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is there still a market for web design?
 

offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2005-06-24 04:29 [#01642755]
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i need to set up on my own.


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2005-06-24 04:39 [#01642761]
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You could help phobiazero out a ton.

ba dum *tchshhhhhh*


 

offline redrum from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2005-06-24 04:40 [#01642764]
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not really, unless you're very talented and have a unique
style, like tdr or whatever.

you don't want to end up as a somethingawful ALOTD like..


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2005-06-24 04:41 [#01642766]
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it's flooded


 

offline staz on 2005-06-24 04:55 [#01642769]
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I think ALOTD is more about furry inflation porn rather than
incompetent webdesign.


 

offline big from lsg on 2005-06-24 04:57 [#01642770]
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what does ALOTD mean?


 

offline hyakusen from 8=============> on 2005-06-24 05:05 [#01642776]
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Technology Without An Interesting Name,, short for ALOTD


 

offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2005-06-24 05:35 [#01642816]
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im confident. ive studied web design and usability for
years. i'll offer usability and value... most sites on the
net are a bag of shit.. and for companies or net businesses
they could be loosing out on a lot of custom due to bad
design.. people will simply go elsewhere if they cant
navigate properly. same goes for disabled users blah


 

offline redrum from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2005-06-24 05:48 [#01642831]
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obviously you don't read it often enough


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2005-06-24 06:09 [#01642856]
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I'd focus on web design for disabled users if I was going
into the area with your experience.

Any UK site providing a service is legally obliged to make
their site easily accessible to the disabled, just like real
world offices. Eg they should be compatible with text only
browsers, images should contain meaningful, relevant
captions in their tags, etc.

It hasn't happened yet, but it only needs one disabled
person to takes someone to court for it (they'd have a very
strong case) and all the big businesses will be champing at
the bit for people specialising in making themselves seen to
comply.

Sod it, get a disabled mate to be the person to launch the
court case once you're in a position to capitalise on it.


 

offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2005-06-24 06:24 [#01642862]
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good point.. but id rather not discriminate against the
abled at the same time.. so i'll go for the best of both
worlds. i can compete on value and speed anyway.

thanks for the advice, it was very good. i'll post thelink
to my company when its all done and dusted. its well
underway anyway.. just need to invest in laptop and software
and company registration now.


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2005-06-24 07:13 [#01642922]
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I've been doing it freelance for about 5 years now. There's
always work because hardly anyone is ever happy with their
website, or even if they are, after a couple of years they
want a re-design. The choice you have to make is between
doing lots of little sites, or investing your time and
energy in one big web project. As I get bored easily (nearly
7000 posts on XLT provide testament to this) I do lots of
little sites. I did need to upgrade my habits with making
everything xhtml compliant, I was a fierce abuser of tables
in the past, but now I am fully CSS.


 


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