Monthly Archives: August 2006

Optimizing CSS For Faster Pages

Quote from Blogging Pro: “While a lot of people are out to optimize their sites/blogs, most everyone seems to skip over CSS. I have been spending some time looking at CSS Optimization tools today. I wanted something free, online, and … Continue reading

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Image Watermarks with PHP

This is the second article in a multi-part series on manipulating images with PHP. Quote: “In this second part of the “Image manipulation with PHP & the GD library” article series you will learn how to resize images, create thumbnails, … Continue reading

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IM For Your Website

There are two solutions that I am aware of currently for adding IM functionality to your existing web site or blog. One is from meebo, and the other one which I just now came across is called Ajax IM. Good … Continue reading

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Creating a CSS Style-Guide

I’m a sucker for organized process, best practices, and comprehensive documentation. Often it is the case with IT projects that unanticipated problems, miscommunications and overlooked tasks could be avoided with clearer and more complete documentation. Usability, after all, is not … Continue reading

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Overlooked XHTML

I came across this on the www.seomoz.org blog via Digg. Quote: “This is a list of HTML elements I’ve found to be very poorly represented in most markup on the web today. Many of these elements offer more semantic value … Continue reading

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Emulating Frames with CSS

I found a great solution for frame-like behavior with css. Quote: “One of the arguments for using frames has always been that they allow you to keep parts of the layout on-screen at all times. This can be emulated with … Continue reading

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Lightbox 2.0

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I just implimented LB 2.0 for all portfolio screenshots. Lightbox JS is “a simple, unobtrusive script used to overlay images on the current page. It’s a snap to setup and works on all modern browsers.” I originally saw it on … Continue reading

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Display 2.0: A Look Forward to the High-Definition Web and Its Effect on Our Digital Experience

By Jonathan Follett

Published: August 14, 2006

In the next few years, the adoption of high-resolution displays—with 150 or more pixels per inch—will significantly alter our conception of what the Web and networked applications can potentially be. As the price of high-res displays comes down to earth and early adopters make way for mass consumers, beautiful visualizations of data will enrich the digital realm. High-res monitors will allow us to chart greater depth in financial data on screen, render finer lines in maps and illustrations of technical designs, and show greater detail in photographs. In specialized areas of medicine, where the price tag of these displays is unimportant, this transformation of the online world has already begun. To describe the enhanced online experience high-res displays will make possible, I’ll build on a term from the broadcast, cable, and satellite industries—high-definition television (HDTV)—and coin the term high-definition Web (HDWeb).

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