Archive for January, 2007

Moving from Web design to Print

Macworld has a brief article for anyone going from web design to print design, it’s a good start for anyone that wants a little background on the main differences between the two mediums. Nothing helps more than having a seasoned print designer, in-house, to bounce questions off of, but this provides a nice list of things to consider, including DPI for screen versus printing, the CMYK color space as opposed to RGB for screen media and recommended programs.

Moving from Web design to Print

Follow up to: Outlook 2007 - Breaks HTML Email Rendering

Campaign Monitor has an article that further discusses the new (old way) of displaying HTML emails in Outlook 2007, and highlights how Microsoft is taking HTML email design back about 5 years. Some of the highlights include, no background images, poor background color support, no support for float or position and horrible box model support. Be sure to check out the screenshots from their own newsletter. This is a big step backward and it’s sad to see Microsoft force this change on consumers under the guise of security.

Microsoft takes email design back 5 years

Apple iPhone

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So I found on eBay a pre-order for the Apple iPhone 4GB Selling for $1,425. Right. An Apple iPhone 4GB preorder is selling for a whopping $1,425 on eBay. Would you trust this seller?

Auction page.

“The winner of this auction will receive, One Apple iPhone In Brand New - Never Opened - Condition. I am a direct supplier that will receive many of these units the night before launch. The physical iPhone will ship on the release date that is soon to be announced by Apple. Currently, the only supported Carrier is CINGULAR…”

By the way, it’s funny how rumors about this stuff spreads. I posted such a rumor about Apples interest in producing such a gadget around seven months agao, (as was everyone else).

Outlook 2007 - Breaks HTML Email Rendering

Looks like this isn’t a boon for HTML emails, Microsoft has removed the Internet Explorer rendering engine in Outlook, the one that was used to display HTML email, and replaced it with Word HTML. This means that HTML email support in Outlook 2007, from the upcoming Office 2007 release, will offer very limited HTML email support.

Read more on this at SitePoint.