Thesis V WordPress, Pearson V Mullenweg
Reading my WordPress feeds this-morning, it appears a war of words broke out overnight between Matt Mullenweg (the lead developer of WordPress) and Chris Pearson, the developer of the Thesis theme.In...
View ArticlejQuery 1.5 as jQuery 1.5.0
In early 2009, I wrote a post on browser caching times for the Google AJAX Libraries API.The cheat notes are that three different URLs point to the current edition of jQuery and each URL is cached in...
View ArticleWhy we host Big Red Tin on US servers
Some time ago, I wrote a post in which I stated I’d be sticking with Australian web hosting provider Quadra Hosting. Shortly after writing that post I’d relocated the Soupgiant sites to an American...
View ArticleForms are forms, not lists
Respecting someone or their publication does not prevent one from disagreeing with them. In fact, I think to nod along saying “you’re so right, OMG, you are so right!” is less respectful than listening...
View ArticleEuthenasing Internet Explorer 6
I think, much of the time, when website owners and developers decide to drop support for IE6, we go about it the wrong way.For a not-for-profit, like WordPress.org, the decision can be simple. The...
View ArticleDear Drupal: Season’s Greetings. Love, Smashing WordPress.
Every day I work with WordPress in one way or another. My Twitter feed is full of WordPress types, and I’m a regular at my local WordPress meetup. I’m a WordPress fan.The White House hosts a number of...
View ArticleThere are no ninjas here
At Floate, we employ three developers. There is one full time developer and two designers who can also develop. None of us are ninjas. Nor are we rock stars.Continue reading at the Floate blog.The post...
View ArticleRemembering the 90s
John Allsopp had a rant on Twitter recently – as is his want from time to time – he was remarking on vertical rhythm tools around the web and his point boils down to:why do all the vertical rhythm...
View ArticleConference Codes of Conduct
Before I begin, I have to say I think codes of conduct are a good thing, an essential element of a well run conference. In fact, I’d go as far to say not having a code of conduct is to neglect your...
View ArticleTo hell with bad email software
The current state of email clients is such that responsive email is considered one of the most difficult tasks in web-development. It’s time to force the hand of email client developers.In 2001 Jeffrey...
View ArticleRemembering the 90s
John Allsopp had a rant on Twitter recently – as is his want from time to time – he was remarking on vertical rhythm tools around the web and his point boils down to: why do all the vertical rhythm...
View ArticleTo hell with bad email software
The current state of email clients is such that responsive email is considered one of the most difficult tasks in web-development. It’s time to force the hand of email client developers. In 2001...
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