Recent posts by Jamie Hamel-Smith

Why do We Use Flash for Video? Does Apple Hate Flash?

HTML5 Video, not HTML5-format Video… Recently I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about HTML5 Video, and my biggest gripe is that people are referring to it as if it’s a format. Let’s get that… More

Interaction Design Tips for Developers To Improve User Experience

Which of the above buttons looks more clickable? As a developer, you may build interactions that are designed during  the earlier stages of a project when the focus is on the way things look. There… More

Web Browser Usability : It's Out Of The Web Designer's Control

Whether you’re a casual internet user or a multi-browser power user, the web is nothing without a way to view it. We try to create a good experience for the website user, but unfortunately it’s… More

Your Pretty Designs are Lost Without Real Metrics

You may have read my post about Chartbeat, and their great approach to real-time analytics, but this time I’m bringing you the results of some simple data mining from our Champion Sound email templates. Consider this… More

Your Displays: Large or Numerous?

This morning, a co-worker and I got into a pretty intense discussion about computer monitors. We saw the new iMac announcement and started talking about whether there is such a thing as a monitor that… More

The Real Time Web & You

At first, we were blessed with the core web technologies that we all know and love. Hypertext, Email and Message Boards. These mediums are all fine, but they all suffer from the lack of any… More