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CHAPTER ONE FUTUREPROOF SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES17A better approach is to examine the symptoms, make a diagnosis, and  nd suitable solu-tions to treat t

FUTURE-PROOF WEB DESIGN18Planning for a Successful WebsiteUnderstanding the environment you’re designing for is critical when building a site, and kn

CHAPTER ONE FUTUREPROOF SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES19reader, and you’ll understand how your site can be interpreted by a machine, not a human being; any err

FUTURE-PROOF WEB DESIGN20a  nal showdown with the “big bad.” In the show, overcoming each challenge on the path to winning the war wasn’t a matter o

CHAPTER ONE FUTUREPROOF SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES21Figure 1-5: Certain situations may require you to consider how data-heavy your sites and pages are.Dodg

FUTURE-PROOF WEB DESIGN22Ideally, the process of determining site-speci c goals begins with competitor analysis and user testing. Next, you use wire

CHAPTER ONE FUTUREPROOF SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES23Learning to Adapt or EvolveYou know what’s going on, and you have a clever plan to provide a service th

FUTURE-PROOF WEB DESIGN24Figure 1-7:  ere’s no shame in providing Internet Explorer 6 users with a very usable and satisfying experience.As the use

CHAPTER ONE FUTUREPROOF SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES25Sometimes cutting edge or bleeding edge is used in reference to designers or developers who use tools

FUTURE-PROOF WEB DESIGN26understanding the needs of your audience can tell you a lot about their speci c require-ments or about non-issues that may

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CHAPTER ONE FUTUREPROOF SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES27ReferenceAn article I have written shows how the formats of layouts are changing. Not too long ago, you

FUTURE-PROOF WEB DESIGN28Static sites have little going on under the hood. What you see is really what you get.  e bene ts of this traditional form

CHAPTER ONE FUTUREPROOF SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES29Consideration #5: Redesign versus realignIf you choose to accommodate various browsing environments, su

FUTURE-PROOF WEB DESIGN30iOS). In my opinion, however, beyond those exceptions, web apps are the better option: You ensure that users have the most r

CHAPTER ONE FUTUREPROOF SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES31Also, you must consider the increased time it could take to build such a scalable site. If a site was o

FUTURE-PROOF WEB DESIGN32Resolving Issues of Compatibility ere is one  nal, essential survival skill that all designers must have if they want to

CHAPTER ONE FUTUREPROOF SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES33In the past, bugs in browsers have caused a number of problems for designers. However, because of the l

FUTURE-PROOF WEB DESIGN34Uncovering problems can involve as much investigation as any detective novel does.  rowing a site into all sorts of unique

CHAPTER ONE FUTUREPROOF SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES35Don’t be afraid to ask a community for help in testing your work or letting you know what things they’d

FUTURE-PROOF WEB DESIGN36Figure 1-15: Devices contain input and output hardware, and your layout must work with both.Design based on the experiences

FUTURE-PROOF WEB DESIGN10WEB DESIGN PROJECTS contain four essential components. First, you must know your environment.  en you need to plan ahead,

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CHAPTER ONE FUTUREPROOF SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES11Ubiquitous and future-friendly layouts cannot be obtained by jumping onboard with every new technique o

FUTURE-PROOF WEB DESIGN12and situations and build real-world solutions that are  exible and durable enough to accommodate every environment, whether

CHAPTER ONE FUTUREPROOF SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES13Myth #2: Designs can be considered “complete”I’m a big believer in continued improvement, and because s

FUTURE-PROOF WEB DESIGN14successfully forever, across new devices and emerging platforms, all while maintaining compatibility with previous browsers

CHAPTER ONE FUTUREPROOF SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES15unnecessary; or they add too much information, media, or imagery to their pages think-ing that substanc

FUTURE-PROOF WEB DESIGN16 e di erences among the environments where your site must function can be substan-tial — for example, whether Flash or Jav