I like things that are clever and simple, so I was immediately drawn to the idea of CSS Triangles. After a few minutes of tinkering, I came up with a shadowed solution where-ever box-shadows are supported. Read more ›
Way back when, I wrote all my code using the very basic text-editors (notepad, pico, even emacs). I have picked up various IDEs along the way and have always had a love-hate relationship with them. Eclipse got me through a… Read more ›
Why jealousy? I have not had the opportunity to work on a responsive redesign yet; REALLY jealous of all parties involved! A short while ago, the Boston Globe rolled out a redesigned website. To say that it was just redesigned… Read more ›
Keep your HTML, CSS and self sane by maintaining a semantic layout in your CSS Read more ›
In another post, Jason vs. Page Weight – Accessibility Series, pt. 2, I talked about a page weight problem I had with a client. In the end, the client decided to put a lot of data on a single page.… Read more ›
When the topic of Web Accessibility arises, I immediately think of a standard set of keywords: ADA/508 compliance, information architecture, JavaScript, well-formed HTML, ALT text, etc. This list represents the things that, as I have been taught over the past few years, have significant impact on the accessibility of a page and a site.
Recently, during an accessibility assessment, I discovered a new factor to consider: page weight. Read more ›
Since January, 2000, the JavaScript statistics have been all over board, as high as an estimated 20% and as low as an estimated 5%. In the same timeframe JavaScript, and browser support thereof, has improved to the point that it is one of the most useful tools in a designer’s toolbox. How, then, are we supposed to do without? Read more ›
