Posts Tagged: Web Development
Linky: A great extension for Mozilla Firebird
Posted by on Thursday, January 8, 2004 in - 14 comments
One of the many great things about the Mozilla Firebird web browser (go get it now if you aren’t using it), is a decision the developers made early in the project. In order to keep the application simple, fast, and elegant — any features that aren’t essential or may be limited in appeal to a …
Why we need the web
Posted by on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 in - 6 comments
The web browser and the technologies that live inside it (primarily HTML/CSS but also JavaScript and the server side scripts that power web applications) have many limitations when compared to “real” applications. When I say “real applications”, I mean an application that runs outside of a web …
Sloan, Geeks, and Rock and Roll
Posted by on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 in - 12 comments
In 1996, I went to see Sloan and Thrush Hermit play on their One Chord to Another tour at “The Barn” at UPEI. It was one of the greatest concerts I’ve ever seen. When Sloan’s last album came out, I wrote about it here on Acts of Volition. • Now, seven years later, their new album, Action Pact …
Micropayments Revisted, Again
Posted by on Thursday, July 10, 2003 in - 2 comments
BitPass (currently in beta), appears to be a working Internet micropayment system. This could be really exciting. It seems to work like a prepaid calling card. You buy chunks (smallest is 3USD) of BitPass money, and your micropayments are deducted from that. Spending is anonymous, and the system …
Citrus-Flavoured Open Source
Posted by on Sunday, June 29, 2003 in - 1 comment
Having been long-time beneficiaries of open source software, silverorange (the web development firm that employs me) has posted a simple photo cropping tool on the silverorange labs site.
Always use the form Label tag
Posted by on Sunday, June 29, 2003 in - 7 comments
Late last year, a co-worker asked me why we weren’t using the <label> HTML form tag. I wasn’t sure, but it’s my job to know things like that. A little research revealed the answer: because I suck. From that point on, we’ve used the label tag wherever appropriate (some historical work hasn’t yet …
The silverorange Labs weblog
Posted by on Thursday, June 19, 2003 in
Regular readers will know that I work at the web development firm, silverorange. Several of us have weblogs of our own (Acts of Volition, CEOBlues.com, and newrecruit.org). We’ve now setup a weblog and site for our side-projects called silverorange labs. • As the introductory post explains, the …
XUL: How I learned to love non-native GUIs
Posted by on Thursday, May 22, 2003 in - 12 comments
I hate skins and I love native GUI widgets. Microsoft and Apple had a relatively strong set of user interface controls that people are familiar with. Yet loads of developers seem keen on reinventing these devices from scatch. Media players seem to be particularly bad at this. Microsoft’s own …
Online Petitions Don’t Work
Posted by on Thursday, May 22, 2003 in - 10 comments
Today, Jeffrey Zeldman made a fine post about the lacking support for the PNG file format in Internet Explorer for Windows. He explains it very well (and links to a great demo page – but it won’t work in IE/Win) and links to a petition to encourage Microsoft to fix the situation. • Online …
Mozilla Firebird v0.6: I have a new default web browser
Posted by on Saturday, May 17, 2003 in - 38 comments
I use a lot of web browsers. I have six different browsers installed on my primary computer, and maybe ten more on other testing machines. • Of all of these, there is one primary browser. When I click on a link in an email or instant message, my primary browser will open it. • Years ago …