Out of the 1980′s computing came “WIMP” as in “Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointer”. With Mobile devices soon to be the default computer experience, the Mouse Pointer is dead and with it some bad habits in our web designs. Here are Two : Continue reading
There is nothing quite so sad as having delivered a new feature or solved an issue, and then find out it doesn’t work in browser X (whether because it’s a dinosaur browser or just not shiny enough. Modernizr’s asynchronous conditional resource loader to the rescue! Continue reading
As of April 8, 2014, support for Windows XP ends. There will be no new security updates, non-security hotfixes, free or paid assisted support options or online technical content updates. WInXP and IE8 is the new baseline for dinosaur apps, dinosaur companies, and dinosaurs. Continue reading
This is something I’ve built a couple of times over the years, particularly in building custom CMS’s. I don’t remember seeing it written up anywhere, but I’ve used it since the Rails 1.x days. The use case being when the Continue reading
The idea of “Responsive images” i.e. the smallest best image for the device has been a challenge. Now with more and more real world experience some proposals to modify the HTML5 spec are starting to emerge. Continue reading