Joy for joys last weeks marks were void!
I was seriously surprised when i got the sms, although I handed it in immediately afterwards. The resulting panic didn’t help much.
In more news, we started to learn some basic html, with my resulting webpage looking like it belonged in 1996! No worries, it will get better.
What is web-safe colors?
Back in 1996, people had Videocards that were only 8-bit and many displayed graphics in 256 color mode. This means that they can only see 216 colors on thier web browser, and these are the web safe colors, with no dithering invovled as the videocards were simply incapable of doing so.
Relevant?
Simply put, if your website is not designed to be viewed by people with ancient computers, web safe colors are not really emphasized today. Almost all modern PC are capable of dithering, and that is what most people online have today. If you limit yourself to the 216 colors today, your website will be limited design-wise and will look outdated in today’s context. You can still do so, if your entire target audience is for people who never bought a computer after 1996, display everything in 256 colour mode and 640×480. So few people even use these old computers online, it’s just simply not really relevant in today’s context anymore.
Common fonts on mac/pc
Here’s some:
Arial
Times new Roman
Trebuchet MS
Tahoma
MS Sans Serif/Serif
Impact
Georgia
Courier New
Comic Sans MS
Lucida Console
Lucida Sans Unicode
Palatino Linotype
Verdana
symbol
WingDings
Webdings
Page loading time
A webpage is loading when its data is being transfered from server to reciever. If it takes too long, the viewer will get fed-up, and subsequently give up and close the window. If it is really fast, it will be more desirable, but the page may contain less graphic content. Then there is the issue of people that still have a 56K modem- large webpages will take a really long time to load. Your design is therefore infuenced by how large your webpage is, and your target audience.
It is best to optimize your webpage filesize so that loading timesare short but it still contains a good amount of content.
150 word super essay time!!
After reading the list of processes, I think it will be good if you have a step-by step guide to refer to, as it will streamline your design process and keep you on track. It will work really great on people who have just started web design (like me) who have little idea of the whole process of web designing. After all, planning is important as it will prevent you from making mistakes later on or prevent unforeseen circumstances where it will be difficult to resolve in a later stage.
I like it it shows several different processes to choose from, some from a design or production standpoint. Also, one can read all te processes and decides which steps will be more applicable to the website he is designing. Ideally one can develop his own process that suits the person and depending on the situation. For example, some of the Design emphasized processes lack steps like testing, which can be important in a later stage.
