I am a ….. Front-End Architect

Posted on August 9, 2006 by mattias

I read Garrett Dimons posts The Time is Now for Front-End Architects, The Latest on Front-End Architecture, Front-End Architecture at Web Visions 2006, Front-End Architecture: Markup is the Technical Foundation, Front-End Architecture: Browsers, Front-End Architecture: AJAX & DOM Scripting and … Continue reading →

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Ajax Poker

Posted on August 9, 2006 by mattias

Finally, someone have written a poker-client in javascript using Ajax-technologies for client-server communication. Awesome. They use the Google Web Toolkit. Awesome work. Try GPokr out.

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Iterative redesign of major websites

Posted on August 9, 2006 by mattias

An interesting article by Jared M. Spool at www.uie.com about how to manage design and structure whenever the web is outdated and needs larger changes in function, architecture, structure and design. This is an interesting approach when the technical platform … Continue reading →

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Jakob Nielsen on Screen Resolution and Page Layout

Posted on August 8, 2006 by mattias

In Jakob Nielsen’s latest Alertbox he talks about screen resolution and page layout and he summarizes it as follows: Optimize Web pages for 1024×768, but use a liquid layout that stretches well for any resolution, from 800×600 to 1280×1024. This … Continue reading →

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PC World writes about evolved/improved web

Posted on August 8, 2006 by mattias

I hate the “web 2.0″-thing and like PC Worlds “improved web” better. They have a big article about the better and evolved web that people interested in it should read. The new and improved web by PC World

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jQuery plugin for logging links

Posted on August 8, 2006 by mattias

I wrapped my outbound logging functionality for jquery into a simple plugin for jquery. See this as an alpha 0.1 version and feel free to add wishes on how I could extend the plugin. Things I plan to add: Mouse … Continue reading →

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Autocomplete plugin script for jQuery

Posted on August 7, 2006 by mattias

Dylan Verheul has already made a nice script for inline editing with jquery, and now he has released a plugin for making autocompleted text-inputs (a la Google Suggest). Hopefully it is useful in my future work. jQuery Autocomplete Plugin by … Continue reading →

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Thickbox 2.0 released featuring gallery functionality

Posted on August 7, 2006 by mattias

I use the thickbox plugin frequently in my work and for my private solutions for avoiding popups and avoiding the user leaving an important page (galleries, forms a s o) and I am glad to see that Cody Lindley has … Continue reading →

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Picasa (Web Albums) on Mac

Posted on August 4, 2006 by mattias

Google has released a plugin for iPhoto and a standalone application for mac users so they can upload images to their Picasa Web Albums. I tried the iPhoto-plugin out yesterday and it is smoothly integrated to the File >> Export … Continue reading →

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Jaslabs » Top 25 PHP template engines

Posted on August 2, 2006 by mattias

I have been working with Smarty now for at least two years and have come to really like the engine for the PHP Front End. Justin Silverton at Jaslabs has made an extensive list of 25 different template engines for … Continue reading →

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