Design Mistakes Made By Web Developers
I mentioned in a previous blog post that I’m doing one of my favorite sessions at TechEd again this year – Top 10 Design Mistakes Made By Web Developers. I would consider myself a web developer, not...
View ArticleHow To: Create or Edit SVG Graphics
One of the cool new features of Internet Explorer 9 is support for SVG 1.1 Second Edition, Full. A bit of a mouthful but cool none the less. A Quick Intro To Graphics Types There are two different...
View ArticleBrowser Speed: It’s Not All About JavaScript
On Tuesday, I presented my IE9: A Lap Around for Developers session here at TechEd and it went really well, it was a lot of fun, and the “slide” deck that I presented worked well! As it turns out,...
View Article20 Tips and Tricks For Writing Fast Web Applications
I’m about 30 minutes from walking on stage to present my last session here at TechEd 2010 in New Orleans and I wanted to share this presentation early, just in case the session room fills up and folks...
View ArticleIE9: A Lap Around For Developers
First, a disclaimer: The code in the slides for this demo isn’t perfect, in fact, it’s a little messy, but I wanted to get the information that I shared with folks out as quickly as I could, and that...
View ArticleAbout: DOM Storage
One of my sessions at TechEd 2010 this year was about advanced standards support in Internet Explorer 8. The DOM Storage API (which used to be part of the HTML5 Spec but are now in their own spec),...
View ArticleInternet Explorer Developer Tools
One the the coolest features of Internet Explorer 8 that most developers don’t know about are the build in developer tools. Think Firebug, except for Internet Explorer, and built by the IE Team, so...
View ArticleWeb Site Performance Resources
At TechEd last week, I presented a session that covered 20 Tips and Tricks for Writing Fast Web Applications. A couple of folks asked for more resources and where they could find more info, and I...
View ArticleInternet Explorer: Understanding Compat Features For Developers
The IE Engineering team posted a great blog post on the IE Blog yesterday about the compatibility features of Internet Explorer 9 that is really worth checking out – it explains in great depth about...
View ArticleTop 10 Design Mistakes: #10
As promised, I’m going to start my series on (as my friend Sarah called it), "10 Things I Hate About Your Website". And in reality, I admit to be guilty of many of these, so really I think I should...
View ArticleTop 10 Design Mistakes: #9
Continuing my series of top web design mistakes that are often made by web developers, lets dive into number 9. #9 – Hansel & Gretel would need bread crumbs to find their way! Have you ever visited...
View ArticleInternet Explorer Developer Tools: HTML
In one of my previous posts, I introduced the built in, Internet Explorer Developer Tools that come with Internet Explorer 8. Today, I want to take a deeper dive into the HTML Tab and what you can do...
View ArticleTools For Web Designers and Web Developers
Building cool websites requires tools beyond your development environment. In my last two posts, I introduced the Internet Explorer Developer Tools, and the HTML Tab within the Internet Explorer...
View ArticleHow To: Put HTML5 On A Page
This week has been kind of fun, we’ve been getting ready for the release of IE9 Platform Preview 3, and around 2pm PST today – it was released! The reception has been awesome so far! This is the...
View ArticleA Quick Intro: Canvas in IE9
Yesterday, with the release of Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview 3, the engineering team announced support for hardware accelerated <canvas>! The <canvas> element is a part of the HTML5...
View ArticleTop 10 Design Mistakes: #8
Time to continue my top ten list of web site pet peeves – and we’re in at number 8 with something that requires a little bit of balance, because for many sites, it’s a requirement, it’s the only way...
View ArticleInternet Explorer Develop Tools: CSS
In continuing my series about the IE Dev Tools that come build in to Internet Explorer – today I’ll take a look at the CSS Tab and how you can use it to add, edit, change, or remove CSS rules and dive...
View ArticleTop 10 Design Mistakes: #7
I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend, other than the weather I had a really great one – Seattle has had one of the crappiest starts to summer that I can remember in my 9 years of living here! It’s...
View ArticleBook Review: HTML5 For Web Designers
HTML5 For Web Designers by Jeremy Keith Published by: A Book Apart Available From: A Book Apart ISBN: 978-0-9844425-0-8 I was super excited yesterday when I walked by my mailbox at work to see a small...
View ArticleHow To: HSL and HSLA Color Models
HSLA is defined in the CSS3 Color Module, and is another way that designers and developers can specify the color of something via CSS. I grew up understanding color defined by light, varying the...
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