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14Mar0

Highlights of Week 10/2011

Posted by Michael Gaigg

Using Lies in Research (by Nate Bolt) - learn from their mistakes to prevent your own
The Dangers of Design by User (by Demetrius Madrigal and Bryan McClain) - this article shows that the phrase "some research is better than none" doesn't always apply.
What’s New for Web Designers – Mar 2011 (by Cameron Chapman) - as always a great round-up of new apps for designers.
User Interface Patterns for Dealing with Interactive Content (by Cameron Chapman) - Cameron is on a roll - another must-read.
JavaScript Garden - a growing collection of documentation about the most quirky parts of the JavaScript programming language!!!
Using Regular Expression: Tools and Resources (by hongkiat) - one must love this little helpers...
16 Essential WordPress Plugins Every Blog Must Have (by Karol K.) - more work ahead of me; thx for this compilation Karol.

Tagged as: blog, content, dangers, interactive, javascript garden, nate bolt, patterns, plugins, regex, regular expression, research, resources, tools, wordpress No Comments

17Mar1

I love Speed… therefore Google Chrome is.

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! While you're still sipping your Guinness and chewing on your shamrocks, everything seems to be new and shiny at Google: As announced today in their new Google Chrome blog, Google has released their new beta of Chrome.

New Features

Besides some really nice features (form autofill, full page zoom and autoscroll) Google Chrome offers a cool new way to drag tabs out to get a side-by-side view - way to go.

Did Google Chrome Just Get Even Faster?

Have I mentioned speed yet? As if (ooooold stable version of) Chrome wasn't fast enough, the neeeeew beta promised 25% to 35% in speed enhancements according to their V8 and Sunspider benchmarks. Ask your typical user to see why speed matters

Which Browser do you use?

Are you still on Internet Explorer? Don't tell me IE6 - I'd have to creep through your monitor and strangle somebody... Firefox? Chrome? What are your experiences?

Tagged as: autoscroll, benchmark, blog, chrome, clover, drag tabs, form autofill, full page zoom, google, google chrome, guinness, speed, st. patrick's day, sunspider, typical user, v8 1 Comment

13Mar8

Go figure: 10 Comic Strips that have Something in Common

Posted by Michael Gaigg

Here is to all you peeps that cannot survive the weekend without a computer, smart phone or internet connection: What do the following 10 comic strips have in common?

Be aware, this is a trick question!