September 2006
Using sessions to store user information is a very handy feature of ASP.NET. But it is not without its dark side. One of the principal difficulties is the fact that sessions can die unexpectedly.... Read More
The time has come for designers to execute their plans to dominate the World Wide Web with stunning graphics! Here, Corrie provides a full arsenal of fundamental techniques, before launching you on a... Read More
Light text on dark background vs. readability Roger Johansson sparks off some debate on the readability (and thus, accessibility) of light text on a dark background. Many first-time web designers go... Read More
You may have noticed a transition in my advice over the past 2 and 1/2 years. The shift has been from talking about selling services to selling repeatable programs and products in addition to... Read More
If you’re looking for something “interesting” to mess around with, Damien Katz’s CouchDb project is at the point of working prototype, the server implemented in Erlang (a hot... Read More
How to correctly insert a Flash into XHTML I was recently asked how to place a Flash movie in a file without violating XHTML compliance and without requiring JavaScript be enabled. This blog entry... Read More
Integrating the Google Web Toolkit with JSF using G4jsf A fascinating project, G4jsf allows Google Web Toolkit (GWT) applications to run as JavaServer Faces (JSF) components within a Java web... Read More
Thanks to tip off from Jared “Ren” Williams (is that you? – any link?) here – the Cairo wrapper extension by Hartmut Holzgraefe – nice demo. Cairo is the “next... Read More
Programmed personal homepages over the last 20 years With the plenitude of services being launched to fully customize the page displayed by your browser when you first launch it, this insightful look... Read More
A Flurry of Prototype Updates Justin Palmer’s Encytemedia blog is fast becoming the unofficial source for the latest information about Prototype. Here he dissects a bunch of new updates that... Read More
