Links from 2007

An open source, fast incremental backup program

Every once in a while, you might try something completely off the wall and gain big traction, as long as you find a way to deliver value beyond the hype.

When it comes to creating a successful international website, language isn’t everything. Many other factors come into play, all of which require knowledge about your target market.

A technique for integrating Subversion development with your issue tracking system.

" Popular screen readers use a virtual buffer to allow users to interact with web content. This article uncovers undocumented behaviour in JAWS 7.1 and later, which allows web developers to build Ajax applications that update the virtual buffer without a

Heuristic evaluation is a technique that involves analysing the usability of a website against a set of general usability precepts.

"Spicy, paprika-infused Spanish pork sausages". So yeah, the vegetarian thing is going well so far.

Hurrah, James is blogging again!

The how, what and where of recycling in the United Kingdom.

In a two-part article (Seven Accessibility Mistakes (Part 1), Seven Accessibility Mistakes (Part 2)) published on Digital Web Magazine, Chris Heilmann explains some accessibility mistakes he has encountered and how Web developers can avoid them.

For the visual designer, really understanding web standards means you’ll have to change the way you think about design.

The space between major elements in a composition is “macro whitespace.” Micro whitespace, is [...] the space between smaller elements: between list items, between a caption and an image, or between words and letters.

224 screenshots showing the effects of various CSS rules applied to form controls.

See how your email newsletters look in a wide range of different email clients, and webmail systems.

A full screen, distraction free, writing environment. Unlike standard word processors that focus on features, Dark Room is just about you and your text.

We should try and make it a decent resource for planners and brand-thinkers around the world.

Old school.

"Get unfiltered information about the impacts of companies on people and the world and make it worth their while to "do the right thing."

An installer which contains IE3 IE4.01 IE5 IE5.5 and IE6

Is this a ripoff of that flash movie floating around a few years back or is it by the same people?

Consider promoting your website in natural (organic) search results.

A study by the world's leading experts says global warming will happen faster and be more devastating than previously thought

Nice intro to accessibility.

"The numbers clearly show that monitor sizes and resolutions are getting bigger. The most common interpretation of that is more and more people have bigger displays. But an equally valid interpretation of the numbers is the range of displays is bigger tha

A fully degradable plugin that creates the Star Rating interface based on a simple form structure.

Worth's aim is to engage audiences with the right communication at the right moment; to be creative, to deliver return on investment, and to have fun doing it.

Point 5: " Web development is a precise field. Leaving out one character of code can render an entire website useless. Good web developers always focus on making sure they understand and deliver things as accurate as possible."

User-centred design and internet software development for inclusive, accessible web communication

Outlook 2007, released next month, will stop using Internet Explorer to render HTML emails and instead use the crippled Microsoft Word rendering engine.

Some information [regarding what] people are actually expecting from a good web developer.

Automagically run programs.

We are averse to using one of the most powerful features of XHTML: the ability to extend the nodes we use with customized, semantically meaningful attributes.

"Thanks for giving me something useable, well-designed, and useful. Now, can you make it as engaging as a game or sport? Can you keep me so immersed that time and all the clutter of daily existence drops away? Where I'm under a spell that's never broken b

This is great. Go play.

I think of shelves as essentially creating and using a branch to save some changes you have been working on, but now need to set aside, or shelve, for a while.

The problem is, everyone’s doing it wrong.

...in IE7, Firefox, and Safari.

Design your own Chuck Taylor Converse shoe thingummy.

A top-ten list of ways to increase the value of LinkedIn.

This site contains information and design tools. They may not show you exactly what dichromats see, but will help you to understand which colours are easily confused.

There is an easier way; albeit at the expense of valid CSS.

The same emotional forces that prompt us to buy can also cause us to link, bookmark, and Digg. The context is different, as are the nuances, but it’s still a matter of providing compelling benefits in the form of content.

Handy space visualization. Replace SequoiaView?

What we actually need is a selector that applies to everything immediately after our floated element, or its container. The W3C spec already has this element: the adjacent selector: A + B.