Web fonts are nothing new. Support for @font-face has been available since Internet Explorer 4 and the CSS3 specification is being designed to standardise this innovation. So why have I been on such a roller-coaster ride with them? The problem … Read more »
(Plus a little bit of CSS3). Bruce Lawson from Opera software came to Skillsmatter on Wednesday night to talk about HTML5 (video here). What follows are my notes. I’m not an HTML5 boffin, but I did start to … Read more »
The second talk for Standards.Next. Jamie Knight (iMetLion.com) is a special kind of web person, he does design and development, and he does both well. See Jamie’s presentation notes and slides – I’m afraid to say I … Read more »
I was happy to catch the Standards.Next event on Saturday 19 September at City University. After a brief hiccup getting the projector to work, the seminar started with Antonia Hyde’s presentation. Antonia (hiantonia.wordpress.com) has been working in … Read more »
I volunteered for this year’s conference so I was there from 6am packing bags then later answering questions and just generally helping out where needed. I did manage to attend a few sessions so what follows is a brief review … Read more »
Several years ago I remember taking part in an online survey somewhere on the BBC website. It was geared towards understanding what I, as a user, wanted to see in future developments. I made the effort to stop and take … Read more »
Jeff Veen‘s presentation is just as relevant to me now as it was when I took notes back in June. I listened intently since this man’s work history includes setting up the industry leading Adaptive Path and working … Read more »
Iain recently reminded me of a website I think I’d seen before, but not recorded: www.dontclick.it. It’s an experiment in not clicking. The website is built in Flash and, after an introduction, actually chastises the user in the event … Read more »
Time is pretty scarce, so here is a brief roundup of links/events/opinions that have come my way… If it didn’t make sense the title is a reference to a quote from Harold Wilson, it seemed fitting given Opera’s move … Read more »
I write this on the understanding that I don’t often get technical, so there may be glaring errors/omissions that you’re welcome to point out. Having recently looked at accessibility in Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) I started playing around with VoiceOver… Read more »
Today Roger Johansson highlighted the new accessibility features in Mac Leopard, released last Friday. A quick search on Google brought up a webcast entitled “Mac OS X Leopard Accessibility Update” arranged by MacLearning featuring Mike Shebanek, Senior … Read more »
I was reading a booklet called Poise from a recent Indy. In it, there’s a quote from Michael Rodber designer of the EuroStar trains. He says, Design is not like fine art, where there are no boundaries. The challenge … Read more »
Unfortunately I can’t justify the expense for this, but others may find it useful, Real World Accessibility, only one day away. Update 7 August 2007: Linked to this is the Public Sector Web Managers Group. I *guess* it’s … Read more »
When you’ve a conference on your doorstep with big names from the web world turning up, it’s an insult to those not in the same position if you don’t go. How could I not? And it was well worth it, … Read more »
Random to say the least, but I found myself reading all of it just in case I missed something. Lots to mull over in Kathy Sierra’s post. It includes a personal view from Josh Clark about the importance of … Read more »
Some discussion on the Spry framework from Adobe labs.… Read more »
Jeremy Keith has completed a book about AJAX for non-programmers, woohoo!http://adactio.com/journal/1236Also, he mentions his blog specifically about DOMscripting…http://domscripting.com/blog/… Read more »
Lots of people are posting about the Apple iPhone, quite right really, it’s damn good. The only thing that could potentially frustrate me about it is the apparent lack of T9 text input that I’ve used on all my … Read more »
Usability Professionals’ Association, Conference Podcast 2006http://ukupa.org.uk/podcasts/UPA_2006.mp3 Synchronise Google Canlendar with Outlook – useful tool?http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/05/synchronize-google-calendar-with.html Texture King Free Stock Imageshttp://www.textureking.com/ … Read more »
