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That “JavaScript not available” case
A great summary of my feelings on JS dependence.
browsers  javascript  web 
december 2011 by aarongustafson
Beyond The Polar Bear
@lukew’s notes from Michael Atherton’s talk at EuroIA
architecture  design  web  IA 
september 2011 by aarongustafson
Kindle Cloud Reader
Bye bye Apple!
cloud  kindle  ebook  web  HTML5 
august 2011 by aarongustafson
10K Apart (Responsive Edition)
Now with eCSStender (and yours truly as a judge).
contest  inspiration  javascript  web 
august 2011 by aarongustafson
Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces? (via @tuna)
Excellent work Alex!
fonts  typography  usability  web 
july 2011 by aarongustafson
Anatomy of a Crushing @ Pinboard
Finally got around to reading this.
architecture  performance  web  pinboard 
march 2011 by aarongustafson
Need placeholder images? Try kittens.
Adorable kittens.
design  web  web-design  placeholder  images 
march 2011 by aarongustafson
Disney & Other Recent Web Accessibility Lawsuits
I'm sure more are coming.
accessibility  web-design  web  ADA  AFB 
february 2011 by aarongustafson
http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2010/db1221/DOC-303745A1.pdf
The full ruling.
net-neutrality  fcc  web 
december 2010 by aarongustafson
Responsive Images via JavaScript (from @filamentgroup)
Looks like a really smart little library. Nicely done.
responsive  javascript  web  js 
december 2010 by aarongustafson
Yiibu = Mobile First = Progressive Enhancement
This is exactly how we built the Retreats 4 Geeks site.
mobile  web  adaptive  progressive-enhancement  css  media-queries 
december 2010 by aarongustafson
Flock jumps from Mozilla to Chromium
How did I miss that?
chrome  google  chromium  mozilla  flock  browsers  web  web-design 
december 2010 by aarongustafson
The Long & Short of Writing for the Web (hat tip @halvorson)
People scan, but then they read.
best-practices  copywriting  writing  web  content 
november 2010 by aarongustafson
Chattanooga considers moving legal notices from print to the web
It makes sense, both fiscally and strategically. The numbers don't lie and the budget will thank them.
newspaper  legal-notices  web  government 
november 2010 by aarongustafson
TBL: Long Live the Web
"The Web is critical not merely to the digital revolution but to our continued prosperity—and even our liberty. Like democracy itself, it needs defending."
essay  web  berners-lee  net-neutrality 
november 2010 by aarongustafson
A wonderful read: 20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web
A beautiful online book using modern web technologies.
advocacy  education  web  guide  history 
november 2010 by aarongustafson
Web Directions South 2010 Opening Titles
Cam did some amazing work here. Give it up!
animation  css3  html5  web  web-directions 
october 2010 by aarongustafson
iPad web development tips
What you need to know when supporting the iPad.
development  ipad  web  web-development  javascript  safari 
april 2010 by aarongustafson
In the Future, the Cost of Education will be Zero
A good survey of the state of higher education on the Web.
education  future  university  web  opencourseware  e-learning 
september 2009 by aarongustafson
Downloadable font formats for the Web
A thoughtful piece by David Baron. He brings up some good points.
web  design  fonts  "web  web-fonts 
july 2009 by aarongustafson
Run Internet Explorer 6 (or IE7, or IE8) images in VMware Fusion on Mac OS X
Microsoft's official VMs, converted for your pleasure.
browser-testing  browsers  web-design  web  ie6  ie7  compatibility  web-development 
june 2009 by aarongustafson
Spreedly
Promising platform for managing your software subscriptions via an API.
web  development  api  business  subscriptions  payments 
april 2009 by aarongustafson
An Event Apart: The Design Conference For People Who Make Web Sites
Now in HTML5. (And come see me in Chicago.)
Bookmarks  An_Event_Apart  webdesign  conference  design  css  web  standards  webstandards 
january 2009 by aarongustafson
A List Apart: Issue 276
Web design education is stuck in the Stone Age. Participate in the movement to bring it up to date.
Bookmarks  web_design  education  webdesign  web  design  webdev  resources  university 
january 2009 by aarongustafson
ModelBaker
WidgetPress have put together what looks like a promising set of tools for roughing out a CakePHP app.
