HOW competition

hey y'all,

The HOW Interactive Design Competition is accepting entries for
theirInteractive Design Competition, but the entry deadline is
November 10, 2003.

http://www.howdesign.com/competitions/

On the same page you'll find entry form for the I.D. Interactive
Media Design Review, deadline Feb. 16th

iehsmith wrote:

hey y'all,

The HOW Interactive Design Competition is accepting entries for
theirInteractive Design Competition, but the entry deadline is
November 10, 2003.

http://www.howdesign.com/competitions/

On the same page you'll find entry form for the I.D. Interactive
Media Design Review, deadline Feb. 16th

Interesting! Does this
(from your site's source code) :
__________________
<table width="765" border="0"
cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="223">
__________________

....mean that my entry will be
judged by 1995 conventions?

--
Cheers, m

Um, my site would have nothing to do with it actually.
HOW is a premiere design magazine that I am not affiliated
with. Being mentioned in a positive manner in any of their
publications would be worth your weight in gold.

But I understand that they may not meet your code
standards so you probably aren't interested. Of course,
since their criteria is largely based on design, they
may have to judge your site by 1995 standards

From: m <NOXwebmasterx (AT) xmbstevensx (DOT) com
Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net
Newsgroups: alt.html.critique
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 18:46:55 GMT
Subject: Re: HOW competition

iehsmith wrote:
hey y'all,

The HOW Interactive Design Competition is accepting entries for
theirInteractive Design Competition, but the entry deadline is
November 10, 2003.

http://www.howdesign.com/competitions/

On the same page you'll find entry form for the I.D. Interactive
Media Design Review, deadline Feb. 16th



Interesting! Does this
(from your site's source code) :
__________________
table width="765" border="0"
cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="223"
__________________

...mean that my entry will be
judged by 1995 conventions?

--
Cheers, m

iehsmith wrote:

But I understand that they may not meet your code
standards so you probably aren't interested. Of course,
since their criteria is largely based on design, they
may have to judge your site by 1995 standards

It's good to hear web design has nothing to do with code!

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to jump into my car's
visual appearance and go get myself a moon pie.

MB,

I apologize for being snippy.
I posted this to the group because I think there are some
talented designer-developers within it that may benefit
from this type of recognition, nothing more.
I am not up to HOW's standards by any means. I can come
up with the designs but cannot "make them so" to my
satisfaction yet.

sorry,
inez

From: iehsmith <inezhsmithspammenot (AT) earthlink (DOT) net
Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net
Newsgroups: alt.html.critique
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 21:05:01 GMT
Subject: Re: HOW competition

Um, my site would have nothing to do with it actually.
HOW is a premiere design magazine that I am not affiliated
with. Being mentioned in a positive manner in any of their
publications would be worth your weight in gold.

But I understand that they may not meet your code
standards so you probably aren't interested. Of course,
since their criteria is largely based on design, they
may have to judge your site by 1995 standards

From: m <NOXwebmasterx (AT) xmbstevensx (DOT) com
Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net
Newsgroups: alt.html.critique
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 18:46:55 GMT
Subject: Re: HOW competition

iehsmith wrote:
hey y'all,

The HOW Interactive Design Competition is accepting entries for
theirInteractive Design Competition, but the entry deadline is
November 10, 2003.

http://www.howdesign.com/competitions/

On the same page you'll find entry form for the I.D. Interactive
Media Design Review, deadline Feb. 16th



Interesting! Does this
(from your site's source code) :
__________________
table width="765" border="0"
cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="223"
__________________

...mean that my entry will be
judged by 1995 conventions?

--
Cheers, m

The HOW Interactive Design Competition is accepting entries for
theirInteractive Design Competition, but the entry deadline is
November 10, 2003.

The deal with these competitions is that they're after Interactive Design
and Creativity submissions. Which, usually, means a Flash-based artsy site
with "innovative" (hard to use) navigation and has absolutely nothing to do
with the standards compliant HTML code needed to reduce .html file sizes and
increase usability/accessibility.

And so?...

Yes, I'm sure most are Flash based. I am not judging the
values of the site owners, and I don't know what other
versions they may display for other browsers.

Apparently there is a market for all types of development,
and some subjects are expected to be artfully designed
by viewers.

I don't think they would rule you out if you found it possible
to create a well designed, standards compliant html site.
But it would have to be distinctly well designed.

From: "e n | c k m a" <bob (AT) marley (DOT) com
Organization: BigPond Internet Services
Newsgroups: alt.html.critique
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 00:09:05 GMT
Subject: Re: HOW competition

The HOW Interactive Design Competition is accepting entries for
theirInteractive Design Competition, but the entry deadline is
November 10, 2003.

The deal with these competitions is that they're after Interactive Design
and Creativity submissions. Which, usually, means a Flash-based artsy site
with "innovative" (hard to use) navigation and has absolutely nothing to do
with the standards compliant HTML code needed to reduce .html file sizes and
increase usability/accessibility.

iehsmith wrote:

...
Yes, I'm sure most are Flash based. I am not judging the
values of the site owners, and I don't know what other
versions they may display for other browsers.

other versions? other browsers? do people still do that? this really is a
competition for nostalgia buffs then?

...
I don't think they would rule you out if you found it possible
to create a well designed, standards compliant html site.
But it would have to be distinctly well designed.

Sounds like winning an award for the smallest fruit or the slowest car.
There just isn't any point.

In any event, I wish you no malice, but if you made usability and
accessibility pre-requisites for entry to your design competition then you
would gain a shed load of support in this and other forums. I suggest the
benefits to you and your organisation of the free publicity would be
sufficient motivation.

Unfortunately for me, I have to exclude myself from such considerations
being completely 'design' challenged.

btw: if it was my competion I'd automatically exclude all sites using blue
as the dominant colour.

--
William Tasso - http://WilliamTasso.com

In any event, I wish you no malice, but if you made usability and
accessibility pre-requisites for entry to your design competition then you
would gain a shed load of support in this and other forums.

It'd also make the competition a lot harder (a good thing).
I'd really love to see a competition do that - it'd make things very
interesting and it's a very different idea. Perhaps W3C should host such a
competition.

btw: if it was my competion I'd automatically exclude all sites using blue
as the dominant colour.

lol

"iehsmith" <inezhsmithspammenot (AT) earthlink (DOT) net> wrote

hey y'all,

The HOW Interactive Design Competition is accepting entries for
theirInteractive Design Competition, but the entry deadline is
November 10, 2003.

http://www.howdesign.com/competitions/

On the same page you'll find entry form for the I.D. Interactive
Media Design Review, deadline Feb. 16th

Just a question...
What are the guidelines?
I mean,

<suffer="delusions of grandeur">
html 3.2 and tables
bright lights in the top corners,
popcorn, palm tree and bathing beauty, center,
hip-hop in both ears+90%
</suffering>