2010 must-read starters

Happy new year and best wishes for 2010. And it'll be a promising year!
Here some topics you might have already heard of or read about on the web if you're into webdesign, development and all else that is front-end. If you haven't then it's reading time for you, because these topics really picked up speed in 2009, and I hope to hear and see more about them this year. So these things need word of mouth.

Scrollbars....hmmmmmmmm:

More and more I read blog post and articles referring to conventions we disliked in the past, but are currently turning around, or get more consensus. It does also come together with changing technologies like screen resolutions, internet connection speeds , etc. (ah..... progress) but it just feels like we're really getting into the next phase of the development of the web. Scrolling for instance, it was very important not to too far beyond the screen bottom with your important content, concentrate your important content above the 'fold', but no more: "It's ok to scroll"

• http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200912/dont_fear_the_fold_people_do_scroll/
• http://www.thereisnopagefold.com/

Bye bye IE6:

IE6 is out. Every day more people denounce it officially: "Bye  bye IE6"! Now, visitors using IE6 get custom I-do-not-support-IE6 pages, messages blocks or only get to view the site in minimal boring visual style  with barron IE6 css stylesheets. It got picked up by the big sites as well. It's a revolt! And I'm glad it's here.

• Bye bye IE6
• www.ie6nomore.com
  
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/robotjohnny/3629069606/sizes/l/

Type:

Typography gets bigger and bigger. It seems you need a type of text replacement thingy on a website now. There are several ways, each with it's own pros and cons. As always, embrace it, use it wel but use it wisely and sparsely!

• Cufón
• http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/
  
• http://elliotjaystocks.com/8faces/

24 new ways:

And as allways at the end of the year, the excellent 24ways! Enough to catch up on.

• 24ways.org