Maybe you've heard of things like Pngcrush before which supposedly does an amazing job at optimizing png files, but then when you go check it out it turns out it's this nerdy command line tool with crappy documentation and...
Author: Kubrick
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The latest release of Apple’s iOS operating system for the iPhone and iPad, version 4.2, adds support to Mobile Safari for the DeviceOrientation and WebSockets APIs. The DeviceOrientation Event Specification is a draft W3C spec that details a number...
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Tags: deviceorientation, ios
The browser UI and JavaScript code ( effectively* ) share a single processing thread. ...
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Launchlist is a free app for web designers and developers which aims to be a helping hand when your web site’s launch date approaches. Essentially the app is a check list of questions which should be answered before launching...
Author: Kubrick
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I thought it might be interesting to look at a JavaScript design pattern that I use a great deal. I settled on it gradually, over a period of time, absorbing and adapting influences from various sources, until reaching a...
Author: Kubrick
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As the design process on the Southern Savers site moved along , Jenny was hosting more and more couponing workshops throughout the southeast of the US, and the popularity of her site continued to grow. ...
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Offering a free download is a common way to build an opt-in list you can use for your email marketing campaigns. The freebie can be a special report, white paper, tip sheet, resource document, etc...
Author: Kubrick
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When building a menu or other list of links, it’s generally a good practice to use display: block; or display: inline-block; so that you can increase the size of the link target. ...
Author: Kubrick
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You’ve seen this before: <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.4/jquery.min.js"></script> This is a way you can load a JavaScript library like jQuery directly from Google’s CDN (Content Delivery Network). You can get quick copy/paste access to these from ScriptSrc.net . See in that...
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Ol’ Trent posted a quick tip post on using inset box-shadow for some simple yet classy effects. One of those techniques ended up with an vignette effect over top of an image. Like this: Yeah, you could do it...
Author: Kubrick
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