Archived posts, August 2006
Interviewed for Fadtastic
I was recently interviewed for the multi-author publication Fadtastic about CSS, accessibility, mobile web design, and food blogs.
Redesigning: please pardon my dust
A redesign of 456 Berea Street is in the works, so things may look out of place or appear broken for the next few days.
Look inside the head element with Professor X
A Firefox extension that lets you see the contents of an HTML document’s head element without viewing source.
The JavaScript Anthology (Book review)
If you’re not a JavaScript enthusiast now, you will be by the time you finish reading this book. A must-have.
456 Berea Street redesign notes
Impressions from working with Veerle Pieters on a redesign of 456 Berea Street.
My #1 wish for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
If I could make one single improvement to the way Mac OS X handles networking, I would make it stop littering remote volumes with .DS_Store files.
Base elements cause text selection problems in IE
When an HTML document contains a base element and text in floated elements, the text becomes almost unselectable in Internet Explorer.
Redirecting feeds to FeedBurner
How to use URL rewriting in combination with .htaccess to redirect requests for XML/RSS feeds to FeedBurner.
PayPal needs JavaScript help
PayPal is looking for someone who is not afraid of challenges to come in and build a scalable, unobtrusive JavaScript architecture.
Google valid and strict
Making Google’s home page use valid HTML 4.01 Strict and CSS for layout reduces file size by 21 percent.
Swift: Almost Safari for Windows
A Web browser for Windows based on the Apple WebKit rendering engine, which is what Safari uses.
Malicious JavaScript: yet another reason for graceful degradation
You can never rely on JavaScript being available, but design your scripts for graceful degradation and you will be fine.
DHTML Utopia (Book review)
A very helpful book for anyone looking to improve and modernise their DOM scripting skills.
Choosing an RSS newsreader for Mac OS X
There are so many stylish, easy-to-use and fully featured newsreaders available for Mac OS X that it’s hard to choose one.
Light text on dark background vs. readability
The recent design trend of light text on dark backgrounds is reducing the readability and usability of many sites for certain people.
Build your own PHP style sheet switcher
How to use PHP to create a style sheet switcher that lets users switch between two different layouts.
Selecting country names in forms
Using select boxes for hundreds of options is not very user friendly, but is there a better way of presenting long lists of options?
DOM Scripting (Book review)
Learn how to write unobtrusive JavaScript with progressive enhancement and graceful degradation in mind.
Unitless line-height bug in Mozilla and Firefox
Older versions of Mozilla and Firefox for Mac OS X have a bug that sometimes makes them miscalculate line-height when no unit is used.
JavaScript, DOM scripting, Ajax, win stuff
Win a copy of Chris Heilmann’s book Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and AJAX. Or something else.
10 things businesses should know before building a website
Ten tips for organisations about to start a new website project, whether they are building a completely new website or redesigning their current one.
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