Web Tools and Methods
The FireBug Advantage
Now some would argue that Firefox deserves to be your browser for the great number of cool plugins that it offers. This story in Computerworld
Cloud Computing Drivers: AJAX Frameworks
It can be argued that JavaScript AJAX Frameworks are leading software development right now. This is not just UI Web development but the whole tenor
Return of the Vapors: Corrected
Update: just 3 days after this story was written Bing was alive and available with few hiccups. The analysis and reviews on Bing have been
Google Responds to Microsoft’s Bing
For the last 10 years, Google’s display of search results has seen a slow, gradual [some would say glacial] movement. Yes there have been improvements
Winter Olympic Widgets & Coverage
I am surprised at the relatively few really good Winter Olympic Games widgets that are available on the various sites that are featuring Winter Olympic
Google Outages: Cloud Computing Implications
For the past half year at least, Google Search and often all of Google services have been “out” – just not available while other search
The OS Mess
The primary reason ye Editor is NOT an admirer of Apple and Steve Jobs is his relentless drive to establish a monopoly equal to or
WordPress Slider Usage
Now that sliders for WordPress and general Web Development have become rich and varied in their features and reliable in their performance, it is worthwhile
Creating Lively Splash Pages in WordPress
Creating lively and attractive splash pages in WordPress is easier than ever to do. And the payoff is not only more visitors but also more
Meetup-WordPress Backend Bustout
Most of the attention in the WordPress community for the past five years has been about the effort to build a better WordPress frontend –
VB6 and VBA Are Not Dead, Just Not Supported: Update
Microsoft did not stomp on VB6 and VBA, they just removed any more paid support for it. See the news here. In Redmond’s favor, they
Hello Welt from Chrome, Safari, Opera
Some strange things are happening to the Weblog in Firefox the post process just decrepitates. Here is the report for the other browsers: – I
Google Wave:Update
The following is the details about Google Wave, Google’s very ambitious (open source?)effort to takehold of the social networking movement– it is derived from the
FHTML – Fluid HTML
The problem with Flash is that its coding was already tough with ActionScript, it is now doubly tough to code especially for designers using ActionScript
Java + LAMP Hosting:Stallmanned
I just finished an all day seminar on BIRT the partially Open Source report writing package available from Actuate[the Core is open, the extended services
Exploring HTML5: Aside, Header, Footer, Section Tags
Following Steve Jobs hints, Keep an Open Eye has invested a lot more time in HTML5. Here is a curious discovery derived from sessions at
Adobe’s new Muse: Website Code Generation
Adobe has been given a death notice by Steve Jobs – improve or die with a little help from Cupertino. Adobe appears to be taking that
IE 10 for Windows 7: Cursed Again
This is a story/review told in pictures of the new IE10 for Windows 7. Here is the major reason for switching out of IE9 -its
WordCamp 2014 – WordPress Visual Designers
WordPress has changed dramatically in the past 3-5 years. First, there is the opening up of the database to developers with custom fields, posts, pages,queries and taxonomies. This
WebP with WordPress
Controling your website’s image sizes has become a top priority among Web developers Here is the reason why: As of 2017 end , HTTPArchive.org reports
Chrome vs IE8
Update: See the latest benchmark results including Firefox, Opera, Safari results here. On the day after Labor Day I got a browser surprise. During my
Return to Pay Per Web View
Time magazine confronts the problem which is plaguing the publishing industry and now spreading to all media – the model for charging for your work
Enterprise Browser Analysis: IE8 As Laggard
eWeek’s Jim Rapoza has done a comprehensive survey of Web browsers evaluating their suitability for Enterprise Applications. This is ever more important in the business
The Old Lady Sings
Many people have written off magazines and newspaper publishers as ante-diluvian and Waiting for Godot. Watch it. There is more to publishing on the Web
Ballmer’s Problems Three
Steve Ballmer’s Microsoft is playing serious catchup in 3 big software development tasks: 1)Windows 7 still has speed, reliability, memory usage, hardware+software compatibility issues, and
HTML5: Web SQL Database
SQLite is one of the most popular databases that you may not know about. It is used in every Firefox, Skype, McAfee, and Solaris instance.
Muse-like Tools for Fast Website Development
Adobe’s new Muse website design tool has garnered attention as Adobe invades the website design market. The tool has some real attractive features but also
jCanvas: jQuery Plugin for Canvas
One of the surprises in web development has been the slow rate of adoption of both Canvas and SVG. For example, among the nearly 23,000
Two SEO Overview Presentations
Imagine you are the Chief Technology Officer at Google Search or Microsoft Bing or Yahoo Search. You have to go to over 1 Billion websites
WordPress Optimizing: Clean-up tools
Related posts: WordPress Migration Tools Web Development Tools Overview Blog Authority and Readability Tools Muse-like Tools for Fast Website Development UI Design Tools: Future Directions
Max Adobe Show
The Adobe Max Show in San Francisco this week is becoming as important to Web and Cloud Designers and Developers as the Microsoft PDF/TechEd conferences
What Microsoft’s Board Should Do
Microsoft’s Board of Directors are faced with some debilitating problems. The company has proceeded to devastate its Windows Brand in the past 8 years and
Opera Browser: More Stunning Innovations
eWeek’s Jim Rapoza and I agree mostly on browser performance but share a common admiration for the Opera browser. We both credit Opera for a
Google Translations II: See It Here!
