Posts Tagged: Web Development
The <Video> Tag
Posted by on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 in - 5 comments
Brendan Eich, the Canada-loving technical leader of the Mozilla project, has written a piece on The Open Web and Its Adversaries and given a presentation on The Open Web. In addition to a general overview of what it means to have an open web, the post mentions work that Opera and Mozilla are doing …
Remove Customization
Posted by on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 in - 6 comments
The new like-myspace-but-more-hip website Virb has a feature worth noting. Like many sites where you can create a page about yourself, you can do all kinds of visual customization to your page. On the same place (notably) on each page, though, there is a “remove customization” link. Clicking this …
Scaling Images in Firefox 3
Posted by on Thursday, December 14, 2006 in - 29 comments
After making the post about smooth corners in Firefox 3 yesterday, I began to wonder what other smoothnesses (which should be a word) the next version of Firefox might have in store. • As I mentioned yesterday, the Cairo graphics library will power the rendering of web pages in Firefox … read more »
Cairo Corners in Firefox 3
Posted by on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 in - 6 comments
The latest alpha releases of Firefox 3 use a library called “Cairo” for much of the graphics work (note: I don’t understand exactly what that means, but it doesn’t matter). • Thanks to this new graphics infrastructure, boxes with corners rounded by the pre-CSS 3 property border-radius are …
Windows Vista: Right on the Button(s)
Posted by on Sunday, November 12, 2006 in - 9 comments
After experimenting briefly with a beta version, I have determined the best new feature of Windows Vista. • I complained back in 2001 about the rough edges on large form buttons in Internet Explorer. After installing Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP, this was one of the first things I tested. I …
Design by Disaster on the CBC Website
Posted by on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 in - 3 comments
The CBC.ca website has been down or running in a minimal state due to “technical difficulties” for the last two days. • The stripped-down version of the site they put up in the mean time looks better than the full working version:
Firefox 2
Posted by on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 in - 7 comments
Since you are on the internet right now (admit it, you are), you are probably aware that Firefox 2 has been released. My congratulations to all involved. While I was much less involved in the visual design this time around, it was still a pleasure to have been involved at all. • The Mozilla.com …
How To Be a Rock Band on the Internet: Sloan
Posted by on Sunday, October 1, 2006 in - 1 comment
One of Canada’s finest rock bands, Sloan, also happens to have a great taste in web development firms (and a smart lawyer who worked with us on another project). This fortunate situation led to the creation of SloanMusic.com, a website that provides ample opportunity for fans to comment on the …
Gaim Needs You
Posted by on Monday, September 18, 2006 in - 3 comments
The fabulous instant messaging client, Gaim, could use your help. That is, you’re a talented and generous web designer. • With the impending release of Gaim 2.0.0, the Gaim website is in need of an update to be as slick as the application it represents. If you are a web designer that is …
silverorange looking for designer
Posted by on Friday, September 1, 2006 in - 4 comments
Over at silverorange, where I am Director of Irrational Upgrading, we’re looking for a new designer to join our team. • See the full details of the position. Please read the description carefully. Don’t call. Don’t call. Don’t call.