Response to Readings + One Photoshop Tip/Trick

This week's readings didn't really teach me anything I didn't already know. The Web Style Guide recommends "chunking", or the congolmeration of similar information under one category. This type of organization works well for most websites. The organization of information on websites greatly differs from the organization of information in books, newspapers, and other print media. What conventions do we see on web sites that seem to be taken from print materials? What conventions seem relatively new or different from print-based conventions?

What are the three basic organization/information structures for web sites, according to the Web Style Guide?

Why do the authors of Web Style Guide argue that "contrast is essential" to page design?

The idea of "graphic safe dimensions" means that viewers will not have to use scrollbars in order to see the entire image.

IMPORTANCE OF LINKS:

www.cnn.com

www.plannedparenthood.org

www.msu.edu

www.microsoft.com

PHOTOSHOP TIP: i was frustrated when i tried to crop my curly-haired self out of one picture in order to paste me onto another background. so i went searching and found the following witty tutorial detailing how to better crop out more detailed objects...

Good Hair Day: Maintaining fine hair details when cropping images

NOTE TO SELF: ADD WORD "CHICAGO" SOMEWHERE TO MODULE 6 WEBSITE.