Logbook : Hypertexthero

Tuesday, 16 June 2009

Perch #: Simple content management system (CMS) for editing content without installing a large, unwieldy CMS. Great for small HTML sites.

Wed Design Survey 2008 Results #: The results for A List Apart’s Survey for people who make websites are available. Check out Eric Meyer’s lovely HTML and CSS for the graphs.

Unwanted Padding or Margin at Top of Page #: Bookmarking this to avoid pulling off any more hair in the future.

clicktoflash #: WebKit plug-in to prevent automatic loading of Adobe Flash content. Use Firefox? Check out FlashBlock instead.

The User Interface of URLs #: “Internet users see URLs both online and in print, and therefore URLs have visual interfaces. This paper gives an overview of many of the issues that concern the visual and user interfaces of URLs.”

MarkItUp! #: JavaScript plugin built on the jQuery library which turns any HTML textarea into a markup editor.

Principle of Good Enough #: “The principle of good enough (sometimes abbreviated to POGE) is a rule for software and systems design. It favours quick-and-simple (but potentially extensible) designs over elaborate systems designed by committees. Once the quick-and-simple design is deployed, it can then evolve as needed, driven by user requirements. Ethernet, the Internet protocol and the World Wide Web are good examples of this kind of design.

This kind of design is not appropriate in systems where it is not possible to evolve the system over time, or where the full functionality is required from the start.”