I try to think about Accessibility as much as possible. Okay, not just “think about” it, but actually “be conscious” of it, as in “actually implement” it, as much as I know how. So, sitting in an Accessibility session at … Continue reading
Category Archives: web development
Cross-browser “compatibility” vs. Cross-browser “consistency”
So, this is a old topic, right? Every developer knows that every single page has to looks exactly the same in every single browser known to mankind, right? Or does it? This is something I’ve been finding more and more … Continue reading
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Use stored underground wind to replace coal? Or attach a kite to boat for electricity? The idea that designers should know how to code is a hot topic lately. The next time you have a few hours to read a … Continue reading
CSS3Please: The CSS3 Generator (Paul Irish, You Are a MAD Man)
Hate having to remember and then write something like this every time you want rounded corners? .box_round { -moz-border-radius: 8px; -webkit-border-radius: 8px; border-radius: 8px; } Well, in conjunction with Jonathan Neal, Paul Irish announces CSS3Please! The Cross-Browser CSS3 Rule Generator. … Continue reading
HTML5 Brings Back Some Old Friends: b and i tags
Though never truly deprecated, the <b> and <i> tags have been given a rather bad name. With XHTML and rise of semantic HTML / standards, many felt as if they were deprecated, replacing them with <strong> and <em> as fast … Continue reading
Google Page Speed: It’s Their World, We Just Live In It
I briefly mentioned Google Page Speed in a recent post, but I’m just now making the time to dig deeper into this Firefox add-on (truthfully, it is a Firebug add-on, so you’ll need that installed first). And, as one might … Continue reading
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I recently tripped across the Firefox Tips & Tricks page. There probably isn’t a lot here that most developers don’t already know, but being someone that is always on the look-out for new keyboard shortcuts, I found these, a couple … Continue reading
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Our man Jeremy Keith and his Mad Lib-style registration page for Huffduffer got some nice kudos from Luke W. In fact, Luke liked the Mad Lib approach so much, he convinced a client to try some A/B Testing on their … Continue reading
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With Unicode practically owning the web, A List Apart brings up a good question: What happens when you have a dynamic search (you know, ), and people search for words like “López” or “Lørgensen”? Well, Carlos Bueno has a really, … Continue reading
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A number of improvements come our way from the World of Google, including a clipboard and new save buttons for Google docs, user-feedback upgrades to Google buzz, and continued expansion on what Google Scripts can do. The jQuery world is … Continue reading