Website Cissifying

I spent some time over the last couple days updating my website in three ways:

  1. Separation between content and presentation by using CSS. It's not perfect yet, but it's much more manageable. Minor tweaks to the UI to make it a little prettier.
  2. Update site-wide all pages to better use PHP in a modular fashion. The user sees no benefit from this.
  3. Added a SVG menu and masthead. To see the cool effects, you need an SVG-enabled browser like a Firefox nightly build (1.1 Alpha) or for Internet Explorer you can download the Adobe SVG plug-in (the most complete SVG implementation so far available). Opera supports SVG Tiny, but unfortunately it's still a little buggy and feature-shy (moreso than even Mozilla's implementation).
§101 · June 3, 2005 · Software, SVG, Technology, Web · Comments Off on Website Cissifying ·

Writing Proper SVG for Mozilla

Jonathan Watt, one of the main Mozilla SVG developers sent me a link to this document which he's working on to help instruct the world how to write proper SVG which Mozilla+SVG will be able to render. Give it a read and send him some feedback.

By the way, I downloaded the latest Deer Park Alpha Build (Firefox 1.1 Alpha) and it has SVG enabled by default.

§98 · May 27, 2005 · Firefox, Software, SVG, Technology, Tips, Web · Comments Off on Writing Proper SVG for Mozilla ·

Netscape 8 Breaks Internet Explorer 6

As just reported in the IE Blog and in numerous other blogs/newsgroups (here, here, here), apparently installation of Netscape 8 breaks Microsoft Internet Explorer 6's ability to render XML via XSLT. Could this be the final nail in Netscape Browser's coffin?

§97 · May 25, 2005 · Software, Technology, Web · Comments Off on Netscape 8 Breaks Internet Explorer 6 ·

Deploying For The Live Web

I've been pecking a way at this online chat program that I started as an excuse to learn some JavaScript and enhance my PHP skills (as well as get around a certain corporate firewall). It's coming along nicely. Tonight I added a RSS feed for it so that users can monitor the most recent conversation without having to be constantly logged in. I've been trying to figure out a good way to manage the deployment of the web application. Read the rest of this entry ...

§96 · May 24, 2005 · Ajax, JavaScript, PHP, Software, Technology, Tips, Web · Comments Off on Deploying For The Live Web ·

The Bloating of Microsoft Word

I've actually ranted about the decline of Microsoft Office 2002 in the past, but I thought I'd quickly throw something up that I hate about Microsoft Word 2002. You know, it's weird but the more useability "improvements" they throw into a well-established piece software, the less useable the software becomes to me. Sometimes it's ok to just "leave well enough alone" and just fix bugs or improve the efficiency/speed of an application. Read the rest of this entry ...

§93 · May 19, 2005 · Software, Technology · Comments Off on The Bloating of Microsoft Word ·

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