IDCC 370: Web Design I   Spring 2008

Check this out: Here are the Web design terms covered on Thursday, October 21, 2004. You should be able to define these and offer examples:

1. visual cues
2. color coding for visual cues
3. consistency in navigation and page template design
4. template-driven Web site
5. eye candy versus functionality (Which is superior? When do they marry?)
6. paper prototype or low-fidelity prototype
7. mid-level prototype or mid-fidelity prototype
8. high-leve prototype or high-fidelity prototype
9. design best practices
10. JavaScript image swap (3 separate gifs or jpegs)
11. affordance
12. label/button ratio
13. naming convention

All these terms are ripe for the quiz I promised on Thursday, October 28, so be sure to ask me about anything that seems mysterious to you.

Check this out: Here are the Web design terms for Tuesday, October 19, 2004:

1. database-driven Web site
2. pages on-the-fly
3. functional thumbnails
4. popup window
5. spawned window
6. filtered search (Amazon.com)
7. JavaScript spawned window
8. automatic image resizing in Internet Explorer (desirable or not?)
9. gateway pages
10. top-level pages
11. top-tier pages
12. customer-facing page or visitor-facing page
13. lossy compression and jpeg
    

Check this out: In addition to the terminology presented in the PowerPoint tutorial on Designing with Tables, you should also have mastered these terms and phrases, covered in class, Thursday, October 14:

1. Scan a page (scanning a page; page scannability)
2. balance
3. layout or design flaws
4. culturally determined design decisions
5. wireframe
6. Web graphics optimization (optimization for the Web)

Assignment one is almost completely graded. I will pass it back to you at the end of class on Thursday, October 21. In the meantime, keep chipping away at assignment two.

Check this out: I'm really enjoying your Web sites. Some of you went all out and were very creative!

Here are the key Web design terms we covered in class, Thursday, October 7:

1. WMF = Windows Meta File graphic
2. vector graphics (math)
3. raster graphics (bitmapped)
4. pixelation, jaggies, rectangular or square pixels
5. sizing handles and distortion
6. corner sizing handles = maintain aspect ratio
7. image resampling and file size
8. jpg (16,777,216 colors)
9. gif (256 colors)
10. image down-sizing
11. image up-sizing
12. image cropping
13. Picture tool bar or palette (docking, undocking, or detaching)

E-mail me if you have any questions about these terms. Have a great day off on Tuesday. :0)

Check this out: You should be comfortable with all of the following Web design terms covered in class on Tuesday, October 5, 2004:

1. requirements: technical, functional, and design
2. password protect
3. helper applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe Reader, and the like)
4. template preview
5. browser chrome
6. proprietary format
7. design multi-tasking

Remember, Assignment One is due at the beginning of class, Thursday, October 6, 2004.

Check this out: Here is a list of the design terms and concepts covered in class, Thursday, September 30:

1. HTML image placement: in-line, left, and right
2. sizing handles
3. white space
4. padding = hspace and vspace
5. ftp:// is not the same as http:// (what's the big difference?)

Make sure that you understand all the directions for Assignment One, due Thursday, October 7.