Archive for the ‘Web Development’ Category

So close, and yet so far

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Microsoft recently posted confirmation that their early builds of Internet Explorer 8 pass the Acid2 test for proper CSS rendering support. This was hailed as wonderful news among web developers worldwide as a momentus occasion where we could finally adhere to web development specifications as written and as intended. And then ...

Flock

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Thanks to @mrsnap and @bikracer for turning me on to Flock. It seems to like my favorite web developer extensions, namely the Web Developer Toolbar and Firebug, and the social network features are a bonus. I was getting bummed out by Firefox's incessant crashing, and this browser seems faster, more ...

Researching web information architecture, usability, and standards

Friday, November 9th, 2007

If you are a web developer, web designer, web architect, web usability expert, in a similar role, or just have an opinion on the subjects of web architecture, usability, and standards, I need your help! I am doing a research paper on the arguments in favor of having large enterprise ...

What the hell was I thinking?

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

I backed out of the global rewrite of my blog's CSS this evening, because let's face it: I had no plan, and I have traded my graphic design chops for code chops long ago. I'll try to revisit this issue later. I have more important things to waste my time with. ...

Clobber and rewrite

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

It's time to redesign. I'll use my traditional method of blowing everything away and starting from scratch. Also upgraded to WordPress 2.3 today. Noticed some of my categories are missing. This is a first for me - usually the upgrades go pretty well. I wonder what design I'll come up with... I also ...