by Bob Wallace | Oct 7, 2014 | Technology
I am a big fan of bookmarklets. (A bookmarklet is basically a piece of JavaScript code that is embedded in a web address (URL) and saved as a bookmark or, in Internet Explorer (IE), a favorite.) Bookmarklets work because JavaScript can be run from the address/URL bar...
by Bob Wallace | Sep 16, 2014 | Technology, Web Design
Finally, web browsers are becoming relatively standards compliant. The latest versions of Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Internet Explorer (IE), and Opera render web pages mostly the same. So I was surprised to find a case where Firefox and Opera were doing something...
by Bob Wallace | Aug 14, 2014 | Technology, Web Design
I have been coding web sites from the dawn of time (1996 or so), and currently teach college courses relating to coding for the web. Until recently, whenever a web job came into the agency, the process would be to get the client’s requirements, mock-up the home...
by Bob Wallace | Aug 7, 2014 | Technology, Web Design
We use a lot of different HTML editors here at HB Design. Dreamweaver, Visual Studio, SharePoint Designer, Notepad++, and PSPad, to name a few. I personally like PSPad. It is fast and simple, yet has some powerful features like search and replace across files and a...
by Bob Wallace | Jul 31, 2014 | Technology, Web Design
As a web coder, part of my work flow is to validate the HTML and CSS code on my pages. In the past I have used the “Web Developer Toolbar” plugin for Firefox. The plugin is a great tool with a lot of good features, but it always bothered me that I had to...
by Bob Wallace | Jul 8, 2014 | Technology, Usability
I remember the days when computer monitors were cathode ray tubes (CRTs) that could only show green characters on the screen. Yes, I am that old. It was amazing when displays could draw lines and text in black and white. When the first color monitors came out, they...
