In this section, I would handle the topics like familiar problems I bump into as we work, or things which had been always on my mind but never explained properly. Putting them into words would help me sort out our knowledge, think back whether our thoughts are really good, and seek for more other possibilities. As I so unlock my ideas, I'd like to share them with people I actually work with. That is the basic thought about this content. Around 10 things are on my mind right now, waiting for output.
This content is likely to be never-ending, but, oh well..... let's see how it goes.

As the project proceed to its end, the same request for modification comes up: "This part doesn't come out in print. Can you fix it?"
Using background images as a marker of list tags is a well known technique. With the default setting of each browser, background images would not be printed. So this matter gets pointed out quite often.

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I always keep in mind to be freehearted and not to stick to the products we've designed.

Design to meet the needs and reach the goal where my client's focusing on.

I think that is the No.1 priority as designers. In cases, I would have to work on the design some more than I thought. But that doesn't quite mean I am to give everything in to the client. Clients are amateurs.

There was a certain case, from which I inferred what was happening behind.

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The default error pages are dead ends, they're no help for the users at all. It means that the users leave the site at a high rate, when they get stuck at an error page. If you are allowed to use httpd.conf or .htaccess, it is essential to customise the error pages, to keep the site convenient for the users(compulsory the 404 error page, also 403 and 500 if possible). These pages are likely to be overlooked, but I recognize them as important as the pages like "Term of use" or "Privacy Policy" or, such kind of information pages which I don't know a simple word to represent them nice and short.

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Favicon (favorite icon) is the 16*16 sized small icon, which appears on certain places like address bar of the browser.

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When I make a design proposal, I hand them in not as an image file but an HTML file. I suggest you to always look-see through a browser, and check how the size and colors actually look like (when practically browsed).
Though it is an HTML file, it is only a mock-up with an image file on it, so link buttons or others will not work. It is still helpful, especially in cases like this site for instance, using repeated background images. The matter gets much easier to explain by showing it, rather than explaining in words.

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