Tag Archives: Interface Development

jQuery Form Validation as Smarty Plugins

Posted on February 1, 2007 by mattias

When we redesigned two of our sites we put a lot of effort into making the signup process better and focused on making a lot of input validation before posting the page. We also knew that there is a lot … Continue reading →

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Article about Event-Driven Web Application Design at YUI

Posted on January 18, 2007 by mattias

Christian Heilmann writes an interesting article about Event Driven Web Application Design over Yahoo UI. Christian starts the article with something I totally agree with: Frontend engineering rocks right now. The era of boring web sites is over and we’re … Continue reading →

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DomQuery is extremely fast

Posted on January 15, 2007 by mattias

Jack Slocum who manages a great extension library for Yahoo! UI has released is working on a new library for CSS/XPath selection of the DOM named DomQuery. The first figures says it is fast, extremely fast. To make it even … Continue reading →

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Yahoo Graded Browser Support

Posted on December 19, 2006 by mattias

In my Front-end Architectural work on restructuring/rebuilding/refining our biggest site (due early 2007) I have used the Yahoo Graded Browser Support as a guide for which browsers to target and how to make QA easier. I find Yahoos solution to … Continue reading →

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Adobe announces the Apollo Framework Beta

Posted on December 19, 2006 by mattias

There are a lot of different solution providers lining up for releasing platforms for Rich Internet Applications (RIA). One of the most promising I have seen is Adobes Apollo which is up for beta release Q1 2007. Apollo on Adobe … Continue reading →

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Insert flash into your XHTML-document correctly without using JavaScript

Posted on September 6, 2006 by mattias

An interesting walkthrough of how to insert a flash movie into your xhtml document without using JavaScript and fulfill the main requirements for a flash-movie: Crossbrowser Show alternative content Not use JavaScript Read more at Insert flash into your XHTML-document … Continue reading →

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On Demand JavaScript

Posted on September 6, 2006 by mattias

Load javascript when you need it. This is interesting. Mainly for javascript intensive webapps that makes heavy use of a lot of different javascript modules, modules that should be loaded whenever needed. Ajaxian » Prototype Extension: Dynamic Script Pattern Support … Continue reading →

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Competitive Analysis Before Redesign

Posted on August 23, 2006 by mattias

Dan Brown writes a good and informative article about how to make a competitive analysis from an Information Architetural / Design point-of-view. A must read for those interested in business analysis and the more theoretical area of work for people … Continue reading →

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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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