be released Web Standardistas

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