Microsoft just released a new upgrade to their Maps site. (I still think its a horrible name, maps.microsoft.com would be smarter) Anyway, it’s a good upgrade. The bird’s eye view is so much better than anything Google Maps has to offer. The Google street view is interesting, but in reality, I use the bird’s eye…
I added in more detail to my Email Template. It turns out that the box model on Microsoft Outlook 2007 is different than the box model in IE6 and 7. Specifically, when calculating the width of a TD cell, it can’t deal with padding on the same item. So I had to separate the padding…
Although it was a rocky beginning, (see resolution) I have really fallen in love with EXT, specifically the 2.0 release (currently in beta.) The quality of the interaction design is top-notch. Jack Slocum has the extremely rare combination of talents including programming, visual design, interaction design and CSS. He is able to take the modern…
As a follow up to the Filespots review, someone at Freshlogic asked me to review their competitor called Folders. Although I feel that my expertise should be PAID for, I still can’t help myself. Someone asking me to write a review of a cool new Web 2.0 app? What can I do? Maybe I should…
Recently, I have been getting alot of comments fall into the Akismet net. I am experimenting with a Captcha plugin for WordPress. A captcha forces the user to type in a word before they can comment. Spambots can not read the words, so only human beings can make it work. The one I am trying…
I think Opera has a chance to do something really awesome. Assuming that the technology was possible. They should release a browser with Opera, IE6, IE7, FF and Webkit rendering engines built in. They should enable a <META> tag to indicate on the page WHICH rendering engine to use. Default would be Opera, of course. …
I was looking at Technorati just now. Some really neat features. It has a way to claim your blog on it. So this post does that. I need to link to my Technorati Profile and it should work. I will review the UX of Technorati later when I get a little experience with it.
Jack Slocum just pointed out a new EXT application called Filespots. This is interesting on many levels. Just from the homepage you can see how they have mirrored the exact Vista windows explorer user experience. The nice folks at Filespots were kind enough to give me a username and password. I immediately started to check…
I recently red an article on Ajaxian about a Craigslist Mashup. Take a look at this thing. This is awesome. I can’t stop using it. It’s so much better than craiglist by itself. It gives the google map, and remembers the last bunch of views. The thing I don’t like is the visual design. It’s…
A new version of the jQuery Easing Plugin has been released. On the one hand, it’s still the best plugin ever. On the other hand, they changed all the names. Now they are a little more “techie”. easeInCirc, easeInOutSine. Am I supposed to know what that means? I am sure there is some math involved. …
In my never-ending project to upgrade Katie to the latest greatest technology, I have come up against an old piece of software. Microsoft Outlook 2007. The time has come to retire this vestige of 20th century programming. The thick client must go! Thin Web client must come in. Gmail is providing the Email part. Google…
Updated Once Latest Greatest (8/27/08) I have been working on an email template to use for a future design tool. Emails, if you don’t know, are not as easy to design as web pages. They are viewed in a wider variety of clients. Some of these clients are downright evil. I feel like I have…
I finally lost my patience with LunarPages. The downtime was just getting out of control. I put down $95 and got a Bluehost subscription (12 months). Lunarpages made me wait 10-30 minutes for their technical support and then refused to do anything about it. The intermittent failures were just unbearable. I am going to switch…
WordPress 2.3 is out. I downloaded it and upgraded. Bam! I was going to wait for the fantastico upgrade, but decided to just push the envelope. The upgrade process is so smooth and pain free. I really have to hand it to those guys, this is a great product. I admit I haven’t used all…