Lots To Be Noted

Don’t worry, I’ll be quick. You’ve probably heard it all already, anyways.

First, mezzoblue has been marvelously redesigned using valid CSS and XHTML 1.0 Strict by its founder Dave Shea. The redesign includes a new centered layout, which looks that much better, and numerous other subtle improvements. Congrats, Dave, on the seamless move from tables to tableless.

Second, a new image replacement technique has surfaced that uses overflow: hidden instead of Fahrner’s display: none, which requires an extra span. Give it a look, as it seems to be gaining momentum.

Douglas Bowman has continued to make changes to stopdesign and, as always, they’re intuitive, clever, and beautiful. Changes include a new “Recent Links” section in the sidebar and an awesome new section on the site called “SEEalso,” where Doug shares “articles, essays, tutorials, excerpts, charts, weblogs, sites, books, and relevant reference information.” Thanks for sharing, Doug!

Zeldman has returned from Web Design World 2003 where he shared a keynote on designing with web standards and a presentation on Section 508 and design. Zeldman has generously published the slides of both lectures at Happy Cog, so surf on over and enjoy.

And, finally, zlog has received a fourth redesign since its launch. Now would be the perfect time to tell Mr. Zlog “not to rush to replace a good design” because, according to an article at A List Apart, “you will grow bored with it long before your readers do.” But, the new design is my favorite yet, so I will refrain from lecturing. Oops, I already did.