Every development environment has its build tools: C and C++ have Make, Java has Ant, and Ruby has Rake. There are probably lots of other tools out there which I’ve never heard of, which is no slight to those tools, I just don’t get out much. But there aren’t many good tools for building Javascript [...]
Category Archives: Web
The Web Is An Ugly Place
31 Aug 2007 – 10:27 am
I found a link on Ajaxian today about a date picker widget that uses Prototype and Scriptaculous. But why does it have to look so ugly?
I recently finished writing a date picker for work. I’m not entirely pleased with it, but it seems to work OK.
Of course, my standards are a bit higher when it [...]
Primary & Secondary Actions
27 Aug 2007 – 4:10 am
Luke Wroblewski recently posted an interesting article on the design of Web Forms: Primary & Secondary Actions in Web Forms. He analyses the eye tracking results from study participants as they filled out several forms with different button placements.
I find it interesting that the fastest completion results favour the option which could cause the greatest [...]
Difficulty Supporting Drag & Drop and Cut & Paste
16 Jul 2006 – 10:18 am
One of the official goals for my DOM Bindings framework (think Cocoa Bindings for the DOM), is to make Web applications as close to first class citizens as possible on your desktop. That means supporting both drag & drop and cut & paste.
Why Is This Important?
17 May 2006 – 7:30 am
Although I’ve decided not to continue purchasing NetNewsWire in the future, I still read Brent Simmon’s blog inessential.com. His latest post about how NetNewsWire reads feeds contains the following statement:
It’s important, in this increasingly cross-platform and multiple-gadget world, to be able to get your feeds anywhere, anytime.
Can anyone explain why this is true? [...]