You’re reading Jeff Watkins’ thoughts about Web application design and development with a little bit of technology ranting thrown in for free.
Derek Powazek, senior designer for Technorati and all around clever guy, has hit the nail on the head regarding the value of the bottom of the page:
In this business, a user that actually reads all the way to the bottom of a page is like gold. They’re your best, most engaged, happiest users. [...]
I just upgraded our installation of Movable Type to version 3.2. The new stream-lined interface is much better than version 3.1, but I’ve learned to absolutely loathe MT in the last two days.
One of the coolest aspects of Javascript is the eval function. It gives you the option of executing code composed on the fly or received as the result of an XMLHttpRequest.
But eval can be tricky and extremely frustrating. Let’s dive into some of the most critical aspects…