Archive for February 2002
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Meaningful Error Messages
February 26th, 2002 |I’ve been struggling with an XML-RPC problem and the error messages I get don’t tell me anything. Enter The Cranky User: Could you repeat that in English? Frequently, error messages are totally uninformative — or, worse, just plain wrong. Here, we look at how meaningful error messages can make it easier for users to correct problems [...]
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Free Online Web Accessibility Training
February 26th, 2002 |WebAim (Web Accessibility In Mind) is offering free online training on Web accessibility during the month of April. According to the Web site, an estimated 20% of the US population has some kind of disability and 10% have a severe disability. That’s a big chunk of our audience, isn’t it? Even I fall into that as [...]
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USA Map
February 25th, 2002 |Edited 8 newsletters and two book chapters in two days. I’m tired! Ben has made a nice high resolution, bandwidth-loving map of the USA. Let’s do something fun now and go color it!
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MT Spotlight Shock
February 25th, 2002 |<meryl stares at the monitor with her mouth wide open in shock> MovableType Spotlight. Honored, moved, and happy. I’ve never got anything like this or even been nominated. Never complained since notes are not eye candy. Thank you, Ben and Mena. This has inspired me to move forward with my plans to officially launch a second Weblog. [...]
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Where the Heck Do I Start???
February 25th, 2002 |WDVL: The toughest site you will ever build talks about a dilemma I have run into a few times… where to start when redesigning my own Web site. It got so bad this time that I had to go hire someone to do it for me. [Link Webreference]
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Wheelie Hot Site
February 25th, 2002 |USATODAY.com has picked Webreference’s cool license plate gallery on its Hot Site of the Day. Also, on the list is WriteTheWeb, which surprised me since it had not been updated in ages… then, I learned they started it up again. Yahoo! Unfortunately, I discovered that site after it went on hiatus and understand how tough [...]
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She Found a New Friend
February 25th, 2002 |Meryl wrote an entry that brought a smile to my face and explains why I value the people on the ‘net so much. I’ve made a lot of online friends over the years and met some in person. I’m not a shy person, but I struggle in crowds (hence, I’ll admit being anxious about sxsw). But [...]
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Guide to Creating a Web Site
February 25th, 2002 |Creating a web site - a step by step guide from Jessett.com. One for the bookmarks. [Link The Shifted Librarian]
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CSS Letter from Steven Garrity
February 25th, 2002 |Steven Garrity writes a letter to us all on CSS Design and his planned site redesign. He opens it up for feedback, suggestions, and answers. His approach is the one I want to take… XHTML with CSS, but I’m not sure it will have tables or not. [Link Zeldman
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Photoshop 7
February 25th, 2002 |The software industry is out to get us! No, I always respect smart upgrades to software, but it’s getting frustrating to shell out more money for it. The latest? Adobe Photoshop 7 - New Features. Whoa! Wait! It’s not available yet… but take a peek at what’s coming. [Link Webgraphics]
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