A LIST Apart: For People Who Make Websites

No. 202

September 05, 2005

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This issue of A List Apart highlights the useful and clever. Print high-res images off ordinary web pages. Fix busted scripts faster.

Plus, An Event Apart starts taking names.

JavaScript Logging

by David F. Miller

Debugging got you down? Weep no more. David F. Miller introduces fvlogger, a script library that brings simple logging functionality to JavaScript and the browser and makes your life easier and more fun.

High-Resolution Image Printing

by Ross Howard

Your client looks up and says, “Why does our logo look funny when we print the pages?” Do you sigh dramatically, or learn about Ross Howard’s technique for printing high-resolution images via CSS? We vote for option B.

A List Apart explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on designing with standards. Explore our articles or find out more about us.

Editor’s Choice

originally ran: February 20, 2004

Helping Your Visitors: a State of Mind

by Nick Usborne

Even the simplest website is harder to figure out than a catalog or magazine. We all know how to “use” a catalog: start at the front cover and keep turning the pages. But with every new site we visit, we have to “learn” how it works, how its “pages” turn, how to find what we’re looking for. Text that takes visitors’ needs into account can help guide them through the maze.