On a Tangent
A blog for those who love a wandering mind…

Archive for November, 2007

Color and Layout

November 30, 2007

I would like to share two web sites that I found helpful as I experimented with the color scheme and various layouts for my web site. All you have to do is walk into a Chinese restaurant and step onto the ubiquitous red carpet to know that red is an important color in the culture [...]

Helping a Friend

November 30, 2007

My good friend Kristin is going on a goodwill trip to Tanzania for six weeks following the first of the year. However, she still needs help raising the funds to partake on this trip. Please help allow her fulfill her dreams of helping others. Click HereĀ 
Click on Find Volunteer
Type in Kristin Roberts
Be GenerousĀ 

A kind of Search Engine

November 30, 2007

I know that we have discussed about the new versions of search engines in other classes. I read about this one and found it interesting. When thinking about the increase of WWW, this can be counted as one of the first trials for the next generation of search engines. Try it if you have time…http://www.visualthesaurus.com/

Flash CS3 Professional site

November 30, 2007

This is a site that is made by Flash CS3 Professional. I tested CS3 flash and I find it better than previous one; easier and you can also do more complicated things with that. As an example in this web site, the navigation bar is not hard to do.http://www.webdesign20.com/

Traveling

November 30, 2007

www.kayak.com is awesome because it is so simple. This is where I usually search for my flight arrangements when I am traveling. It is simply a search engine for flights. After you enter your departure and destination details it gives you all the prices starting from cheapest to more expensive. [...]

Monster

November 30, 2007

This website has just enough color the user is looking for. It has everything the user is looking for right in front of them and at the top of the page. The only thing that is not clear is the fact of where to sign in. It is very small at the top of the [...]

Guys please help! (This is not about our website)

November 29, 2007

My friend is launching a fantasy soccer website…so it tips for fantasy owners.
Can the layout be improved, so maybe it’s less confusing or keeps users coming back??
www.rotoepl.com
Thank you!

Pay Pal

November 28, 2007

I thought this website was very useful for its users and has everything that they are looking for in a website. What I do not like about this site is the fact that it does not really attract the users by using more color or pizzazz. What is your opinion? The website is: https://www.paypal.com/

How am I going to get paid?

November 28, 2007

At my job, we are each responsible for entering our time on our intranet site. As long as I can remember the tab to do this was located under one name. After returning from thanksgiving vacation, I went to enter my time and realized I could no longer find the tab to do this. Two [...]

Future of web design

November 28, 2007

You may want to listen the podcasts from; http://www.futureofwebdesign.com/