After reading the Ajaxian article about jQuery.concrete, I was interested in learning more, so I opened the tutorial (note that while you are viewing the tutorial that there is a “Next >>” link at the top next to the page … Continue reading
Category Archives: web development
Steve Souders Takes on Website Performance and @font-face
Once again Steve Souders proves why he is the go-to source for website performance in this in-depth study on how @font-face affects website performance. The main obstacles are FOUT (in FF) and what I will call a “page-blocker” in IE … Continue reading
“YQL: YnotQL?” Presentation
A presentation I recently gave about the power of YQL! Widget courtesy of Google Web Elements Enjoy, Atg Top⇪
A Valid XHTML & CSS Lightbox (no JavaScript)
Ok, I know this is slightly old, and I know there have been a few posts about it, but seriously, how can this have not completely revolutionized the way EVERYBODY does lightbox-style overlays??? The perfect combination of POSH and fairly-basic … Continue reading
Check if HTML5 and CSS3 Work in Your Browser
This will be a brief one, but worth it, I think. Allow me to introduce you to FindMeByIP.com. I’m not sure why the developer feels the need to display my IP Address back to me, something about that makes me … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
Tamura Jones provides a very thorough write-up about Google Chrome Frame. I am not a fan of the detection and implementation method (i.e. adding a meta tag to every page, just to catch some users, but it is what it … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
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
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