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05
May
The 2010 and 14th Webby Awards have been announced and celebrate the very best in current web design, interactive advertising, online film and video and mobile web development. But are they, once again, a little Flash heavy in this contemporary world of standards?
Certainly this question comes at a time when debate, if not down right argument, has reached epic proportions over whether or not Flash has any future on the web. The press over the past 10 days has been littered with punch, counter-punch between Apple and Adobe with regards the suitability of Flash as a platform for our mobile future. So, are the Webby’s, which have always been a little pro-Flash, beginning to lose step with reality?
Even a casual glance through this year’s winners reveals a significant number of Flash based websites, which leads once to wonder - what are the awards awarding? It is common knowledge that with the exception of a PC, Flash runs quite poorly on many devices. This is particularly evident under Safari on Mac OS X. This being the case, many of the websites in receipt of Webby awards provide a sub-standard user experience on a number of platforms. This is not to detract from their undoubted design credentials of course, but haven’t we now reached a point where web design is more than just - ‘pretty animation’?
03
Apr
For those designers who are getting worked up by client change requests.
Remember if it were your company you’d want things to be just right too. Don’t get too precious about your work; it’s all part of the process. And in situations where your head feels like it might explode.. Make yourself a coffee, put the phone on Do Not Disturb, sit back in your big ergonomic chair, turn up the bass and listen to a chorus or two of this little gem.
Discovered by a friend @ CreativeTechs.com
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