This will be a sporadic post, while I scramble though a week+ of unread RSS feeds, catching up from time spent developing and launching the latest client launch for the UX Test Kitchen… If you have ever tried to create … Continue reading
Author Archives: Aaron T. Grogg
I Haven’t Seen Any Post in my Google Reader Lately…
That’s what my good friend, Dan Mendelsohn, had to say to me yesterday. And Dan is right, my last post was September 30… that’s nearly, what, 4-5 months in Internet-time? Well, my lag has been (I think) well-justified… We at … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
Stumbled across a new developer tool, http://cssprism.com/, that grabs and displays all the colors from a single CSS file into an editable color palette. When I first loaded the CSS file for this site, I have to say I was … Continue reading
Google Chrome Frame Helps IE6 be a Better Browser
I was recently forwarded an article about Google’s Chrome Frame ass a method to finally (sort of) get rid of IE6. Google Chrome Frame (GCF) is an browser plug-in developed solely for Internet Explorer (IE) users that will “convert” any … Continue reading
A better method of “supporting” IE6?
TobyJoe writes about supporting IE6: “Instead of refusing content to IE6 users or breaking brand guidelines by disrupting their experience with a patronizing notice, why not relegate them into a tier of Content-Level Support as opposed to Design Support.” At … Continue reading
Mannahatta Project – Explore New York City in 1609
For anyone that knows New York, loves nature, maps or history, this is a terrific project: http://themannahattaproject.org/ “Have you ever wondered what New York was like before it was a city? Find out here, by navigating through the map below … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
Once again, Apple has very simply made a product that is exactly as it should be: http://www.apple.com/iphone/iphone-3gs/accessibility.html#video A really, really good tutorial for HTML5, using a blog as a working example. Qué apropo, no? http://edward.oconnor.cx/2009/09/using-the-html5-sectioning-elements and it would seem that … Continue reading
Develop websites with @font-face!
So, @font-face has been around forever, right? And it is never going to catch on, right? We’re going to have to cut graphic headers for any good-looking font for the rest of our careers, right? Bah, I say! How do … Continue reading
Use FREE fonts and @font-face to develop your website
[Editors note: Check-out my other post for @font-face development details.] For YEARS we’ve been wanting to use @font-face to give us more than the, what, 6-7? web-safe fonts that we can comfortably use cross-browser… And while many prefer to bash … Continue reading
Developing websites with HTML5 and CSS3
With this new blog, comes new technology: this blog is written using HTML5 and a dash of CSS3. When I set out to finally create this blog, I decided it would be home to all the latest and greatest news … Continue reading