Bookmarks  CakePHP  ModelBaker  PHP  WidgetPress  iphone  development  programming  software  web  mobile  webapps 
january 2009 by aarongustafson
Mark Boulton's new book: Five Simple Steps
I can't wait to get my hands on this.
Bookmarks  Mark_Boulton  web_design  book  webdesign  design  typography  web  reference 
december 2008 by aarongustafson
The State of Web Standards
Opera releases info on MAMA's findings regarding web standards usage worldwide (and more).
Bookmarks  Opera  web_standards  MAMA  web  statistics  webstandards  research  survey  html 
november 2008 by aarongustafson
(?)??“????(Progressive Enhancement)”
My latest ALA piece was translated into Chinese.
Bookmarks  a-list-apart  translations  aaron-gustafson  article  Understanding_Progressive_Enhancement  Progressive_Enhancement  web 
october 2008 by aarongustafson
Understanding Progressive Enhancement
It's apparently two-fer Tuesday, so I'm linking up my latest ALA piece as well.
Bookmarks  aaron-gustafson  progressive_enhancement  JavaScript  webdesign  usability  css  web  progressiveenhancement  webdev 
october 2008 by aarongustafson
IE Death March
With IE8 around the corner, perhaps Microsoft will join the March ;-)
Bookmarks  ie6  microsoft  internet_explorer_6  webdesign  webdev  browser  web 
september 2008 by aarongustafson
The Survey for People Who Make Websites 2008
A List Apart's 2008 web industry survey... take it!
Bookmarks  a-list-apart  survey  web  webdesign  alistapart  design  webdev  websites 
july 2008 by aarongustafson
Social Accessibility Project
Collaborating on an accessible web.
Bookmarks  accessibility  IBM  social_software  collaboration  social  opensource  webdesign  screenreader  web 
july 2008 by aarongustafson
Webmonkey relaunches
The Web Developer's Resource is back.
Bookmarks  webmonkey  resource  web_design  web_development  webdesign  web  tutorials  programming  html  reference  design 
may 2008 by aarongustafson
Microsoft rethinks IE8’s default behavior
Perhaps it was our complaining or perhaps it was a reconsideration of its own interoperability principles, but Microsoft has decided to change its course on IE8 and will opt-in to its new standards mode be default.
Bookmarks  IE8  version_targeting  standards  microsoft  web  browsers  webstandards 
march 2008 by aarongustafson
A List Apart: Issue 251
I introduce Microsoft's new browser version targeting scheme and Eric Meyer reacts.
Bookmarks  Microsoft  Internet_Explorer  broswer_versions  DOCTYPE  DOCTYPE_switch  css  webdesign  webstandards  ie  webdev  design  web 
january 2008 by aarongustafson
Internet Explorer 8 and Acid2: A Milestone
Joy of joys: IE8 now renders the “ Acid2 Face � correctly in IE8 standards mode.
Bookmarks  IE8  CSS  standards  web_standards  web_standards_project  acid2  microsoft  browser  web 
december 2007 by aarongustafson
Easy! Designs, LLC - Web Design, Development
Finally redesigned... (it only took me 5 years)
Bookmarks  design  web  ajax  javascript  studio  webdesign  css  html  inspiration  blog 
december 2007 by aarongustafson
A List Apart: Issue 249
Appreciating web design for what it is; plus a better best practice for setting type on the web. Fantastic articles by Zeldman and Richard Rutter.
Bookmarks  a-list-apart  fonts  text  layout  web  webdesign  typography  design  css 
november 2007 by aarongustafson
"Real World Perspectives on the W3C" panel
Feedback on our panel (that we finished less than an hour and a half ago).
Bookmarks  w3c  tpac2007  feedback  standards  web  event 
november 2007 by aarongustafson
NASA Adopts Web Standards
Woohoo!
Bookmarks  NASA  web_standards  templates  web  standards  webdesign  design 
october 2007 by aarongustafson
DOMContentLoaded for IE, Safari, everything, without document.write
Stuart offers a new means of running content when the DOM is available without resorting to document.write().
Bookmarks  javascript  ondomready  domcontentloaded  dom  web  programming  onload  ie 
october 2007 by aarongustafson
Less Than Perfect
Nate Koechley proposes a new scoring system for websites. I may take this into account the next time I judge the WebAward competition.
