study questions....

39. Name a site that tracks and documents CSS bug and hacks?
-www.Davidjrush.com detects bugs and hacks
40. How can we circumventing a majority of IE/PC bugs without using hacks?
-There are two fixes to this. One is avoid using padding, and use margin instead (which is not included in the same way that padding and border are) when working with objects with defined width or heights. This is what I tend to do, because it doesn’t require using a hack.
41. What is one way to catch design problems before they become too complicated to repair?
-Information arch. Revising your work and progress before it gets to in depth.
42. Why is it important to establish a visual hierarchy in design?
-Visual hierarchy is the visual cues of content based on importance to help a visitor process information (most commonly used in cartography). In a way, a website is just a map, a map of information in which you need to help your visitors view and process the information you are presenting based on importance.
43. What is one way to create a clear order of visual dominance?
-Creating visual dominance has to do with eye catching wallpapers, fonts and images that will entertain the audience.
44. What are some techniques for adding emphasis to page components?
-Adding emphasis to webpages can be used for leading the viewer through the composition and directing them to a secondary focal point, The designer should be able to use all levels of control over the viewer's attention.
45. Why is it important to develop the skill of evaluation?
-To fix problems, solving errors. Anaylzes!
46. What are the size attributes used to change text sizes?
-(Inch) (Cenimeter) (Point sizes) font change attributes can be changed by using fonts like "Arial", "Venrdeta" changing the attributes.
47. Why are relative text sizes important to use?
-Using em's to zoom in with the page.
48. What is leading? How do we set it using CSS?
-Spacing between line height
49. What is an em?
-Resizable text
50. What are the generic font choices?
-Arial, Times New Roman, Samserial
51. What are some methods for communicating a concept with visual design?
-Concept models, communication brief
52. Discuss the use of “theme” in visual design.
-Overall communicating message, concept that pulls everything together
53. How does “theme” relate to style?
-Theme has the same standards as style. Style is fonts, images and color. Theme is topic, age and general range.
54. What is meant by accessibility standards?
-An approach to web site design intended to accommodate site usage using different browsers and settings particularly required by the visually impaired and visitors with other disabilities including motor control, learning difficulties and deaf users.
55. How can color create a barrier to content?
-The use of color can create its own barriers, One example would be, the use of a red square under your headers. A white square under your body and and links. Also a black square under your images. Creating a barrier, splitting the site up to make it function.
56. Why is it important to provide a way for users to skip the navigation list?
-It is important because some users know exactly where they are going on the website, and if there is no skip button they might get bored and leave the site before accomplishing their objective.
57. What is meant by providing “ALT Text” to the user?
-ALT text is for the users who do not have basic text fonts used in most designing programs. The ALT Text alters their font to a correct font so the web page will function correctly.
58. What is the difference between Section 508 and WCAG 1.0?
-Section 508 was included in an amendment to the Rehabilitation Act in 1986, with the requirement that the Federal Government provide accessible technology to employees and to the public. But the 1986 version provided no guidance for determining accessibility of information technology and there were no enforcement procedures.
-The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) was formed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in order to bring accessibility considerations into the technology development of the Web Consortium and to determine guidelines for accessible technology including web authoring and user agents (browsers). As Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the Web, and the Director of the W3C put it, "The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect."