Friday, December 04, 2009
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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!
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