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Cool things we found on the new birmingham.gov.uk.
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2009-09-09
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Disuade users from clicking on the most important search results by styling them to look like adverts. But don’t try too hard if actually making the boxes rectangular proves too difficult.
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A large number of small tables does just as well as one larger table.
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When providing a permalink, make sure you don’t make it an actual link in case a user accidentally bookmarks it.
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Dramatically varying text size is another great way of making content look exciting.
This one has been tidied up
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Keep text interesting and fresh by varying the formatting on randomly chosen characters appearing at the start of lines.
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Do remember to prefix all navigation titles with one or other unintelligible and unrelated acronyms; accessibility standards demand it.
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2009-09-08
Time spent providing meaningful labels for breadcrumb navigation leafs can be better spent ensuring that they are not links but just indistinguishable from them.
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We don’t separate paragraphs.
This has since been fixed
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Just because we use spaces and other tiresome punctuation in real life, don’t worry about that sort of level of formality here. Where features don’t exist, just indicate that with a colon.
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Design Number 1: Don’t be afraid to break the grid to reap the aesthetic benefits.
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“Keep up to date”
Stay ahead of the curve - we only use the latest in generic clip art!
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Emphasise your point. If you don’t think you’ve made it clear enough, repeat, but remember to alter both the order and the direction of the content.
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Drill-down breadcrumbs are always best separated by pipes and randomly chosen to be linked (or not) with no indication.
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