Category: Web development

August 6, 2010

Responsive Design – the future of web design

We’ve entered a new period of transition on the web, just after things seemed to be getting comfortable. I mean things were nice. We reached a least-common-denominator screen size of 1024px. (Good riddance 800 x 600!) All the modern browsers …

December 4, 2009

24Ways: HTML5 heads toward desktop apps

Filed under: Flash,Flex,Resources,Web development,Web standards - 04 Dec 2009

Breaking Out the Edges of the Browser” by Remy Sharp reveals the future: HTML5 has features that enable web developers to write applications that work both online and offline. One commenter stated that “When this really starts to grow …

24Ways.org: Working with RBGA Color

Filed under: CSS,Design,Web development - 04 Dec 2009

The awesome “advent calendar for web geeks” can be found at 24ways.org. December is my favorite time of year for many reasons, one of which is getting to read this great series of 24 web-related articles from around the …

June 23, 2009

Web browser testing: It doesn’t have to look the same

Filed under: Browser testing,Design,Web development - 23 Jun 2009

A trend is clear in the web design and development world: web sites do not need to look the same in all web browsers.

An Event Apart Boston 2009 “the design conference for people who make web sites” just wrapped up …

April 5, 2009

CSS: Attaching style sheets

Filed under: Resources,Web development,Web standards - 05 Apr 2009

What are the differences between using @import vs. <link> when attaching an external style sheet to your HTML web page? i liked this article “What’s the Difference Between @import and link for CSS?” from About.com. It’s comprehensive and well …

March 21, 2009

Styling visited links in web sites

Filed under: Usability,Web development - 21 Mar 2009

I don’t have a consistent approach to this yet… I’ve been hunting around today reading articles on different techniques for styling visited links on a web page.

I agree with this comment on usability advantages of styling visited links differently from …

August 20, 2008

A Lil’ Somethin’ For The Non-Technical: Web Development 101

Filed under: Non technical,Web development - 20 Aug 2008