The Yahoo! Publisher Network is a good example of how to integrate simple help blurbs into a layout. They have nice little question marks and when you mouse over them a little layer hovers with notes. It’s great for those cases where you don’t need to reference a users guide.
Tip in off position.
Tip displayed on mouseover.
Hope you had a great week. Here are a few links… Engine Yard is selling off Rails Hosting by the Slice — I wonder if this will catch on, and I wonder if there are any other areas of a traditional business that could be sold by the slice (ala pizza). Scott Adams tells a…
This is an amazing illustration of a cruise ship. The illustrator also discusses his workflow.
So this morning I wake up and do my normal routine before heading in to the office. On the way to work I say to myself “you know, a nice cafe vanilla would be a great way to start the day.” So I stop at a Coffee Bean (one of my favorite places) to get…
Ok. So I know all of you have just been dying to see what my apartment looks like (yeah right), so I made this for you: Here’s how it was done… First of all I had these items: 1. Sony CyberShot 3.2 digital camera 2. El-cheapo $15 Tripod from Wal-mart 3. Autostitch (free from http://www.autostitch.net)…
“If there was a movie about Chris it would be rated G.” — Tom observing how boring my life really is “One of these days they’re going to stop printing paper money and Red Bull will be the new commodity!” — Tom helping to boost Todd’s morale at our office one day “You always have…
I just met with a new prospective client that had their entire web site designed in Publisher. That program is so hard to use even I was impressed.