Whew…I’m way behind on my Friday MNBits posts. Well, Summer came, and some major yard work, then we decided to remodel the bathroom, and then the kids started t-ball, and then…oh…I’m rambling. Sorry.
So, on with the MNBits…
script.aculo.us
In addition to getting me thinking about having to now get my own ‘ious’ URL, this site is a [...]
I was talking to one of my colleagues today about the frustrations with design by committee. This is nothing new, but now that I work in government, I’ve found it’s a bit easier to fall into that habit.
As happens with these internal conversations, we obviously end up poking a bit of fun at the [...]
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This past week, one of my favorite design forum hangouts, Typophile.com was redesigned. It’s a great site, and I’m grateful for the folks at Punchcut for maintaining and hosting this great resource.
The redesign is nice, but one thing still really bugged me…they use a fixed width layout and assume I use a gigantic monitor with [...]
It’s Friday. Time for some random links…
More Nifty Corners is an updated article and set of code for creating rounded boxes without the use of any images and, if you use the javascript method, without any extraneous markup in your HTML either. This new version adds more browser support, options for rounding only some corners, [...]
A couple of interesting and fully accessible bits of javascript goodness gleaned from web-graphics.com:
The first is gazingus.org’s expandable UL script that plays nice with the clean semantic markup you already have.
And the second is Alessandro Fulciniti’s interesting use of javascript to create rounded corners.
When 37Signals launched Basecamp, one of the interesting interface elements they introduced was the ‘yellow fade’ technique. It was a way to highlight a change to the user interface without being obtrusive to the entire experience. A quick highlight to draw attention, then a fade out so as to get out of the way [...]
When 37Signals launched Basecamp, one of the interesting interface elements they introduced was the ‘yellow fade’ technique. It was a way to highlight a change to the user interface without being obtrusive to the entire experience. A quick highlight to draw attention, then a fade out so as to get out of the way [...]
Juicystudio.com has created and released a great favelet for viewing the visually hidden elements in a well structured data table (such as headers, header abbrevations, etc.)
A complex Table Inspector Favelet
Looking for even more ways to make your engaging technical manuals that more portable! Well, Westciv has the answer for you…at least for your CSS documentation needs. Download their free Complete CSS Guide for your iPod.
(via Web-Graphics.com)