Today a client asked us weither there was any benefit to having a site left or centre justified in the browser window.
This set our U.E. buds (like taste buds) tingling so we conducted a poll.
Turns out 72% prefer centre justified citing reasons such as symmetry or ‘looks professional’.
18% preferred left and 10% weren't sure.
Glad we cleared that up...
Staff Blogs
Archive July 2008
Justified?July 4, 2008 by pibbers
does a rose still smell as sweet....July 3, 2008 by ginger james-royle
I have to admit it, I have an embarrassing habit of mixing well known phrases and to create a new phrase which still has the original meaning.Â
Odd? I agree.
But somehow my mind makes sense of what I want to say, takes what it can and pastes together a bizarre assortment of words to communicate the message... thought it would be good to keep a record of my strange mental model so here goes:
 - its a vicious catch 22
 - the moon and her daughters
 - raw end of the stick
 - brightest tool in the box
 - gidits and gazmos
Similarly, our clever brains are able to unscramble words without really trying. Â Apparently when we read we take the first and last letter of each word and make sense of what's in between. Â Visit the scrambler to try it our for your self.
Registration by stealthJuly 3, 2008 by ginger james-royle
Where it suits the business model and objectives of the site, I will often encourage clients to opt for registration by stealth.
The main idea behind registration by stealth is that, simply put, registration can often become a blocker to users using a site. Â Registration by stealth looks to remove the formal 'registration' call to action and instead focuses on gathering the important bits of information (that the business requires) as the customer is using the parts of the site that they feel are important.
The result is a site that allows the user to move quite freely around the site and then provides them with a very quick and simple form that effectively registers them.  An example is www.justgiving.com where you can sponsor without registering then right at the end of the payment process the user is presented with a cleverly designed box that ask 'Save this card  for future use?', if the user then chooses to enter their password and verify their password - voila! the user is registered without any fuss.
does a rose still smell as sweet....July 3, 2008 by ginger james-royle
I have to admit it, I have an embarrassing habit of mixing well known phrases and to create a new phrase which still has the original meaning.Â
Odd? I agree.
But somehow my mind makes sense of what I want to say, takes what it can and pastes together a bizarre assortment of words to communicate the message... thought it would be good to keep a record of my strange mental model so here goes:
 - its a vicious catch 22
 - the moon and her daughters
 - raw end of the stick
 - brightest tool in the box
 - gidits and gazmos
Similarly, our clever brains are able to unscramble words without really trying. Â Apparently when we read we take the first and last letter of each word and make sense of what's in between. Â Visit the scrambler to try it our for your self.
Registration by stealthJuly 3, 2008 by ginger james-royle
Where it suits the business model and objectives of the site, I will often encourage clients to opt for registration by stealth.
The main idea behind registration by stealth is that, simply put, registration can often become a blocker to users using a site. Â Registration by stealth looks to remove the formal 'registration' call to action and instead focuses on gathering the important bits of information (that the business requires) as the customer is using the parts of the site that they feel are important.
The result is a site that allows the user to move quite freely around the site and then provides them with a very quick and simple form that effectively registers them.  An example is www.justgiving.com where you can sponsor without registering then right at the end of the payment process the user is presented with a cleverly designed box that ask 'Save this card  for future use?', if the user then chooses to enter their password and verify their password - voila! the user is registered without any fuss.