Category: Design
jQuery: JavaScript That Doesn’t Suck
I hate JavaScript. I mean I really hate JavaScript. Dealing with different implementations of the DOM between browsers is a menace I couldn’t duplicate if I tried. I’ve tried JS libraries from Mootools, script.aculo.us, and so on until recently. I knew jQuery existed, but I didn’t realize how (read more...)Post Meta
- February 29, 2008
- AJAX, Resources, Tutorials, User Interface, Web 2.0, Web Design
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The Value-Up Paradigm
The paradigms I’m going to contrast are how we view the entire development process. I will refer to two different paradigms: the first is the “work-down” approach which I will contrast with the “value-up” approach. I read about this in Software Engineering with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System (read more...)Post Meta
- February 9, 2008
- Project Management, Web Design
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- 1442 Words
Economical Usability Testing
Usability testing is often overlooked to the peril of both the developer and the consumer. I was convicted reading Steve Krug’s book on usability to go ahead with testing even if it’s small and cheap. In doing this for the recent design of this site I wanted to (read more...)Post Meta
- January 31, 2008
- Design, Typography, Usability, User Experience, User Interface, Web Design
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- 725 Words