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(dig )Oct 15, 2000 21 business-relations , collaboration When Web Pages Don’t Work Aug 29, 2000 20 user-experience , navigation , performance , graceful-degradation , usability , testing End of Web Design (nng )Jul 23, 2000 19 content , interaction-design , information-architecture , usability The Birth of Design Is Kinky (dig )Jul 9, 2000 18 case-studies A Dao of Web Design (joh /ali )Apr 7, 2000 17 principles Web Design Concerns Jan 2, 2000 16 accessibility , internationalization , frames , link-lists Digital Fashion (dig )Nov 23, 1999 15 Ten Good Deeds in Web Design (nng )Oct 3, 1999 14 usability , best-practices , conventions MIT Disabilities Resources: Universal Design and Web Accessibility (mit )Sep 22, 1999 13 accessibility , link-lists Liquid Web Design: Build It Right and It Will Work No Matter What the Container (nic /dig )Aug 29, 1999 12 liquid-design Web Design for Dyslexia Jun 16, 1999 11 accessibility , dyslexia Disabled Accessibility: The Pragmatic Approach (nng )Jun 13, 1999 10 accessibility , processes A Divided Approach to Web Site Design: Separating Content and Visuals for Rapid Results Jun 5, 1999 9 processes Who Commits the “Top Ten Mistakes” of Web Design? 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