File Under Cool Tools: Record Page Load Video With WebPageTest

As you could probably guess since Performance is one of the six site categories around here, I’m a fan of WebPageTest. You can imagine my reaction to the news that page load videos are now available from the service. From Recording video with WebPagetest: One of the things we like to look at is what […]

HTML5 Notes: My First Time Using the Canvas Element

Quick verdict? It’s fun. The long verdict (albeit one not base on the work I did here?) The accessibility concerns are valid and will need to be addressed before we end up with a replay of Flash circa 2000. And no one wants that. Anyway, the example I did do for the demo is actually […]

As If URL Shorteners Alone Weren’t Bad Enough, Now They’ve Mated With URL Hijacking Frames

The Digg Bar is the most obvious (and noxious) example, but the new trend of URL shorteners coupled with a URL hijacking frame is spreading alarmingly. More and more I’m seeing this odious technique. These things break bookmarks, wreck navigation cues from the URL and are generally sleazy and rude. And there’s how to beat […]

HTML 5 Notes: In Case a Client Asks… No Full Screen Video

I’m going to be posting a series of notes on the production of my first HTML 5 demo page. I’m doing a presentation on it at work (to be shared here, of course) and I want to capture my thoughts as I have them in the process of producing some fully formed HTML5 content. One […]