links: May 2008 Archives
- Flickling Challenge - A game to test your search powers and help research at the same time. If you can tolerate the registration, it's kinda fun and addicting. [ via The Noisy Channel ]
- Experience wins the day. A nice writeup of how carpentry applies to software, and how experience counts.
- Singletons are Dumb. I think I agree.
- Beautiful Things are More Usable - [via Andy Budd]
Yes, CSS is the greatest single advance since electricity itself. A self-respecting web developer would never admit to any deficiency in this core skill. Luckily, I am not that developer. I am sub-awesome at styling pages: box models, margins, browser quirks, quirks mode. Sheesh.
Instead, I cheat on CSS, and on the user interface in general. I find lots of places to use simple but powerful tools to make good stuff.
One of my favorites is the Web Developer's Handbook. It's a huge listing of links to CSS tips and tricks, along with other interface stuff like color palettes and rounded corner generators. It doesn't have everything, but it's got a lot. Chances are good they have a link to what I need when I encounter something I don't know how to do, which is often.
Instead, I cheat on CSS, and on the user interface in general. I find lots of places to use simple but powerful tools to make good stuff.
One of my favorites is the Web Developer's Handbook. It's a huge listing of links to CSS tips and tricks, along with other interface stuff like color palettes and rounded corner generators. It doesn't have everything, but it's got a lot. Chances are good they have a link to what I need when I encounter something I don't know how to do, which is often.
