July 27th, 2008 under ideas, javascript, usability
I’ve just finished a little project that I’ve been working a few days on: replacing a form’s dropdown field (such as a State or Country field) with a more usable text field with auto-suggest. Jakob Nielson, a “usability expert”, has posted a couple of articles (Does User Annoyance Matter? and Drop-Down Menus: Use [...]
April 1st, 2008 under css, design, html, javascript, standards, web
Think you got what it takes to slice up a PSD file into a valid and usable (X)HTML template? Then check out CSS Off, a contest that gives you the opportunity to do just that. At one minute past midnight CST on April 5, a PSD file will be uploaded for contestants to [...]
February 12th, 2008 under css, javascript
After the upgrade to WordPress, I haven’t updated the theme to include this feature. I may jsut stick to code highlighting for now.
I’ve employed a bit of progressive JS here on the blog to make it easier for readers to copy the blocks of code that I post. Go ahead, try it: click [...]
February 1st, 2008 under css, design, html, javascript, web
In my Advanced Web Design class at school, my professor asked us to post what we thought defined a well-designed website. I thought I’d share my answer here. I’m sure he wasn’t expecting anything so involved as this
“What makes a well-designed website?” That’s quite a question.
As a dabbler in web [...]
January 31st, 2008 under blogs, javascript
Original article: Most Popular Posts list for blogger
In my last article “Most Popular Posts list for blogger,” I presented my version of Chris Riley’s Analytics API workaround. I also promised to go through the JavaScript for those who were interested
The JS
Without further ado, the code:
<div id="popularposts"><noscript>Please enable javascript to view the most [...]