Apparently I got behind in new technologies and had missed hearing about ROR somehow. Granted, the ROR technology is only celebrating its’ 1 year anniversary, but even still, I do try to keep up. So, essentially, let me cover what I’ve learned about ROR recently.…
As anyone who has tried to validate a website to a Strict doctype knows, the target=”_blank” attribute is no longer allowed. The most common question is Why? and there is a simple answer. In web standards, (X)HTML is for content, CSS is for style, and…
There was an article that was Slashdotted in December. I was thinking about this and I wonder what the level of accuracy is. The figures referenced say that in 1985 the percentage of women who received Bachelors degrees in Computer Science was at 37%, but…
As this came up in a recent discussion, I think its prudent to at least briefly list the ideal doctypes to use for the modes you want to trigger in a browser. Keep in mind that there are three termed modes: Quirks Mode, Almost Standards…
Not a Quiz – Rate Yourself I found this accurate and amusing little article on Friendly Bit and, of course, it immediately got me thinking. “What Level am I?” Without too much ego, I think I’m sitting around a level 5 and steadily moving toward…
The Road is Long and the Path Filled with Boulders A bit of an update as I am trucking through, slowly but steadily on my book. I can surely identify what has been the largest difficulty for me in the past two months. On a…
The Nerd, Geek, or Dork Test So I took yet another online quiz from OkCupid today. I probably shouldn’t be so easily amused by online quizzes, but perhaps that is simply something ultimately reflected in my results 😉 My Results Pure Nerd 65 % Nerd,…
CSS Link Specificity Love Hate is how I taught myself to remember the order. The acronym for the order (LVHA) just wasn’t terribly easy to remember on its own. It didn’t spell anything, or really give a sensical meaning to me. But Love Hate works.…
Making Menus The Right Way Seems like a No-Brainer doesn’t it? Except that it is, apparently, not the case. I constantly see web pages with code like this for a vertical navigation bar: <a href="1.html">Link1</a><br /><br /> <a href="2.html">Link2</a><br /><br /> <a href="3.html">Link3</a><br /><br />…
What Developers Love & Hate About the Web A very interesting couple of posts on ALA today is titled Valentines Day Massacre and Valentines to the Web. Why? Well, the first one is all about the things that web developers hate about the web. The…