CSS3 multi-column layouts

Included in the enhanced rendering engine of Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 is an implementation CSS3 Multi-Column property. As this is a beta, and a Mozilla specific implementation, i.e. uses moz-[property]inplace of the specified property names, it will be some time before use of this is commonplace without additional Javascript add-ons; however, this addition does provide [...]

The secret design conspiracy

I am a non-designer.
I don’t mean I cannot, or do not, design. I mean that I design because I feel the desire to design, not because I can, but because I want to, and always have. What I know, I know, not because I was taught it, but because I have learned it, piece by [...]

Time for a new internet?

The recent debate about who should control the internet has got me thinking about the way we use sites today; i.e. a domain is made up of protocol, a domain name, and a domain type.
My thoughts are over whether this is the best way to locate websites. If we look to the future it is [...]

How much should advertisers know about you?

There is a fear amongst the tech savvy that all this new technology is being used to spy on the consumer. To learn so much about them that advertisers and markerters know what they are likely to buy, how to appeal to them, where they will and won’t shop, etc. Like a loyalty card that [...]