Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Atari Video Games | Arcade
Off-topic: Several original Atari Video Games are now available to play on line as Flash Games. Woohoo!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Find unused CSS entries with "Dust-Me Selectors"
Dust-Me Selectors is a Firefox extension that scans the CSS files linked to the current page and works out which ones are not applicable to the page.
There's also the option to point the extension at a site map (in XML or HTML format) and have it scan multiple pages, checking which CSS entries aren't used in any of the pages.
It's been developed by "brothercake" (James Edwards) and there's a few pages about it on the Sitepoint website.
There's also the option to point the extension at a site map (in XML or HTML format) and have it scan multiple pages, checking which CSS entries aren't used in any of the pages.
It's been developed by "brothercake" (James Edwards) and there's a few pages about it on the Sitepoint website.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Friday, December 04, 2009
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Allan Jardine | Reflections | Rule
Allan Jardine | Reflections | Rule.
Just as useful - if not more so.
Processing.js
Processing.js
Nice-looking way of creating visualisations and interactive animations using the HTML5 canvas element and JavaScript.
Home - Pencil Project
Home - Pencil Project.
Something to give Balsamiq or Visio + paper prototyping UI stencils a run for their money?
Itemscript.org
Itemscript.org.
One to make a note of and read up about later.
Seems like a wrapper for JSON / Ajax data transfer?
DHTML eXtensions - professional AJAX components for advanced Web UI - in your PHP, JSP, .NET, ASP and ColdFusion applications
DHTML eXtensions - professional AJAX components for advanced Web UI - in your PHP, JSP, .NET, ASP and ColdFusion applications.
If we ever want an alternative to infragistics then this might be worth a look?
Panic - Coda - One-Window Web Development for Mac OS X
Panic - Coda - One-Window Web Development for Mac OS X.
This looks great - shame I don't usually work on a Mac!
Clickframes
Clickframes is a way of defining a basic web application in xml and having a set of page specifications built for you from that xml document.
The theory is sound but it's not really prototyping as I'd see it. It seems more like a way to have people who think in xml write the spec and then translate it into a format that people who don't think in xml can understand.
Open Web Tools Directory
Mozilla has (recently) started the Open Web Tools Directory which collects together many (most?) of the useful tools, utilities and frameworks that make a web developer's job that bit more manageable.
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Ecwid: E-Commerce Widgets
Ecwid: E-Commerce Widgets looks interesting... could be useful in the future.
Monday, October 05, 2009
Do URLs Matter?
As with so many questions, it depends.
Yes, there are some SEO benefits if the search engine in question can identify words in the URL that are also in the page.
However, it seems that whilst URLs matter a great deal to developers, end users just couldn't care less.
I'm also reminded of this entry in the PuTTY FAQ...
Friday, September 25, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
FireCrystal - Debug JS website interactions
FireCrystal looks promising, although it still needs more development before it's stable enough for regular use.
"FireCrystal allows users to record their actions on a web page and shows them the relevant code (HTML, Javascript, and CSS)"
"FireCrystal allows users to record their actions on a web page and shows them the relevant code (HTML, Javascript, and CSS)"
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Internet Explorer 8 - Better Browser
Goodbye to IE6! Hello to feeding (some of the) hungry people! Go! Go! Go!
Friday, August 28, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Web forms design guidelines: an eyetracking study | cxpartners
Really good article by cxpartners about designing web forms. Includes eyetracking data.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Niceforms :: Personal projects :: Emblematiq
Niceforms is an attempt to replace the standard HTML input elements that are almost completely resistant to CSS (drop-down list boxes, checkboxes and radio buttons etc.).
Not tried it yet, but since it doesn't work in IE6 (and requires VERY specific markup) I smell trouble ahead.
Not tried it yet, but since it doesn't work in IE6 (and requires VERY specific markup) I smell trouble ahead.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Run IE8/IE7/IE6, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Opera from the web
Run IE8/IE7/IE6, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Opera from the web
Anyone used the spoon plugin before? I'm a bit wary of it...
Anyone used the spoon plugin before? I'm a bit wary of it...
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Smarter Copy And Paste between Pages in Visio
By default, Visio places pasted items in the centre of the view which can be really annoying if you're trying to copy and paste between pages and want the item to be in the same place on the new page as it was on the old one.
This article gives you a way to copy and paste "in place" between pages in Visio 2003 and greater.
This article gives you a way to copy and paste "in place" between pages in Visio 2003 and greater.
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Using Visio for Web Wireframe Mockups
This article from GUUUI shows you how to download and install a couple of Visio stencils designed to make it easier to produce wireframe mockups of web pages and applications.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The Autumn of the Multitaskers - The Atlantic (November 2007)
The Autumn of the Multitaskers has almost nothing to do with Web Design ... except that designing websites when working as part of an organisation (especially an agency) seems to almost require that you do lots of things "at the same time".
Monday, June 22, 2009
Too Many Preferences Makes for a Bad User Interface.
