Ars Aranea » Graphical design

Car crusher drop shadows

Skippy — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:01:49 +0000

A trick that expands upon the rounded corners technique, allowing you to create drop shadows all around a variable width box.

Welcome to the forest

Skippy — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:06:22 +0000

I come today to tell you that Web designers have lost sight of the forest because of the trees. They've painted the non-standard visitors as the last bastion of diversity, which must be conquered, and in doing so they also painted the vast majority as one big unified blob, which it isn't. Guess what, diversity isn't made up of just the technology that the user has available. What about the user preferences? What about the customizations that he or she applies to your site in order to make themselves more confortable?

The perfect Romanian flag

Skippy — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 02:01:09 +0000

Ever needed to draw a Romanian flag? Did you just use whatever colors felt "right"? Worry no more, here are the official color codes.