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Firefox 1.5
Firefox 1.5 has been released at last with a few minor additions, but my main interest is the increase in speed. The only problem I really had with Firefox 1.0.x was how slow it was to start up...
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PHP on Trax follow-up
Last month I mentioned a PHP framework based on David Heinemeier Hansson's Ruby on Rails, called PHP on Trax. At the time, it was quite early in development and not really ready for use, but...
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So close and yet so far
During my daily browsing of various design showcase sites the other day, I came across the This is Cable site, linked to from Design Shack. The site looks very nice indeed - certainly worthy...
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A helpful host?
I've been through a number of web hosting companies over the years and in general the services haven't really lived up to what was promised or the companies have just gone bust. I've now been with ...
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New look
As befalls most designers of websites, the urge to re-design (or at least re-align, Cameron Moll-stylee) hit me a while back with this site. I still quite liked the old design (above), but t...
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Keeping track of things when programming
In a vaguely similar vein to a blog post by Jason from 37signals last month, where he discussed (among other things) the technique of having events nearest to now in larger type than those further ...
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Have a hug
Blog comments (not that I get any here), much like discussions on forums and mailing lists, can very easily turn into shouting matches over the smallest of details or misunderstandings. It's nic...
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IE7 in IE5/6
Only a year or so late, but I came across a great little bit of javascript, aptly titled 'IE7', written by Dean Edwards. It's a set of javascript code that can be included in a page to bring IE5/6'...
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Clever notices
Yesterday was the CSS Reboot, with hundreds of websites re-launching with nice standards-compliant CSS-based designs. It's a great event for promoting good design that still works to standards and ...
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Let me know when it's cheaper
Browsing my way through the products Amazon had deemed worthy to recommend me today (the gimmick of the new AJAX ratings made it more interesting and less hassle), I noticed a bit of a trend in the...