Preventing Spam in Form Submissions without Using a CAPTCHA
an article by Thomas Landauer
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Response to “In Defense of Vertical Navigation” | Impressive Webs Toronto
Response to “In Defense of Vertical Navigation” | Impressive Webs Toronto.
Some people just don't know when to let it go :-)
The Case Against Vertical Navigation - Smashing Magazine
The Case Against Vertical Navigation - Smashing Magazine
Not sure I agree with all of this, but useful reading none the less.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Removing the element outline on links without hurting keyboard users
This article by Patrick Lauke suggests
a:hover, a:active { outline: none; }
to remove the annoying outlines left behind "off-lefted" link elements without leaving keyboard-only users without any clue as to which element they currently have selected.
Friday, January 08, 2010
Icon plug-in for paint.net
Plug-in for paint.net that allows you to open and save .ico icon files.
See forum post(s) for more details.
See forum post(s) for more details.
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Symphony CMS
Symphony CMS uses PHP, XML, XSLT and mod_rewrite for a modular and flexible approach to content management.
Not tried it yet but it looks worth a go...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
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
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Friday, October 30, 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.
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