I’m forever on the hunt for trade tools that make a job easier, faster, and more interesting. In my quest for better browser dev tools I’ve come across a few great Safari extensions. Here’s the short list, a few choice add-ons to evolve Safari into a better web development weapon. (more…)
If you’re anything like me, you’re always looking for a way to increase productivity, and cut build time when creating or updating websites. Keeping track of styles throughout multiple stylesheets can get time consuming, not to mention burdensome. Enter the @media rule which allows you to pull your screen, print, or handheld css styles together and into one stylesheet. (more…)
To sum up all the wisdom inside Microsoft, they have announced that Outlook 2010 will use the Word HTML rendering engine. Essentially, throwing web standards under the bus, mocking accessibility, and making HTML email render worse than it did in 2000!
In some respects, the news is almost laughable. But once that giggle wares off, and reality sets in, you realize a large majority of users are going to be stuck with an email application that renders HTML worse than it did a decade ago. That’s right, Microsoft is moving backward in time when it comes to application development.
[F]or the next 5 years your email designs will need tables for layout, have no support for CSS like float and position, no background images and lots more. Want proof? Here’s the same email in Outlook 2000 & 2010.
Why would anyone use such a ridiculous email application, you ask?
To be frank, most working users don’t have a choice. But we all do have a place to speak out and let Microsoft hear our request to make a change!
There was a time on the web, in a not so distant past, when JavaScript was considered the voodoo scripting language of all that is sinister on the internet. A corrupt, and evil force, marked as the magic language of criminal hackers, scam artisits, even the doorway to viruses, worm attacks and pornographic popups — Oh My! (more…)
Every now and again, I visit the Fuct site to see what Erik’s been up to as of late. Without surprise, a defiant, yet moving video “intro page” was in my face and making a sharp statement. Its brilliant, but that’s not what I’m on about here. Today I also came across a feature on the Google search results page, a link to “Skip Intro” following the main page link (see: search result Yuasa).