I have been following the Google Translations API rather closely with remarks already in this blog. But recently Google made Translations for Web pages so
Xara Web Designer 6 – A Best Value
Xara already has one of the best and fastest photo composition tools with Xara Xtreme 5 and they have just delivered a huge upgrade to
HTML5: Implementation Status – Summer 2010
As one peers more closely at HTML5 standards and developments, three conclusions come to the forefront: 1)The revisions in HTML5 are broad and deep –
Adobe Edge beta 2: HTML5 Animation Tool
The Opensourcery is following more closely the fast rate of innovation at Adobe as appearing in the Adobe Labs. Adobe’s new HTML5 animation tool, Edge,
Is WordPress Losing its UI WYSIWYG Advantage to Webs and Weebly?
Over the past 3-5 years one of the key selling point for WordPress has been the ability to say to clients that editing Pages and
CodyHouse: Web Design Nuggets
One of my favorite sites to go to for Web Design ideas has been CoDrops with its playful and innovative designs that are right on
WordPress World of Change
Like the World in general, change is taking place at an accelerated pace in the World of WordPress. And WordPress Developers can see it in
Underhyped Software
Let me suggest one candidate for underhyped software – that is software that is quite good but just manages to stay under the radar except
SitePoint Did the Right Thing
SitePoint Books, which is based in Australia, did the right thing by having a 3 day sale of many of its books at bargian price
What, Me Worry that the Web is getting Constipat….
Game portals are the talk of the town … but I was worried. Arstechnica raises and answers the question will the Internet Die due to
CSS:The Missing Facts
I have just been sent CSS: The Missing Manual by David McFarland at O’Reilly Press to review. So I am scouting through the manual to
Web Design IDEs
Drag and drop design of Web pages has been elusive – Borland had a product way back when with IntraBuilder which was quite good- but
HTML5 Up and Running
This review is doing double duty. It evaluates the book HTML5: Up and Running by Mark Pilgrim from the O’Reilly Press while also doing review
Windows 8: Reading the Directions
Windows 8:What is to be Learned from Build Conference The first lesson is to see how far along Windows 8 is and its Metro interface
Hulu’s Catch 22 Embed Code
Oh you have to love it when the online Gods Conspire to work against you. This error message does not appear in separate browser tab
The WordPress UI/UX Development Revolution
This website and its cohort have been underlining the rapid improvements in development tools and plugins available to WordPress Designers in their UI/UX tasks. These tools
WordPress ThemeBuilders Under Stress
Our MasterWP.guru blog recently posted WordPress Under Duress, a report underlining multiple signs of pressure impacting WordPress. The WP Tavern Posting acknowledged several signs of stress.
Picking Through Redmond’s Dirty Web Laundry
An argument being made on this blog is that Microsoft, by trying to stifle Web Development by not improving IE features for 5-6 years(only security
More IDEs Surface
Here is another IDE, from alfega, that appeared on the PHP/Web development scene. It has the flavor of CodeGear/Embarcadero’s Delphi for PHP. I have seen
Google as Face of Cloud Vulnerability
Google Breaks Down Editor Deb Donston has done an eye opening editorial in the May 18th 2009 issue of eWeek –” Oh my gosh can
Chrome Frame Opportunity
I have been having an extended discussion on this blog about the role of Web writers and savvy developers in allowing Microsoft to be very
Blogging from WordCamp Toronto 2010
Open Source CMS-Content Management Systems/Blogs like WordPress, Joomla and Drupal have become so popular as basic website delivery vehicles that they are now “must-know” tools
IE9: Such a Disappointment
IEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE9, what a disappointment! It would not be so bad if Microsoft had managed expectations better. But the ACID3 scores going from 55% to 95%.
Microsoft Continues Web Mischief
When your total browser market share is declining by 1% per month [see wikipedia note here] and you are courting developers for your new Windows
jQuery Image Display Toggles
A consistent need in web display is to be able to show selectively more details of an image+description triggered by either a click or mouseEnter/mouseLeave
HTML5 Test of Browsers : Feb 2015
TheOpenSourcery looked at the HTML5Test.com benchmarks for the major browser just 6 weeks ago but HTML5Test changed its grading [read all about it here]so lets see what
Photoshop for Web Development
Sitegrinder is a Photoshop plugin – not an ordinary photo-effects oriented plugin; but rather a Web Development tool. SiteGrinder allows graphic artist to layout the
Bespin – Start of the Browser Wars II
Mozilla are the people behind Firefox. And some users may know it for XUL – the XML based User-interface Language that Microsoft has copied and
Bing to Google: Its Serial
After 10 years of playing increasingly third fiddle to Google’s search engine Microsoft’s Search Engine , Bing, has turned an important corner. It is garnering
HTML5 , Canvas and SVG
This paper by Bruce Lawson has a lot of the goods on whats happening on HTML5. There is mucho HTML 5 appearing at the wikipedia
WordCamp Toronto: Day2
WordCamp was very informative and so the second day gets its own posting. Plugins are the topic this morning. TrailMeme Plugin allows creating a summary