The Streaming Web: Video on the WWW

November 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Various

In the past few years there has been growing popularity of video on the web. This is due to a variety of factors like increased internet speeds, higher compression technologies and better video players. Video on the web went from short clips shared between friends to full-scale streaming, making the computer a very strong substitute for television.

Video has become one of the most effective ways of delivering content, be it news, opinion, tutorials or just plain entertainment. YouTube was the pioneer of this trend on the web, and it quickly gained popularity, and video has now almost become ubiquitous on the web.

Below are some websites that use video very effectively to deliver content and add to the user experience.

Ted.com

Ted delivers compelling free content in the form of recorded lectures and presentations from their conferences.

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What’s your web personality?

November 5th, 2009 | 3 Comments | Posted in Various

We all want to make a mark on the world – some of us want to be famous, some just want our voices and ideas to be heard. Today we have access to several avenues that make it extremely easy to be seen and heard, especially on the web. Each one of us has an online identity these days, be it on a social networking site like twitter, facebook, myspace or linkedin or on our own little piece of the web – our personal website.

Social networking sites allow one to express their opinions, tastes, likes and dislikes, albeit within a structured framework. Having said that, these are very important outlets to formulate one’s online “personality” and establish one’s virtual social milieu. Sites like Second Life take this even further where one can assume an avatar, or online personality, which of course, can be vastly different from one’s identity in the real world…

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It’s all in the Details : 6 simple ways to increase the visual impact of your Web Page

October 30th, 2009 | 3 Comments | Posted in Web Design

It has been said that good design is that which cannot even be noticed. When the users’ experience is so seamless that they do not even realize that they have completed an action/transaction or received the information they desired, then a perfect balance has been achieved between form and function.

Most times, this balance can only be achieved by paying a lot of attention to details. Even if there is a minor misalignment, inconsistent spacing or typographical error, it is very discernible and can dramatically lessen the impact of an otherwise beautifully designed site.

Here are some simple ways to increase the visual impact of your site by paying attention to details.

Colors

While contrasting colors are eye-catching, they can also be distracting and cause the user to lose visual focus. Analogous colors (colors from the same family) work best in a screen-based environment as they are able to direct the users’ focus. Contrasting colors can be used as highlights, and should be spaced out in a balanced way so as to direct the users attention to the appropriate points of focus.

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