Bookmarks  html  validation  site_rating  web  article  blog  webstandards  design  webdesign 
october 2007 by aarongustafson
Prototype 1.6.0 release candidate
Lots of great additions and cleanups in this release!
Bookmarks  prototype  javascript_library  javascript  library  ajax  framework  programming  web 
august 2007 by aarongustafson
A List Apart: Issue 242
Design your words and put the life back into web writing.
Bookmarks  a-list-apart  writing  web  alistapart  copy  copywriting 
july 2007 by aarongustafson
Loading pages faster using JS
Christian explores an Avatar-loading solution which leverages JS for SHEER BRILLIANCE!
Bookmarks  javascript  http  optimization  performance  webdev  web  html  hack 
july 2007 by aarongustafson
CSS Redundancy Checker
A cool little Ruby script for taming those massive CSS files. Hat tip: Craig Saila
Bookmarks  css  ruby  tools  redundancy  webdev  programming  web 
july 2007 by aarongustafson
Objectified: Custom element methods in Prototype
Andrew extends the Prototype's Element to great effect.
Bookmarks  JavaScript  Prototype  programming  tutorial  documentation  web  ajax 
june 2007 by aarongustafson
Web Directions South 2007
I'll be giving a workshop as well as speaking at the conference. If you're down under (or just need an excuse to visit Oz), you should come.
Bookmarks  web_directions  aaron-gustafson  javascript  forms  conference  webdesign  web  design  australia  standards  accessibility 
may 2007 by aarongustafson
A List Apart Issue 237
Sell design to steely-eyed executives and help stakeholders make better decisions.
Bookmarks  a-list-apart  freelance  web  webdev  design  ala 
may 2007 by aarongustafson
hAccessibility
James Craig and Bruce Lawson sound off on using ABBR as a date container for the hCalendar microformat.
Bookmarks  accessibility  microformats  ABBR  standards  html  hcalendar  webdesign  web 
april 2007 by aarongustafson
A List Apart: Issue 236
Work the long hallway. Design smarter with contrast. And boost respect for the profession by participating in A List Apart’s first annual Web Design Survey.
Bookmarks  a-list-apart  Jonathan_Follett  Andy_Rutledge  design  collaboration  long_hallway  graphic  webdesign  web  ala 
april 2007 by aarongustafson
Eric's Reworked Reset
Mister Meyer one-ups the YUI with a nice batch of CSS reset rules.
Bookmarks  css  Eric_Meyer  reset  webdesign  web  webdevelopment  reference  development 
april 2007 by aarongustafson
WaSP Street Team
The Web Standards Project needs your help. Sign up today!
Bookmarks  web_standards_project  webstandards  standards  wasp  design  accessibility  web  books 
march 2007 by aarongustafson
A List Apart: Issue 230
Great issue featuring new material from Mark Boulton and Craig Cook, both of whom are currently working with me on a new project.
Bookmarks  a-list-apart  web_standards  whitespace  design  alistapart  web 
january 2007 by aarongustafson
Pavatar
Kind of like OpenID, but for your avatar. An interesting alternative to Gravatar.
Bookmarks  pavatar  avatar  microformats  identity  web  openid  gravatar  icons 
december 2006 by aarongustafson
Visual vs Structural
Does accessibility requirements stifle innovation? Or is it about choosing the right method for work?
Bookmarks  web_design  accessibility  design  documents  web  standards  webdesign  css  webdev 
december 2006 by aarongustafson
Bulletproof Ajax
The site for the forthcoming book by Jeremy Keith.
Bookmarks  ajax  javascript  jeremy_keith  book  programming  web  scripting 
november 2006 by aarongustafson
Image -> Color Palette
Generate a color palette from an image
Bookmarks  image  color  color_palette  design  webdesign  tools  palette  generator  web 
october 2006 by aarongustafson
Inman's Heap
Shaun takes the idea of organic decay to the web.
Bookmarks  decay  web_design  css  design  webdesign  blog  time  web  shauninman 
october 2006 by aarongustafson
Form Labels: Right or Left?
I never considered eye movement formulae when laying out a form before.
Bookmarks  forms  labels  ui  usability  design  webdesign  web  css 
october 2006 by aarongustafson
CSS Reboot
The next reboot is Nov 1st... will you be ready?
