Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Designing the Obvious: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design.
This review by Boxes And Arrows gives the impression that the book is worth a read. Author = Robert Hoekman, Jr.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Friday, April 27, 2007
Balancing lightness with sufficiency - AC
Balancing lightness with sufficiency - Alistair Cockburn
Key phrase: "barely sufficient"
Key phrase: "barely sufficient"
Monday, April 16, 2007
Windows Icon Design - Icon Formats
This article explains which icon formats to include in your icon files and also how Windows chooses a format from within a mixed-format icon file.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
BlogThis - making it work with Firefox 2.0+
This post explains how to get older extensions working with newer versions of Firefox. You need to scroll right down to this comment to get the full details.
If you're running WinXP then you don't need WinZip - just rename the .xpi file to .zip, make the changes, then rename it back to .xpi. Probably worth keeping a copy of the original in case anything goes amiss.
If you've already tried to install this extension / addon then you will also need to modify "\extensions\Extensions.rdf". Edit the following section:
... such that the values for minVersion and maxVersion match those in the "install.rdf" file within the .xpi file / package.
Once you're done, place the .xpi file into "\extensions" and restart Firefox. It should pick up the new extension and give you the opportunity to install it.
If you're running WinXP then you don't need WinZip - just rename the .xpi file to .zip, make the changes, then rename it back to .xpi. Probably worth keeping a copy of the original in case anything goes amiss.
If you've already tried to install this extension / addon then you will also need to modify "
<RDF:Description RDF:about="rdf:#$7+zqw1"
em:id="{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}"
em:minVersion="1.0"
em:maxVersion="3.0" />
... such that the values for minVersion and maxVersion match those in the "install.rdf" file within the .xpi file / package.
Once you're done, place the .xpi file into "
What 50 pounds of clay can teach you about design
This article on LifeClever illustrates the problems of perfectionism very nicely.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Running IE6 and 7 on the same PC
Woohoo! Micrsoft have finally released an official way to do this (and I've finally realised that they've released it, as I'm sure it happend a while ago while I wasn't looking).
Just need to get on and use it now!
Just need to get on and use it now!
Friday, February 23, 2007
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Friday, January 26, 2007
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