When I first heard about Firefox OS, I remember thinking “Great, just what we need in mobile, is another variable…” I, also, however, said something very similar when Google Chrome was first announced. And that seems to have gone pretty … Continue reading
Category Archives: performance
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Very cool video about coding on the code.org homepage, talking about why it’s important, how rare coders are, and what benefits the process teaches. Not until about 7:04 did I hear what I consider to be one of the best … Continue reading
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One helluva thorough ARIA Tree View research and “how-to” article … A quick and easy, yet still robust, CMS alterative to WordPress? Looks like PyroCMS might be the ticket… Home light bulbs that connect to the Internet. Not sure how … Continue reading
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A nice intro-to-animation article, not just showing the code to use, but also explaining the process and some of the terminology, and when to use which method. Be sure to check out the Next Steps links near the bottom. Great … Continue reading
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Well, it’s hard to believe, but this is actually the 100th installment of this little Today’s Readings thing I do… The first installment was published March 22 2009, nearly four years ago! Not quite the beast it has since become… … Continue reading
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Another fine example of “off-canvas” navigation. I think we all know to not use :hover on mobile, but Thomas does a nice job of adding the why, which might be useful for discussions with clients, as well as a few … Continue reading
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This is a cool feature (one made popular by Facebook I think). If you’re on an A-Grade device. Doesn’t work so well on older Android devices, as noted by the author. A couple nice videos about tracking performance in Chrome’s Web Inspector. … Continue reading
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Okay, this is cool! Navigate via hand-gestures, using your web cam… Great basic intro post from Stoyan regarding how to set-up, download, and extract data from the HTTP Archives database. Begin fascinating data building, now! I’ll bet most of you … Continue reading
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Let’s start this issue off correctly, with a tour of the ISS! I think if I’m going to live in zero-gravity, I’d cut my hair first… ;-) And soon you’ll be able to enjoy the view from up there, in … Continue reading
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One-Div: 64 icons, each using nothing but CSS and one <div>… My first computer had no hard-drive, just two 5.25″ floppy drives, one for the OS and one for applications and storing files. My first hard-drive was 1MB and was … Continue reading