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The mobile revolution has started. In the near future, perhaps within 5-10 years, there could be one billion or more smartphones in use worldwide. As you probably know smartphones are small computers with small screens that do many things. They are not as powerful as today's laptops and desktop computers, but they are powerful indeed. With over 100,000 apps available for Android users the expectations for what can be done with these mobile devices are getting higher.
August 2010  
If you own a car, you probably know how fast it can drive. If you own a Website, do you know how fast it can deliver the Web pages you have worked hard to publish? Chances are you may not know the upper limits of your Website as well the upper limits of your car.
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July 2010  
All programming languages (at least the most popular ones) have libraries and framework that makes developing programs easier and more rapid than otherwise expected. Libraries and frameworks have played an increasingly important role in Web application and Web site development.
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April 2010  
The interactive functionality of the World Wide Web is increasing. Design, trends and widget styles of modern Web sites is having effect on the user interface design of smart-phones. The user interface design of desktop applications is changing in the direction of Web look and feel rather than introducing innovations. The difference in design between desktop apps, Web sites, smart-phones and handheld computers is blurring.
April 2010  
Web design is always about choices. Web designers need to consider many things when designing Web sites. Should the Web site be innovative design containing cutting-edge technology or should it be conservative. Combining cutting-edge with conservative design might be a good choice.
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February 2010  
The issues of importance regarding Web site content and search engine optimization change as Web technologies advances. Issues such as page and content duplication and URL prefixes are becoming the issues of the past. New issues rising in importance include Web page load time and the quality of the content.
February 2010  
Web page load time is very important. A fast loading Web site increases positive user experience and helps other computers successfully access its content. Load time might become, in the near future, a factor in ranking Web pages and will therefore have direct influence on a Web site's overall success.
January 2010  
The history of keywords in the Web's context is as old as the Web itself. The first search engines were little more than keyword finding machines. The reputation of the keyword as a concept is somewhat polarized. On the negative side, there are concepts such as keyword stuffing and search engine spamming where aggressive use of keywords is one factor. On the positive side is the importance of keywords and key phrases in PPC and textual ad management that is a key factor in a billion dollar industry.
January 2010  
The life cycle of a Web site starts with an idea. It is possible to express an idea for a Web site using a paper napkin or create a prototype using post-it notes, but fortunately advanced digital tools are available that are better suited for the task of prototyping a Web site.
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January 2010  
Visual Web page enhancements are popular nowadays and add that to Ajax technology making inroads to what seems like almost every Web page and we have both cutting edge and mainstream Web sites. Using innovative technologies is important for many Web sites, but not all Web sites.
January 2010  
Few Web designing tasks do not involve manipulating fonts or typography of a Web page in one way or the other. Fonts are important. Primarily expectations for Web fonts is to have them readable by majority of Web users and then make them fit the overall Web page or site's design. This task can be trivial even though the coding and CSS styling part for fonts is relatively simple and straightforward.
January 2010  
A decade ago, there were few choices of Web design tools and integrated development environments and most of the tools available then had a relatively high price tag and were far from being free. Today's Web development environment tells a different story, a story of powerful integrated development environments of which many are offered completely free of charge and even as open source.
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January 2010  
Sitemaps are mainly in either of two forms, as a Web page containing a sitemap of a Web site to help users find the desired Web page or as a sitemap to help search engines index available and accessible content from a Web site.
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January 2010  
Modal and modeless dialogs are concepts in graphical user interfaces (GUI) in software development where a modal dialog is keeps user focus while the modeless dialog does not and user can traverse between dialogs or windows.
August 2009  
There comes the time in every Web site lifecycle when presentation of data in a tabular form is necessary. The Html element used most commonly for tabular data is of course the Table tag. The Table tag is one of the most popular Html tag and its use goes well beyond the intended use of presenting tabular data including layout.
August 2009  
External and internal links page are the key elements of any Web page intended to be findable and user friendly. Links are valuable and have been an inspiration for many theories and ideas on link building, link quality, link ranking, link management and link analysis.
August 2009  
The nature of Web pages is an open one among other things. Html source code, cascading style sheets and scripts is more or less open for all to see, to learn and discover the elements behind a Web page or an entire Web site
August 2009  
When used wisely animation can increase positive user experience when visiting a Web site and grab his or hers attention.
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July 2009  
Optimizing Web pages involves a lot more than trying to get Web pages as high as possible within search engine results. Optimizing is also about Web pages performance. Optimized Web page should load as fast as possible even though it has lots of graphics and text.
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January 2009  
A Java Script that adds zoom effects to photos and HTML content. The user clicks on a thumbnail or link and a box opens that zooms in on a larger photo. Inserting this plugin into a Web page is very easy.
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December 2008