Facing freelancers: a skill for clients to master
Ever had a bad client? You know how the deal: he thinks you can read his mind and do everything he wants at the first try. Guess again.
Archives for November 2008
Effective web design – so many attributes for what?
Despite the money issues, freelancing is great! It allowed me to learn so much on my proficiency as a designer and as a developer. One of the most important skills I’ve mastered is web standards. Designing on top of standards is the ultimate technique for everything else, from presentation with CSS to user experience with Javascript and AJAX.
Even though Drupal is the best CMS in the world – which I subscribe with pride -, there’s one thing I’ve been noticing: it has a load of attributes within elements, particularly classes and id’s (not to mention sometimes it seems there are loads of div’s that look rather unnecessary until certain point). This is good and bad for some reasons, and I’ll explain why the Drupal team proceeds that way.
Accessibility in real life
Yesterday I was at the mall trying to have lunch and I stood before two restaurants, both 30 feet away from me. I wanted to see the price tags for each restaurant and the result was the following. The shots were taken with a lousy Nokia XpressMusic but they totally say my point: