February 2009
26 posts
“It is with much happiness that I think I can finally say, without seeming like a...”
– John Resig - JavaScript Getters and Setters
Looks interesting and neat and tidy and all, but I’m not quite sure why he’s so happy to be able to say that, or what they’re for…! (I’m not the only one - PPK needed them explaining too!)
“Yesterday at the Future of Web Apps in Miami, 280 North announced and...”
– The Cost of Accessibility — All in the head
7 tags
About - cufon - GitHub →
SVG/VML sIFR alternative.
Mozilla Webdev » Blog Archive » Cross-Browser... →
That gallery layout with a list of items running in rows.
erik’s weblog » Blog Archive » Playing around... →
Contains link to Apple’s CSS Effects proposed specifications
HTML5 Canvas Cheat Sheet - Nihilogic →
50 Minimal Sites →
The definitive list, including Vin Khoi and Information Architects Japan.
“JSONP is script tag injection, passing the response from the server in to a user...”
– What is JSONP?
“40-60% of daily visitors to your site come in with an empty cache”
– Best Practices for Speeding Up Your Web Site
“Another use of script tags is to deliver JSON data from different sites. There...”
– JSON and Browser Security » Yahoo! User Interface Blog
ExCanvas World Map | Code | Jon Combe: User... →
“You want to use Gill Sans? Go right ahead. Nothing should stop you. Font stacks...”
– Unit Interactive :: Blog :: Better CSS Font Stacks
Font Matrix →
Matrix of fonts bundled with Mac and Windows operating systems, Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite
“It is clear that providing a heading structure is important to screen reader...”
– WebAIM: Screen Reader Survey Results
“You’ll be happy to note that centering a single fixed width column is a snap...”
– html {
background-color: #333;
}
body {
background-color: #fff;
width: 750px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
The above code will work flawlessly in all the tested browsers.
SitePoint » Styling the html and body Elements
How to tell if an element exists | jQuery for... →
i have that added to my standard include file …
jQuery.fn.exists = function() { return (this.length > 0); };
so for legibility i can do if($(‘#object’).exists()) {
Lovely Charts | Free online diagramming... →
“Today’s Web designer has to face a pretty scary fact: they can’t...”
– Usability In The News
adaptive path » sketchboards: discover better +... →
“I would never have described myself as someone who could sketch. But I saw right...”
– “sketching a dynamic facilitation tool” You can put down ideas quickly, and are free to change your mind.
Simple Pea: Web Design in the Catskills and beyond: Confessions From a Team of One
“A good tool, a tool which maximizes the possibilities for unexpected innovation...”
– Shirky: View Source… Lessons from the Web’s massively parallel development.
“But the problem with Safari’s implementation is that it breaks its own View...”
– Adactio: Journal—Source 