Alex Jones: Web Technologist, Barbecue Acolyte, Information Junkie, Austinite

Textarea tools

Textarea tools

Posted in Design & UI, JavaScript, Quick Links

Pure CSS Scrollable Table with Fixed Header

Pure CSS Scrollable Table with Fixed Header

Posted in CSS, Design & UI, Quick Links

Guinness Popsicle

Guinness Ice Lolly (Popsicle) mmmmm - via Boing Boing

Posted in Food & Drink, Quick Links

Commenting on Commenting

snook.ca provides some nice Web development tutorials for your perusal. But that isn’t why I am posting it. I am spreading the word about this “collection of tips, tricks and bookmarks” so you can see the brilliant implementation of a commenting system. Check out one of the entires (”I’m an addict” is an ideal example, plus it explains the system) to see what I mean. Not only is the left hand margin used to display comment information in a compact method (tidy!), the comment form remains visible on the right hand side of the page as you scroll, making it easy for the reader to comment as they read. This is a great way to encourage feedback and participation.

I learned of the site and method through Derek Featherstone’s post “Dockable Comments: Intelligent DOM Scripting, which discusses his variant of the concept, which in turn was pointed out by Cameron Moll.

Posted in CSS, Design & UI

On top form

On top form | And all that Malarkey - A collection of good form design examples.

Posted in Design & UI, Quick Links

Transparent custom corners and borders | 456 Berea Street

Another great tutorial from Roger Johnson (456 Berea Street), discusses a method to create transparent custom corners and borders, which “uses no extra markup, allows the use of transparent images for the corners and borders, and has no restrictions on the background colour and margins of the elements within the main container. Skip right ahead and take a look at the final example if you can’t wait.”

Good stuff.

Posted in CSS, Design & UI, Quick Links

Mac Mini FireWire Hard Drive Performance

Mac Mini FireWire Hard Drive Performance shows how to significantly increase the hard drive speed and performance of a Mac Mini - posted on /.

Posted in OS X

Enhance your photos by using the High Pass Filter

Enhance your photos by using the High Pass Filter - This looks amazing.

Posted in Design, Design & UI, Quick Links

Jello: A Different Liquid Layout

In between Fixed and Liquid Layouts, there is now Jello. Tasty.

Posted in CSS, Design & UI, Quick Links

Smithsonian Global Sound

Smithsonian Global Sound “delivers the world’s diverse cultural expressions via the Internet in an informative way for a reasonable price. It also helps encourage local musicians and traditions around the planet through international recognition, the payment of royalties, and support for regional archives.”

Posted in Quick Links, iPod