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I eat this stuff up. The more data like this we get the easier it is to sell performance to team members and clients.
Do faster web pages mean better business? Definitely. We’ve seen hard evidence from major web operators like Shopzilla, Google, and Microsoft. But what about other websites? How big an impact does performance optimization have on the business metrics of a typical media or e-commerce site?
I got a new machine at work yesterday and in the process of building the thing out and getting it ready to actually work with, I came up with a list of the tools and utilities I use on a regular basis. Not the big stuff (Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Photoshop, etc.) The stuff that fills in the cracks that the big tools don’t cover. Thinking such a list might be useful for other folks, I added a couple of online services that I can’t live without and am now sharing the highlights of the list with the world.
Continue reading “Thirteen Web Development Tools I Can’t Live Without”
I’ve always preferred the “IE Box model.” I’ve always wanted width to actually be the width of the element. Instead, I’ve been forced, for years, to break out my math skills to calculate “actual” value of the width property by subtracting padding, margin and borders. That still seems broken to me after all these years.
I’m not alone in this. Here are some big shots sharing their thoughts on the matter:
Continue reading “I, For One, Welcome Our New CSS3 Overlords. As Long As They Bring box-sizing With Them.”
I did some testing today with Google Chrome Frame. I wanted to see if it would mesh with my normal methods for serving IE specific code and, as far as I can tell, it behaves exactly as desired.
Here’s the code I used to test
Continue reading “Google Chrome Frame- I’ll Be Taking Advantage Of It”
I’ve been really itching to get started on something with WebOS. In general I’m dying to do something complicated with JavaScript and the announcement of the Pixi and the Nokia rumors have kept WebOs on my mind, so this news really got my attention:
Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer to lead Developer Relations team at Palm
Continue reading “I’m Finally Building a WebOs App”