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  • Can we do Better than Dropdowns? Is there even a Problem?

    Are dropdown navigations on websites a usability nightmare? Is there a better way to implement a comprehensive site navigation?

    Originally posted October 29th, 2007. 10 Comments

  • PHP, MySQL, and Contact Management: Contacts 0.1

    Contacts is a free and open source (FOSS) contact management Web application running on PHP and MySQL

    Originally posted October 22nd, 2007. 11 Comments

  • Accelerated DOM Scripting Book Review

    What’s great about Accelerated DOM Scripting by Jonathan Snook, is that in the end, there is no doubt about it that JavaScript libraries aren’t what make the magic happen; the JavaScript does. I’m really thrilled to have read this book and absolutely recommend you add it to your library.

    Originally posted October 15th, 2007. 7 Comments

  • Current Events: Accessibility Importance and Downloadable Fonts

    A recent legal settlement against Target legally requires the corporation to have an accessible website. This is great news! The latest nightly builds of WebKit now support the @font-face CSS rule; an interesting update to a very popular rendering engine.

    Originally posted October 8th, 2007. 4 Comments

  • Selects, JavaScript, and Usability: Please help.

    Driver download interfaces drive me nuts. Attaching JavaScript functions to selects, in my opinion, is just plain wrong from a usability standpoint. How can we better improve this implementation that still finds its way to the Internet, on the largest of corporate websites?

    Originally posted October 1st, 2007. 9 Comments