Fascinating. I got a screenshot this weekend and it’s invalid on Monday!

Mezzoblue had a redesign. Good times. We all love redesigns. It looks, I think, better than before. But, lookie there… Fixed. I have in my notes, though not sure where I read it (maybe the about page?), that it went from fixed to liquid before. So, I wonder why he went back to fixed?

I know. Stop obsessing about this fixed vs liquid stuff.

Oh and someone suggested I use percentages on columns. Yes, that makes sense. I have an entry in my notebook on a site that does that pretty well. I’m leaning toward fixed, at the moment.

Baaaa aaaa aaaa.

Oh, speaking of sheepish… I think all this obsession is to help me procrastinate my web design homework. I picked my personal site because, well, I figured this is the only way that the mechanic’s husband’s car gets fixed. And here I am. Procrastinating. I have a lot of sketches. I promise.

Everyone seems to post on this sooner or later. My turn.

I have been preaching liquid design for at least a year. Folks can see the information in any resolution.rnrnCommon resolutions are 640×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1400×1050. (Stats). At work, I surf at 1152×864 with the browser fully expanded. I tried higher and it was … whoa. I tried lower and it was … whoa. I didn’t resize my browser window though. Hmm…. I have at least 4 coworkers (customers) that are at either 640×480 or 800×600. I know this because they call when they have to scroll to the right for some of our larger reports.
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How to survive and even flourish with the new corporate casual dress code. Illustrated with lots of pictures and tips

So much of this stuff seems tailored for the size sixes of the world, but maybe not. The colors and match of the outfit would be universal. But someone with a bit of a heavy bottom might not go for the short jacket (I guess) but for a longer one (but would that throw off the line?).

I liked the store listings in back with descriptions of what you’d find there. I thought it interesting that Target is listed but not Walmart

The change in font size and foo seemed a waste of space. I’d rather have more clothing photos than a 45 font size headline that says “Where to Start.” Photos please. Worked for that food portion size book guy.

Random tips:

1. Belt should be a bit darker than your trousers and match your shoes in color and material.
2. Uh… that’s about it that jumped out at me.

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Ran across Hal Helms 12 Step Development Process. January 2001. It looks similar to how we’re doing things now. As I’m reminded randomly, my project was the first with mockups. I’m the win.

Steps:
DISCOVERY
1. Sales meeting.
2. Initial needs meeting.
3. Wireframe meeting.
4. Sales meeting.

DESIGN
5. Look and feel.
6. Prototype and specs.

IMPLEMENTATION
7. Sales meeting.
8. Completion agreement.
9. Architectural work.
10. Coding.
11. Internal beta test.
12. Completion test meeting.

Amazing how similar this is to Web Redesign. Rereading that book for a redesign now.

Hal Helms is a ColdFusion guy. ColdFusion is coding. But process is universal, eh?

Kalsey’s CSS Tabs with rounded corners and this looks familiar.