Bookmarks  css  reboot  design  webdesign  inspiration  gallery  web  html 
september 2006 by aarongustafson
Web Directions North
The famous Aussie event heads to this side of the globe.
Bookmarks  web_directions  conference  speaking  webdesign  web  design  webdirections  vancouver  canada 
september 2006 by aarongustafson
Javascript OO Ruby Style
A nice library for clean inheritance in JavaScript. It plays nice with Prototype too.
Bookmarks  javascript  oop  inheritance  prototype  programming  library  web 
august 2006 by aarongustafson
AEA NYC - Code Critiques
Tantek's thoughts from our code critique session @ An Event Apart NYC.
Bookmarks  an_event_apart  code  critique  xhtml  css  html  webdesign  standards  webdev  web 
august 2006 by aarongustafson
Mobile Web Design: Tips & Techniques
Moll & Fling on taking your site mobile.
Bookmarks  mobile  web_design  webdesign  design  css  web  tips  accessibility 
august 2006 by aarongustafson
workFRIENDLY
This site makes it so you don't look like you're gookfing off on the job. It removes images and CSS and places the content in a Word-like interface. It works even better with web standards based sites.
Bookmarks  work  web_surfing  web_standards  proxy  web  tools  fun  browser  internet 
august 2006 by aarongustafson
IE6: the end is (hopefully) near
Hot on the heels of the IE7 ?eta 3 release, Microsoft has announced plans to roll out the final standalone version of IE7 via its Automatic Update service.
Bookmarks  ie6  automatic_update  microsoft  standards  web  browser 
july 2006 by aarongustafson
Web Browser Standards Support
This page contains a TON of information about support for (X)HTML, CSS, DOM and ECMAScript within a large portion of the browser market. It must've been exhaustive research, but what a great resource.
Bookmarks  dom  css  browser_support  xhtml  html  ecmascript  browser  standards  reference  web  webdesign 
july 2006 by aarongustafson
CSS3 Preview
A nice overview of what's coming (in like a decade) to a browser near you.
Bookmarks  css3  webdesign  reference  design  web  webdev 
july 2006 by aarongustafson
Tracks
Rails app for the Getting Things Done set.
Bookmarks  ruby_on_rails  organization  gtd  productivity  software  rails  ruby  tools  web 
june 2006 by aarongustafson
Prototype Window Class
Interesting... will have to investigate how accessible something like this is though.
Bookmarks  javascript  prototype  modal  ajax  window  library  design  web 
june 2006 by aarongustafson
Tonight I Need Your CSS
I nearly pissed myself.
Bookmarks  music  css  humor  funny  standards  mp3  web  song 
may 2006 by aarongustafson
The future of CSS in hi-res environments
Interesting developments on the design front.
Bookmarks  css  svg  resolution  dpi  webdesign  design  safari  web 
april 2006 by aarongustafson
SteelPixel
Web hosting from the Web 2.0 Show guys.
Bookmarks  web_hosting  hosting  rails  ruby  rubyonrails  webhosting  web 
april 2006 by aarongustafson
Sphere: Balancing Power and Simplicity
Adaptive Path's Ryan Freitas talks about Sphere, which I had a (very) small hand in building.
Bookmarks  sphere  adaptive_path  portfolio  simplicity  design  ui  search  web  webdesign  blog 
april 2006 by aarongustafson
Nice PNG fix for IE
Uses defer and conditional comments to run the script *after* the DOM is loaded but *before* the images load in. No flash of grey backgrounds... nice.
Bookmarks  javascript  png  ie  css  webdesign  hack  web 
april 2006 by aarongustafson
Comet
AJAX's server-side sibling
Bookmarks  comet  ajax  web  scripting  javascript  programming  webdev 
april 2006 by aarongustafson
DOM Builder
Dan succeeds in extricating the tedium from building DOM nodes.
Bookmarks  dom_scripting  javascript  dom  ajax  webdev  development  web  html 
april 2006 by aarongustafson
Beautification Revisited
From the archives: Can your URIs be beautiful?
Bookmarks  404  filenames  uri  web  webdesign  urls  design  apache  mod_rewrite 
february 2006 by aarongustafson
NetDiver's Best Of '05
Inspirational
Bookmarks  design  awards  webdesign  inspiration  web  2005  best  bestof 
february 2006 by aarongustafson
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