WidgetPad – HTML5
Nov 04
WidgetPad describes itself as : “collaborative development environment for developers to develop fully-interactive, stand-alone, downloadable SmartPhone applications in HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript.” This is a wonderful initiative to share and modify already built code. I hope they reach a level where all of these components can be bundled into a framework library like Dojo. You might...
Why Browser makers will still play a big role in standardizing the web.
Sep 13
A Recent trend has been for browser developers to start displaying pages that warn you about plugins that can potentially cause security as well as stability issues. While a browser crash to the normal user completely is the manufacturers fault, there are 3 things that the developers are doing Startup pages that tell you that although your browser is up to date, your plugins are not so the...
Losing a Sale with a bad website design.
Aug 24
Looking for a Intel SSD, I thought I could just go to intel.com and click on the SSD link under their products/ hard drive section. One, their SSD page is buried under products/netbooks/”Solid-State Drives and Caching” category and two this is what happened on my browser: Update: Works in Firefox. Safari still has a 10% market share and should be supported or at least...
Why not to mimic Browser rendering
Apr 30
Why a website completely done in Flex or for that matter Flash may not be a good idea for intermediate to power users on the web. Click to continue reading “Why not to mimic Browser...
When custom attributes conflict with validation
Aug 08I must confess, I am not a validation freak. Semantics and pixel perfection are my primary goals. Forgetting to specify a “type” on a javascript is not the biggest crime. However I went ahead and validated the page I made for this telecom major. A social media campaign microsite which we created in five using restful calls and jquery in the front. Back to validation, 11 validation...
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