16 Aug 2002
Fri, 16 Aug 2002
Galen Rowell and His Wife Killed in Plane Crash
I was deeply shocked and saddened to learn that Galen Rowell and his wife Barbara were killed in a plane crash on August 11. Rowell's work hangs on the wall in my living room and several of his books are on my bookshelves. If you've never seen Galen's work, one look here will give you a sense of the magnitude of his gifts. You'll find telling tales of Galen's life here. I dearly enjoyed his images and will miss his writing. Godspeed Galen.
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WebWord: Curt Cloninger on HTMinimalism
WebWord.com says:
Let's Not Make It Look Like Microsoft.com! (Web Builder Conference) -- "In his upcoming Web Builder 2002 presentation, "Fresh Styles for Web Designers: Putting Eye Candy to Work," Web designer Curt Cloninger will make a strong case for why you shouldn't choose blandness in the name of usability and how you can transcend the choice."
In the interview, Curt Cloninger refers to a style that I advocate as HTMinimalism:
The style I call HTMinimalism, for example, puts more emphasis on CSS-controlled fonts, and not a lot of GIF text but regular HTML text. If you're coding to standards, the theory is that regardless of what device [is on the client side, the page] will degrade gracefully. But it doesn't mean that on your optimum browser it will look the same as on a PDA. You can make it look really good in IE or Netscape 6 but still have it show on your PDA. HTMinimalism is a style you can use for a newspaper site. Most blogs are HTMinimalist. Someone coming in on a handheld device is not an excuse to abandon aesthetics for people that are coming in on a browser, and the good news is that you don't have to. You don't have to dumb it down because the technology allows [the page] to degrade gracefully.
Cool. Now I know what to call it. I only wish I could go to this conference to hear Curt speak.
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