I’ve never been a fan of pre-built grid layouts, I feel like there’s always too much “other stuff” included. Then along came the ptb/flexgrid. Looks very promising, with fallback-support as far back as IE6/7, and weighing just 3.6k, including a … Continue reading
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Today’s Readings
Hallelujah, might we finally have a (hopefully-soon-to-be) reliable replacement for Google Reader?? The article specifically references iPhone, not sure what that means for Android… And here are a couple of alternative lists if Reader doesn’t quite quench your thirst, one … Continue reading
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Wow, fattest site on the web? Anyone got any fatter?? Initial numbers may not look like much (“shaved 1.57 seconds from our average page load, dropped our bounce rate 1%, and our exit percentage 2.5%”), but when you put those … Continue reading
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I’ve been wanting to write this article about RWD for so long, glad someone better at writing finally did it for me! Beautiful collection of animated, responsive navigation menus. Demo 4 is my personal fave… Hilarious! Bah! Ligature Icon Font … Continue reading
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Using cookies to track customer visits to your site before is fairly common practice. Using cookies to then display higher prices to them in order to scare them into hurrying to buy your product now, means you fucking suck. I … Continue reading
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Pasquale D’Silva suggests some really slick techniques for helping users understand where they are, and what the heck is happening. Hyperlapse certainly got a lot of press since arriving on the scene, and deservedly so, what a way to discover … Continue reading
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I’m fortunate enough to work for a company that has a tremendous device lab for us to use for developing and testing, but for those that do not have such access to real devices, the next best step would be … Continue reading
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An impressive-looking, responsive grid system: CSSWizardry Grids. And speaking of responsive grid systems, I don not even want to think about the maths that went into making jQuery Nested work… But resizing my browser and clicking the various device icons … Continue reading
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If you’ve been following all the hype and hub-bub around WebRTC lately, it seems like it is coming of age very quickly! Now how about adding data channels for possible file transfer or screen sharing, or why not videoing in … Continue reading
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Not exactly a believable orbital trajectory, but the maths behind this circular CSS3 animation is provocative none-the-less. A great slideshow from Addy Osmani regarding why and how to achieve the perfect frame rate in your animations. In case you don’t … Continue reading