Blogmarks

March 2004

• Spooky girlfriend – Standards compliant, table-less Xhtml and Css code generator
• Breadcrumbs not used until taught – Influence of Training & Exposure on the Usage of Breadcrumb Nav
• Websites in the ‘Elite’ mould [via]
• The Exorcist in 30 seconds – And re-enacted by bunnies
• What 206,000 looks like – 500 photos and other numbers in context
• High accessibility, high design – Joe Clark’s SxSW presentation – be part of the new bleeding edge
• CSS templates – Lots up for grabs for free for me and for you [via]
• I am USER, hear me roar! – A reminder that I didn’t take your toys away [via]
• Creating structured tables – Great explanation of thead, scope, caption and their ilk [via]
• Swiss army knife for geeks – Complete with USB memory stick [via]
• Design of sites pattern browser – Heaps of how-to examples. Free reg for 1st year
• Personas & scenarios in the wild – With a link to George Olsen’s persona toolkit PDF
• FIR officially deprecated – Using display:none to hide text stops it from being read aloud
• FIR replacement – Seemingly works in screen readers
• Affordable stock illustration – Royalty free [via]
• How to edit print text for the Web – Sensible advice that is SO hard to get into people’s heads
• Double-spacing after periods – Why do people still do it? [via]
• From pirate dwarves to ninja elves – I’d say I was a dwarfish ninja
• Perl/PHP translation – I use Perl at work and PHP at home, so this is super handy
• Fonts and products – Which fonts are installed with which software on Windows
• OS X fonts as TrueType – Such as Lucida Grande and Apple Garamond
• Ultra-slim card tools – For the man in your life [via]
• Browser tests of entities – Each browser draws its own glyph… [via]
• Eolas browser patent rejected – About time too
• Simplified DVD labeling – LightScribe burns a silk screen-like label directly onto the DVD
• Subway systems of the world – Presented on the same scale
• Yellow fade technique – Briefly spotlight the change, then fade out the highlight.
• PNG transparency – the IE fix – It uses ‘behaviours’ – swallow pride and use
• Diverse web portfolio – Host of different styles for inspiration [via]
• Seven steps to better presentationss – Helpful comments too: ‘Dress better than your audience’ [via]
• Arty blog directory with screenshots – In Spanish [via]
• The art of Adam Betts – Spectacular blog/portfolio; too advanced for IE though. [via]
• PowerDesk – The desk is the PC is the desk
• Inaccessible accessibility presentation – Just about works in IE/Win
• Idiots guide to backing-up MySQL on OS X – Don’t talk to strangers about command line tinkering
• Best band names ever – My musical aspirations died when I hit puberty
• Web Standards benefits as a handy presentation – HTML though, not PowerPoint [via]
• Abbr & acronym considered useless – ABBR and ACRONYM are for user agents not for end users [via]
• Dave Shea’s recent CSS faves – Includes a smokin’ trifecta [via]
• Real tap water from Coca Cola – Kentish water fresh from the Thames
• Traffic island discs – Strangers with headphones interviewed over their music [via]
• Misha Gordin conceptual photography – Beautifully assembled & printed in a traditional darkroom [via]
• Buy Jamie Oliver’s scooter – Proceeds to charity and he shouts you a meal for two at Fifteen