Web Design Blog - July 22, 2009

Spell Domain Names Correctly, Please

A lesson I learned recently was that when sending someone to a website you've had a part in, it pays to avoid gimmicky spellings. Sure, you may easily find that strange spelling available for purchase, but passing it on will be a chore. If you say "go to Dogs.com" everyone will remember it. If you say, "go to Dogz.com--that's Dogs with a 'z'" you're going to lose people searching for you, especially if they heard the name from a third party. It's even worse when you have to spell out the entire ... read more!

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Compatibility in Internet Explorer 8

Microsoft has out done them selves again. Web developers all over the world are just now beginning to make all their sites look "correct" in IE7, and now MS had dropped a bomb on all of us in the form of IE8. You would think they would stay somewhat consistent with how they render content across the different releases. But of course they dont... Classic Microsoft. They claim they are just following the CSS 2.1 standards... Yeah sure. I don't know why they do this to us. Luckily they left us with... read more!

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