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User Interface (or the Presentation layer) is
a topic that is vital to the Web interface. Some of the technologies in
this area include: HTML | | | DHTML | | Color | | CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) |
HTML
Html is the language of web browsers. It conveys to the browser what to display. It is generally the job of the web browser to take that information and render it for the user. The idea is that platform specific items are eliminated. This sounds good, but it causes problems for web page designers who wish to have viewers to have a specific visual experience viewing the web page.
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HTML Home
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HTML Guru! Seems to have a good bag of tricks for tweaking HTML. |
DHTML
What's on the horizon for HTML? One aspect is DHTML (Dynamic HTML). This allows a variety of special effects to be created. Be careful here though, using DHTML is an exercise in limiting which browsers can see your web page as you intended.
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Drive DHTML Code Library Interested in free DHTML scripts that have pretty good backward compatibility? |
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DHTML Zone Check out what DreamWeaver has to say on the topic of DHTML. |
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Color
The amazing thing about the web is that you can attach sound as well as color to things. By far, the one most used is color in the form of pictures, mouseovers and a variety of other items. So, it is definitely useful to have a good understanding of how color can be used in browsers, as all colors are not created equal. In particular, the 216 color cube is very important when you are trying to make sure that web page will look the same using a variety of browsers.
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Colors in Browsers Here's the browser safe palette to use in your images. |
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Web Graphics Tips on how to reduce colors effectively using Photoshop. |
Portable
Network Graphics A new format proposed and endorsed by the W3 Consortium. |