This article asks "Why Can't Free Software Do Good UI?" and then suggests the answer is closely related to the mentality of adding preferences rather than fixing problems.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Here comes Squarespace
Squarespace was mentioned on SitePoint yesterday. It's a fully-featured hosted solution for building websites. There are even developer options for web designers to build sites on behalf of their clients, then give their clients appropriate levels of control over their content.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Free Icon Editor (and other stuff) - sibcode
sibcode has a free basic icon editor and some other related software.
Not tried any of it yet, but looks perfect for FavIcon.ico files :-)
Not tried any of it yet, but looks perfect for FavIcon.ico files :-)
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Axosoft: Agile & Scrum Software Project Management and Bug Tracking Software
Axosoft: Agile & Scrum Software Project Management and Bug Tracking Software
Need to have a look at this to see if it's any good.
Aspose programming components
Aspose has components for creating, reading and writing Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF documents and BarCodes in both .NETand Java SSRS.
iPlotz and Balsamiq Mockups: wireframing, mockups and prototyping for websites and applications
iPlotz and Balsamiq Mockups tools for wireframing, mockups and prototyping for websites and applications
Thursday, June 04, 2009
RFC-compliant email address validator � Dominic Sayers
RFC-compliant email address validator - Dominic Sayers Looks even more useful than Doug Lovell's article.
Validate an E-Mail Address with PHP, the Right Way
Validate an E-Mail Address with PHP, the Right Way - contains some discussion on whether this really is "The Right Way"... but useful reading.
JavaScript Query String Handler (window.location.querystring)
This script (querystring.js) makes light work of accessing query string values and is bound to come in handy in future!
Friday, May 29, 2009
Demo of Adobe In Context Editing
Here's the standard page ... and here's the editing page for the demo of Adobe's new In Context Editing feature.
Apparently it's a feature of Dreamweaver CS4, but it looks as if it would be difficult for Adobe to prevent anyone adding the same capability to their own website by doing manually what CS4 does automatically. OK, so it would take longer to do manually, but you still get a "free" CMS with all kinds of cool (and useful) features!
One tohack about with take a look at in a bit of downtime soon ;-)
Apparently it's a feature of Dreamweaver CS4, but it looks as if it would be difficult for Adobe to prevent anyone adding the same capability to their own website by doing manually what CS4 does automatically. OK, so it would take longer to do manually, but you still get a "free" CMS with all kinds of cool (and useful) features!
One to
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
LiveTimer - Web-Based Time Tracking
LiveTimer looks fairly hopeful and close to what I'm trying to develop myself ... now if only I can work out the API so that I can get it to deduct the time spent from the time allocated to a project and show me how much time I have left to do each task / group of tasks... :-)
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
PDO - the PHP Data Objects data-access abstraction layer
Introduction to Php Data Objects
This is the starting point for learning about PDO. It's not a database abstraction layer, but it does give you a consistent way of accessing data from a known, specific database i.e. it allows you to run all your queries in the same way etc.
This is the starting point for learning about PDO. It's not a database abstraction layer, but it does give you a consistent way of accessing data from a known, specific database i.e. it allows you to run all your queries in the same way etc.
Thursday, May 07, 2009
More discussiong on how to stop email address harvesting.
This Sitepoint Article on email address harvesting is worth a read, but the comments afterwards are probably more valuable than the article itself.
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
3 column layout with equalising columns and footer
3 column layout with equalising columns and footer - also from Paul O'Brien's site.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Monday, April 06, 2009
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
[brothercake] Docking boxes (dbx)
[brothercake] Docking boxes (dbx) is a (set of?) script(s) to enable drag-and-drop in a web page. Usable even with the keyboard.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
CushyCMS
CushyCMS from Stateless Systems (some guys in Melbourne who do slightly cheeky stuff with the web).
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
10 "Fixes" for IE6 Problems
This article on SitePoint pretends that everything can be made really easy. It has a few useful suggestions, but other points are strongly objected to with good grounds by other web developers.
Tread with caution...
Tread with caution...
Browser Compatibility Testing
IETester allows you to preview websites in IE5.5, 6, 7 and 8 (with a few limitations).
SitePoint have also made mention of the recently announced Microsoft Expression Web SuperPreview which may or may not be useful. Might need to give it a go at some point...
SitePoint have also made mention of the recently announced Microsoft Expression Web SuperPreview which may or may not be useful. Might need to give it a go at some point...
Monday, March 23, 2009
Coding Horror's take on The Next Generation Of Online Forums / Game Theory
Coding Horror's take on The Next Generation Of Online Forums / Game Theory
Not sure if this will be of any future use, but apparently it contains some good links(?) about ratings and rankings etc.
Not sure if this will be of any future use, but apparently it contains some good links(?) about ratings and rankings etc.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Online Image creation and editing
Aviary is a Flash application for creating and editing vector and bitmap images.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Using HTML and BODY for fixed-width, centred layouts - SitePoint Tech Times
This issues of the Tech Times shows you how to apply a fixed-width, centred layout to a web page / site without adding any extra wrapper divs.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Google Trends: Zend Framework, CakePHP, CodeIgniter, Symfony
Google Trends: Zend Framework, CakePHP, CodeIgniter, Symfony: "Zend Framework, CakePHP, CodeIgniter, Symfony"
Friday, January 23, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
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