Good News Everyone!
In addition to reading this in the voice of Professor Farnsworth, you now know that my IE6 usage has dropped to well under 1%. To those of you still visiting in IE6, please take the time to complain to...
View ArticleAphoenix’s Sunny Skies v. Trevor Birchett
Hello all! I got an interesting email from one Trevor Birchett about my my photo Sunny Skies. Here is the email, with Trevor’s email taken out. I believe we have been in contact before. My picture,...
View ArticleSunny Skies Saga Solved
There has been follow up from Mr. Birchett: I do remember taking a picture similar a while back. While it was similar, you are right that it might not have been the same one. Sorry about that. I’ll try...
View ArticleVancouver and San Jose (and a bit about Toronto)
I am a Toronto Maple Leafs fan. There, I said it. I put it out there. The Leafs, they are my team. My jersey is a blue one. Every year, I hold on to the faint glimmer of hope that my team will make it...
View ArticleStats of the Union Address
Forgive the title, but I’ve been looking through my stats and have found some interesting things and made some decisions about design moving forward. First up, screen resolution. Over 85% of people...
View ArticleContrapuntally
In a nutshell, here’s the problem with posting a link to something you strenuously disagree with using social media. It’s all the success metric. When you link to something, you’re basically giving it...
View ArticleWhy External Links Should NOT Open in New Tabs
I read an article today called Why External Links Should Open in New Tabs. This is something that is near and dear to my heart, and especially so since it is so very, very wrong. Savvy Users have...
View ArticleConsistency and Death
This post is not about taxes. There are a few key concepts that people rely on with a user interface and one of them is consistency. Consistency is one of the most important parts of a UI, and trumps...
View ArticleOn the Misuse of Common Tags
There are a number of HTML tags which are commonly misunderstood and misused. I’ve done it myself, with some frequency over the years. I’ve argued that some of these are deprecated, when they weren’t....
View ArticleMusic: Embarassing Enjoyment
The other day, there was a post on Reddit that asked Are there any songs which you are embarrassed to like? There are some great answers; I took the top 80 plus the original poster’s and compiled a...
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