18Nov2015
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13Mar2015
WebP - The new web image format
WebP is a new, open source, lossless and lossy compression, created specifically for images on the web. Currently developed by Google WebP can produce files considerably smaller than the current PNG, JPG and GIF standards.
20Feb2015
CSS only goodness: Part IV
Another CSS only trick - custom checkboxes using CSS only!
29Jan2015
HTML5 history API
A little used feature of HTML5 is the HTML5 history API - a new standardised way to manipulate the browser history.
16Jan2015
How Does Blogging Generate Business (B2B) Leads?
What does the word blogging mean to you? Are you thinking of something every business should consider as a communication channel?
4Dec2014
HTML5 Application Cache
HTML5 introduces application cache. This means that a web application can be cached, and accessible without an internet connection!
21Nov2014
27Oct2014
CSS only goodness: Part II
Following on from my previous blog entry, more CSS only goodness...
18Sep2014
CSS only goodness
Recently I've given myself the challenge of NOT using javascript for interface interactions, unless absolutely necessary. I've come across and developed some great css only solutions to some really common interactions, that traditionally required javascript.
13Aug2014
Dealing with dynamic content
With the advent of more and more dynamic content in recent years, efficiently reacting to the content changes is becoming an issue.
18Jul2014
Responsive vs Adaptive website design: I've changed my mind
The entire web development industry is be-smitten Responsive design. And it is indeed a clever technology and with its place. But we are in a world where users and conversion come before technology, Adaptive design is your unlikely, un-cool answer. (Though soon enough you will think it is cool...)
19Jun2014
The new age of JavaScript
Once purely the domain of web browsers, increasing use of JavaScript outside web pages is increasing - a lot.
7May2014
Back to the future? Backing up on tape.
Tape backup is back thanks to its superior handling of data. Speed is its only drawback.
12Mar2014
@font-face
Custom fonts have their challenges; there is a right way to handle them and of course, a wrong way.
20Jan2014
CSS3 flexible width, fixed padding/margins
The "calc()" function is CSS3 is one of the more underestimated... which is a bugger given how powerful it is.
25Jun2013
Subdomains vs Subdirectory for platform specific versions of your website
When rolling out a mobile version of your site you have at least 1 question in mind...
21Jun2013
24May2013
Controlling the mobile device view port
Controlling the view port size of a mobile device is a relatively easy thing to do.
16Apr2013
What you are likely missing out on if your browser isn't HTML5 compatible.
With many effects now being handled natively, interactive and dynamic elements respond more quickly and smoothly than ever before.
11Feb2013
Does adaptive design work for mobiles and tablets?
Adaptive design is an elegant solution to the problem of delivering content to multiple devices, however is it really a perfect solution?
3Dec2012
What's the difference between adaptive, responsive web design?
Using primarily HTML and CSS we can "fluidly" adjust the width of elements and even hide elements to fit the available space.
17Sep2012
How to display HTML entities
HTML tags are tricky in WYSIWYG editors, especially when you want to display them for your users.
28Aug2012
Rotating HTML elements (by an arbitrary amount) cross browser
There are lots of articles about rotating objects, but for some reason none of them seem to have all the pitfalls.
22Dec2011
Internet Explorer Developer Tools
Finally with the introduction of IE9 also came the developer toolbar already built in!
28Oct2011
Website optimization
How much unnecessary time are your customers waiting for your pages download? How does is it affecting your bottom line? It seems that these days users care more about load time than bells and whistles. Additionally, page load times are becoming more important to your seach engine rankings too.
16Aug2011
Firefox Supports Colour Correction
Did you know that Firefox supports colour correction? Colour correction was introduced into Firefox 3, but was disabled by default. In Firefox 3.5 some issues were resolved and it is now enabled by default.
4Jul2011
Image animation performance HTML 5 canvas vs HTML 4
In a recent project I had to animate a lot of images simultaneously (up to 700) and went looking for the best solution: HTML 5 + canvas or HTML 4 + css. It wasn't that easy to find anything on canvas and I soon found out why.
4Apr2011
Standard Video Sizes
Hunting around for an answer to “what size should our videos be?”
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