Facebook Page redesign: 10 things admins should do RIGHT NOW.: The Social Path

Pretty useful list of things that Facebok Page admins should look at following the new Page redesign:

Facebook Page redesign: 10 things admins should do RIGHT NOW.: The Social Path.

Why Your Form Buttons Should Never Say Submit - UX Movement

In may cases Submit buttons are "calls to action". You're asking a visitor/user to do something.

Instead of the default "Submit", consider what's actually happening from your user's perspective. Is there a better way to word that button?

When users fill out a form, they are engag­ing in a task. The action but­ton should affirm what that task is, so that users know exactly what hap­pens when they click that but­ton. A but­ton that describes the user’s task tells users that the form focuses on car­ry­ing out that spe­cific task. The more focused your form is, the more likely you’ll get users to com­plete your form.

via Why Your Form Buttons Should Never Say Submit - UX Movement.

TweetStats :: Graphin' Your Stats

It's true that for busineeses engaging in social media, it's all about engagement and quality rather than just looking at statitics. No doubt about that.

However, sometimes statitics can help you get a bird's eye view of how your account is going.

TweetStats is one such tool, and gives you some benchmarks for your Twitter account that can compare month-by-month.

favicon.ico Generator

Need to create a little favicon for your website's address bar? I found this handly little favicon.ico Generator that saves having to install any software.

@media queries added

First attempt with @media queries after being inspired at this year's Web Directions.

It's still pretty basic, but it works (mostly). You drag the width of your supported browser (Safari for example) until it's a bit less than the 960px grid used here, and the sidebar will drop down to below the content as the whole design takes on a fluid width.

Try it and see!

Migration Time

This blog formerly existed at waterfallweb.net - but it seemed a bit pointless to keep using that name when everywhere else online I'm "rockyshark".

So here's to the big migration!

You may be noticing the general ugliness of this theme. Believe it or not, it's that way on purpose.

Online mockups coming soon

Very excited/pleased to read this post from Balsamiq relating to their online mockups web app.



I've been a desktop Balsamiq user for some time now and am finding it more and more indispensable with each project. It's been replacing project specification docs to the point where I don't really have to write any other instructions. By linking pages together and viewing it in fullscreen mode, we can see how the home page, section pages, contact pages, and even modal popup windows and AJAX behaviours should work.

I can "knock together" a basic site in a few minutes - and an intranet in a few hours. In each case, the result is much clearer and easier that written briefs or specification docs. Clients can understand them just as easy as programmers and designers!

And when the client approves the mockups, we can refer back to them if there are any additional requests. "That wasn't in the mockups you approved. We can do it, but it will cost an additional $x..."

The webapp will make collaboration that much easier. Really looking forward to its release!