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Bugzilla Thoughts |

Bug reporting is tricky. Bugs are problems in software where the software doesn’t work as it should. “It doesn’t work.” doesn’t get you anywhere with the developer of the software in question, so the key is to report exactly what happend and what should happen very clearly. Steven Frank (of Panic, Inc. software-makers) has made […]

Colourful crescendo |

The artwork for Simon Jobling’s One Phat DJ August 2008 podcast: Colourful Crescendo. It’s a combination of Illustrator and Photoshop work misuse of filmgrain filters.

Originally made for the July Crescendo, a month and a few name changes later, the podcast and accompanying artwork go live today.
It’s quite fun to do podcast artwork; well recommended. Thanks […]

Bye bye liquid layouts! |

Yes, I am predicting the death of liquid layout of web pages. Not all mind you, some web apps will still be liquid, but for the rest of the web: liquid is dead. This is a natural follow-through from declaring elastic layouts dead, so no surprises here.
There are three main ways to define your layout […]

Px vs Em: Is it still relevant? |

You used to have to choose. Choose between an easy, but inflexible, px-based layout or a hard to control, but flexible, em-based layout.
Now with full-page zoom being implemented (as default!) in Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 3 and Opera 9*, it’s a different story. Full-page zooming means your easy px-based layout will be fully flexible. Even […]

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