At my job we use a number of web based applications for every-day work: a ticketing/bug tracking tool, a code review tool, a company wiki, a source control repository browser, a database administration tool, and of course the actual product we develop. I have most of these web sites open all day, every day. I [...]
The subtle snark in this article is like the finest wine. It’s almost as if you can hear the author whispering “idiots” under his breath as you read. Why was Wall Street surprised by Apple’s performance?.
Recently I tried out the Silex micro framework, creating bGrounder in the process. Getting Silex up and running on my Mac was easy-peasy. Create a new directory in my ~/Sites folder. Download the Silex PHAR (PHP archive) file. Create an application bootstrap file. Go. I ran into trouble when I pushed my work up to [...]
I’ve been utilizing data URIs in more and more of my UI work. I use them to insert icons into tool bars, or to add graphical flourishes to elements without having to manage a large number of additional images. These elements are enhancements to otherwise functional designs, so I feel no remorse for IE 7’s [...]
* { box-sizing: border-box } FTW « Paul Irish. I’ve been avoiding this technique for a while – in my professional work I’ve had to (and chosen to) support legacy browsers (koff IE 6) but perhaps it’s time.
Path is a social networking application for iPhone and Android which emphasizes posting and sharing updates with a relatively small social circle. In contrast to Twitter or Facebook, where users may have thousands of friends or followers, Path tries to focus on actual family and friends and tries to keep things more personal. Unfortunately, to [...]
This is a nice little article discusses my new favorite search engine, DuckDuckGo. DuckDuckGo’s best two features are: It has no features It respects your online privacy Well. It’s not true that it has no features. DuckDuckGo just focuses entirely on web search. It doesn’t litter the page with garbage-ey social features and doesn’t filter your [...]
Microsoft is promoting an HTML port of the popular iPhone game “Cut the rope” as a part of their marketing and promotion of Internet Explorer 10. It works well in Safari (and probably Chrome too). They include a ‘behind the scenes’ page where they discuss some of the technologies used. It’s fairly interesting but includes some [...]
I recently updated my update on working around Internet Explorer 9’s deficiencies with gradients and rounded corners. Based upon feedback from a friendly reader, I tweaked the HTC script to work when gradients are applied on hover or mouseover states – the sort of styling you might want to use on a big, friendly, rounded [...]
Mr. Stephen Fry helps out around the office by announcing to my colleagues which development environment is about to be updated.
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