Comments on: Moving forward is holding us back

By: Dorthea Grinstead

Dorthea Grinstead — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:52:52 +0000

Smart phones are getting so cool these days. Androids are the way to go. Great article…! You have a new fan… ME. I’ll be back soon to read some more.

By: CoachZ

CoachZ — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:22:16 +0000

FullAck to WhateverFloats, why is everyone praising the death of Flash? It´s been around and will be around, html5 will maybe replace fash for playing video but flash is much more than video. In fact, with Flash CS5 around exporting to iPhone apps is as easy as pressing on a button. Therefore Flash will stick around and make its way to other devices (Phones, MediaPlayers, you name it).

By: Ian Patrick Buss

Ian Patrick Buss — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:46:52 +0000

I love this article, I was thinking to myself a couple weeks ago when I upgraded to the Motorola Droid that as the screens are getting smaller on those netbooks and mobile devices, we gotta start simplifying the pages. I’ll be writing an article soon on that…

By: WhateverFloats

WhateverFloats — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:40:45 +0000

Good read. I just wish the legacy of tables wasn’t such that people jokingly refer to them as the gangrene limb we’re all so glad to be rid of; I learned web dev back in the 90’s when tables reigned supreme. Their time has passed, but pay your respects to them like a dead relative. They served their purpose and were a stepping stone. *lol* And I’m kinda in the boat of people thinking, “Flash will last, in some form or another. Apple be damned.” On that note, everyone here should look up the article “iPhone is the new IE6.”

By: NikaLabs

NikaLabs — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:32:11 +0000

Nicely written. Although i think its too early to conclude the story of flash and its destiny. When you have google going against Apple with its Android and allowing flash to run on that platform, flash gets a new life supply.

By: Peach

Peach — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:05:58 +0000

Nice read. very interesting point of view here.

By: Tina Clarke

Tina Clarke — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:40:25 +0000

“Accessibility isn’t just about disabilities, it’s about varying degrees of ability to access content”

I thought the above quote was a better title so I tweeted the article with that instead of bookmarking through delicious and it sending a tweet with the the link:) Great post, I am seeing more and more on this subject. I design at 800×600 because I often surf at that size though I have a large moniter.

TIna

By: rod rodriguez

rod rodriguez — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:37:48 +0000

Good point, I’m working with some phone developers now and only during this time did I get a grasp that a lot of users are going mobile. Makes you think about that market when designing web pages. Thanks for sharing…

By: Samuel Turner

Samuel Turner — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:00:43 +0000

Interesting concept Harry, it does strike me though that rather than holding us back, it’s just presenting a greater challenge.

In some ways I agree, things are going backwards in terms of mobile devices, screen resolutions are getting smaller, and connections slower, but the other end of the scale is steaming ahead aswell.

Modern desktop systems tend to come with widescreen monitors now and powerful hardware, so it seems to me that the goalposts are just moving further apart, and along with them the audience’s expectations are soaring, so the challenge is to create sites which work well and look stylish on both handheld devices, and large desktop systems.

When I started you just tended to cater for resolutions of 1024-1680 wide or there abouts, now it’s more like 480px or even down to 240px, all the way to 2560px.

I agree with you on flash though, never was a fan anyway. :P

By: Henry

Henry — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:28:27 +0000

I thought of the same idea. I browse my site with my netbook more often than my desktop. Designers should re-consider using certain width that will keep certain people from staying on the site. Great thoughts and approach.

- Henry