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We are very excited to be recognized by 2014 Interactive Media Awards as Best in Class for our work on Quorumfcu.org in collaboration with our immensely talented creative partners, Adventure House.  The goal of this project was turning an older desktop-only website into a fully responsive website supporting multiple 3rd party integrations in online banking, credit

Disclaimer: this is not an actionable guide on website design.  Just carefully measured thoughts on background and trends of designing for web, a discipline that is entering its third decade.

One of the major factors in site load times is a proper file compression, both for images and code.  File compression is not just a part of user experience, improving site load times before your visitor clicks away; it is also a factor in search engine algorithms, with faster sites ranking higher in search results.  With that said, compressing your files is a very good thing and we’ll be looking at three tools to get us started.

Some time ago, we completed a beta version of responsive site and turned it over to agency’s client for review.  The client came back with a number of issues, all centered around font and image sizes that were apparently not to spec for one of responsive states.  Naturally, we were concerned as this indicated a significant lapse in our QA process.  Upon closer look there was nothing to resolve, as our work was a pixel-match to Photoshop files provided by the agency; the mystery deepened, as there were clearly issues on the client’s side which we were not seeing.

Last week we reviewed About Muse and its promise of full cycle design and development.  Today, we are looking at Edge Reflow, which we think is a much better candidate for integration into workflow process by designers and developers alike when designing responsive sites.