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veeroo: this is XHTML (though used poorly) for the content, CSS for the layout and style, and Javascript for the dynamic side of the interface.

In my opinion it’s not that great. It looks great, but it’s not that good. It has some severe technical and ergonomic flaws.

Technical: too much intrusive Javascript (bad for accessibility, search engine friendliness, etc.).

Ergonomics: for instance, clicking on a link triggers both the normal (unintended) action (loading the URL “#”, that is reloading the page and scrolling back to the top if there is a scrollbar) and the Javascript (intended) action. So even the «smooth JS navigation» effect may be ruined.

So, veeroo, if you want to design such websites but without the flaws, you need:
- good graphical design capabilities (learn how to draw, how to use type, how to use the state-of-the-art software tools… and train — train hard);
- decent XHTML and CSS knowledge and experience;
- some knowledge of accessibility (the basics);
- Javascript (while keeping in mind good practice such as unobtrusive javascript);
- oh, and communication/writing skills might be handy as well.

Tip: you might have to concentrate on some of these skills and leave the rest to other people. It’s quite hard to be both a great graphic designer and a great front end developer.