Archive for November, 2009

Pegboard Window Manager: A Javascript window manager written with jQuery

November 30th, 2009

Introducing Pegboard: A Javascript Window Manager that is written in Javascript (with a light dusting of jQuery). You can download Pegboard here. Click here to see a quick demo of Pegboard.

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The Overuse of Ajax and How to be a good Ajax developer

November 24th, 2009

New to web design? Old to web design and clueless about the proper Ajax uses? Here is a good rule of thumb: If it doesn’t make your website easier, faster, or smarter to use — ditch it. This includes the majority of that slick Ajax that you are working on right now!

How is Ajax being misused these days? Or better yet, how do you properly use Ajax to make the user-experience on your website better?

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The 7 Stages of a Twitter User

November 12th, 2009

Every Twitter user goes through the same seven stages of Twitter–from shock and denial to addiction.  This is how Twitter-users are born.

The entire process of changing from angry that Twitter exists, to addicted to Twitter usually takes between several weeks to several months.  It may involve leaving the service altogether and coming back several times.  Over the course of this metamorphosis, you will notice several personality changes that can all be categorized into 7 distinct stages.

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IE6? Not if I can help it

November 1st, 2009

I’ve begun using this statement enclosed in conditional comments (IE) for all IE6 users on certain websites.  Internet Explorer 6 was released more than 8 years ago and it still maintains market share.  Who is to blame?  Mainly us, the web designers and developers.  We continue to dumb down or designs and programming to support this horrible, horrible web browser.  From the standpoint of a user, why bother upgrading if everything works fine?

If users see statements like the one above, on more and more websites, maybe they’ll get the point.

Click through to see my code in all its inline style beauty. :)

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