my2ndblog!

Google has got a new OS

kid474 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:40:04 +0000

Heard about Android?.. how bout Chrome?
Now we’ve got Chrome OS for netbooks!

the smallest thumbdrive!

kid474 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:40:18 +0000

super small thumbdrive at only 5mm in length.

PSP Go is a rip off..

kid474 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:56:38 +0000

yea, it’s ripping off consumers. See this article comparing PSP Go to Ipod Touch 8GB.

I’m not buying it till i get to touch it.

“The browser is the computer”

kid474 — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:43:48 +0000

WTH?! HTML ver. 5 already.. :O

This piece of news.

I luv Homework IV

kid474 — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:20:43 +0000

Q: How do you find this site? (in 3 words)

A: simple, boring, and lacking.

Q: Who do you think the site is created for?

A: female, age over 20, mainly working adults.

Q: What are the good attributes of the site (in terms
of usability, aesthetic issues, etc)?

A: the links, at the top. Simple and straightforward.

Q: What are the bad attributes of the site?

A: the color for the background is unattractive, the grey fonts against yellow background color makes it illegiable, uninteresting layout design.

Welcoming.. drum rolls

kid474 — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:06:10 +0000

www.modellah.com

.. my newly-designed site using html (only)

I luff HW III.

kid474 — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:31:56 +0000

Doing for this site – http://www.pa.gov.sg/seniors

Work files..

Work file 2..

oh, 2nd week coming to an end..

kid474 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:24:42 +0000

Q: What is Browser-Safe Color Palette / Web-Safe Colors?

A: Browser-safe color palette and web-safe colors are a set of colors generated by math, developed for 256 colors (8-bit) computer systems. It has only 216 out of the 256, as for the other 40 colors varied from pc to mac, thus eliminated. It is optimized for cross-platform use.

Q: Is it still relevant in today’s context? Why?

With the diminishing number of web users with 8-bits computer, it is safe to to design web pages without web-safe colors.

Q: What are the common fonts face found on PC & Mac?

Web-safe fonts, most SAFE to use

Arial / Helvetica, Times New Roman, Courier New.

and those work on cross-platform

Palatino, Garamond, Bookman, Avant Garde.

Q: What is page loading time and how it influence your design?

The amount of time for a web page to be loaded across the internet.

Web page design has to be optmized, using less images and of smaller file sizes.

Invalid HTML/CSS code as errors will increase load time.

Long pages usually take a longer time to load.

web design week 1

kid474 — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:51:11 +0000

Q: Name as many browsers.

A: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Netscape..

Q: What is a browser?

A: An internet browser is simply an application to access to the vast information in the internet.

Q: What is an IP address?

A: IP address is also known as Internet Protocol, a numeric identification which is assigned to a device in a network.

Q: What is URL?

A: Uniform Resource Locator, specifies an indentified resource availability and a mechanism to retrieve it.

Q: What is a good website?

A: A good website has good readability for viewers, no broken links, an easy to remember net address, a good layout and organisation of pages.