http://www.incubatetheegg.com web development Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:52:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ive been quite busy so havn't got round to posting anything in a while. Just finished a couple of websites. The first is for a local printing firm that I worked for. You can visit the site here The site needed to be brought up to date whilst maintaining the existing ... http://www.incubatetheegg.com/index.php/2008/07/24/what-ive-been-up-to-lately/ Incorporating Javascript and Ajax effects into web pages has never been easier. With the growth in DOM scripting a wide variety of open-source javascript libraries have been created. But which one should you go for? JQuery, DOJO, Prototype, Scriptaculous, Moochikit, Yahoo UI , Mootools to name but a few. The ... http://www.incubatetheegg.com/index.php/2008/04/14/choosing-a-javascript-library/ Like any budding web developer I got myself a copy of Dreamweaver and set about learning how to use all its various features. However I found myself using the program less and less when developing websites. It just seems too intrusive than it needs to be, combined with the fact ... http://www.incubatetheegg.com/index.php/2008/03/25/dreamweaver-v-coda/ I started this blog in Blogger, just because it was the most convenient at the time, and for most people id imagine it is the most convenient blogging platform to publish on. It became apparent early on however that I wanted more freedom from my blogging platform, for a start ... http://www.incubatetheegg.com/index.php/2008/03/18/why-i-moved-to-wordpress/ When developing this site, i have to admit that browser compatibility was not my primary objective. Usually when developing a website for a client it is important to make sure that your website will be viewable by the largest number of your clients customers. In other words assessing which browser ... http://www.incubatetheegg.com/index.php/2008/03/11/developing-for-the-browser/ There is always the fear that advances in web technologies, especially proprietary ones, will result in a web that is less accessible. However this is not always the case, and there is a real impetus within current web trends to develop according to standards and best practices. Nowhere is this ... http://www.incubatetheegg.com/index.php/2008/03/04/colour/ A heuristic put simply is 'a method to help solve a problem'. In computing heuristics usually take the form of a set of informal guidelines that can be applied to test the usability of user interfaces. The most widely cited by far are Jacob Neilson's Ten Usability Heuristics which can ... http://www.incubatetheegg.com/index.php/2008/02/26/heuristic-overload/ Anyone working with the internet as a publishing medium will probably be familiar with the expression 'content is king'. The term established itself as a sort of a truism with designers returning to minimalist designs (web 2.0 design ethos) and a restored faith in the power of the internet as ... http://www.incubatetheegg.com/index.php/2008/02/20/is-content-king/ Meet Snowball, he's a friendly sort of chap when he's not out eating dogs for breakfast. Although this is an extreme example, the manipulation of photography is a common occurance throughout all media and the web is no exception. However, manipulating media in this way has various ethical and legal ... http://www.incubatetheegg.com/index.php/2008/02/12/manipulating-media/ This week we have been considering what makes a good design? In particular what are the aspects of web development that result in an intuitive and memorable user experience. The exact definition of good design is hard to pinpoint and their are various fluctuating ideas on what constitutes a good ... http://www.incubatetheegg.com/index.php/2008/02/05/what-makes-a-good-design/