by noelhenneman | Nov 21, 2016 | Technology, Usability
How do you learn about usability? Learning about usability can be accomplished by reading textbooks on the subject, or by reading internet articles. But it can also be learned by looking at and examining examples of bad usability. A good source of examples is from...
by noelhenneman | Apr 25, 2016 | Technology, Web Design
Development tools for responsive web design are getting better all the time. Unfortunately they are not always obvious. Recently one of my co-workers showed me how Google Chrome has a great tool for showing how a web page responds to changing view port sizes. Well I...
by noelhenneman | Nov 4, 2015 | Web Design
At HB Design, web developers are given Photoshop PSD files that were created by Web Designers to code. This blog includes some Photoshop tips to make working with those PSD files easier.Selecting layersDesigns often have many layers, sometimes in nested layer groups. ...
by noelhenneman | Oct 12, 2015 | Technology, Web Design
Just recently we had a client ask how to optimize photos for the web. I have a post describing the steps which you can read (Web Page Load Times and Image Optimization). That post describes the steps: copy, crop, resize, and optimize. The “crop” step...
by noelhenneman | Mar 24, 2015 | Technology, Web Design
By now, almost everyone who wants or has a web site has heard about WordPress. Originally a blogging platform, it has evolved into one of the most popular content management systems (CMS). It is relatively easy to install, easy to update, easy to modify via plugins,...