There are a couple of design techniques that I have not spent enough time to learn, or master. Web design is not one of my strong abilities, but it is a skill that I believe you can learn and become good at. As with a lot of things good web designs can be created by following some basic principles and guidelines. One key thing that I have not yet mastered is designing nice rounded corners for buttons or areas of content. It has to be mentioned that there are a two basic ways of achieving the rounded corner effect:

1. JavaScript
2. CSS and Images

What are the benefits of both or either method? ASP.NET Ajax provides a rounded corner control that is extremely easy to implement on an ASP.NET website. What if you do not use ASP.NET? Well then you can use Nifty Corners to add rounded corners to your website.

After searching Google for articles on rounded corners, I came across an article on 456 Berea Street that explains how to use Javascript and CSS to achieve the rounded corner effect. Strangely enough they don’t seem to use that effect immediately on their own website. How important is it to use rounded corners on a website?

CSS Balanced Columns
This is another technique worth knowing. Faux columns without using images? Now thats interesting. Balance your CSS Columns with JavaScript