26 posts tagged with evangelism
Defending IE6
Lately I’ve noticed an increasing trend among web designers/developers who are proudly announcing their decision to drop Internet Explorer 6 from their list of supported browsers, or advocating ways that enforce IE6 users into upgrading. Some of these methods are good for a laugh, some … view full post
The IEC saga: an early warning to other national standards offenders
As a long time advocate for best practices in web design, W3C standards compliancy, and the open source movement, this quite simply blows my mind on so many different levels:
The Independent Electoral Commission will spend R3 million to fix its broken website as complaints mount.
Wow!
Allow me to first provide an overview of the events leading up to this latest … view full post
Thoughts on mnmlsm
In Mark Pilgrim’s recent post on Minimalism, he rationalises the simplifying of his blog design by completely removing all superflous and redundant functionality from his pages in favour of the tools natively supported by the web browser itself (a modern one, at least). His list includes:
- No page titles in favour of the browser window’s title bar
- Feed Autodiscovery in
User Experience design inspiration
One of my current feed favourites comes via inspireUX – “words to inspire user experience designers”. Every second day I receive a new quote in my feed reader that focuses on the impact that user experience has on people, business, or the world.
Here is today’s quote, for example:
Content makes the sale, delivers the
Guidelines for online rich media ads
Via Biz-Community: The IAB issues guidelines for online rich media ads
The US-based IAB has issued guidelines for rich media ads that are designed to simplify the online ad planning and buying process. Over 30 of the leading online publishers, representing 65% of total advertising inventory are or plan to be in compliance with these guidelines.
The … view full post
Firebird becomes Firefox
The Mozilla Foundation announced yesterday the immediate availability of a new preview release of its next generation web browser: Mozilla Firefox – … view full post
Madden Mozilla 2004 SSX
I recently commented on MozillaZine about the lack of consistency in the Mozilla brand and suggested that a branding guideline document be compiled. Steven Garrity has done just that with his proposal: Branding Mozilla: Towards Mozilla … view full post
The International Photographic Scavenger Hunt
sh1ft.org presents 26 Things | The International Photographic Scavenger Hunt.
the aim of this photographic project is to make us open our eyes and get creative with the things and people around us, to see how we each interpret themes.
Sounds really intriguing, I’ll be participating and will be posting my photos here every day for … view full post
Evangelism update
It’s time I updated my evangelism project page – Cell C have redesigned their site and it appears to be quite comfortable in all modern browsers, while Standard Bank Internet Banking now works in Gecko-based browsers (Mozilla, Netscape, etc) too – possibly because I upgraded to … view full post
Back in the saddle!
All the photos (186), as well as a brief write-up from my 10-day road trip across the country, are online – check ‘em out.
Also, meskanky.com has formulated a new concoction – the “MeSkanky Shooter”. Give it a try at your favourite bar and help spread the love. … view full post