Browser support and cross-browser testing is a tricky subject. As a veteran of the browser wars I’ve seen a number of browsers dominate for a while then tail off as a new generation invariably comes through. In each generation we as web developers look to be in a better place but are always seem to […]
Category Archives: General
Non Native Form Controls
Been a while since I did a blog post, been probably the busiest I have ever been over the past 3 months, but I have been a bit disappointed that I have let my blog suffer as a result. Continuing in a slightly negative vein I’d like to post about something that as a developer […]
Techno-baby!
Over the past year or so my Apple product ownership has gone from zero -> four (well maybe 6/7 if you count peripherals). Is this because I am now a Fanboi and will join the queuing masses in the coming months when the iPhone 5 is announced and camp out for days to be the […]
Do you need a CMS?
I’ve recently started a new project for a client based on the Joomla CMS. Its been a while since I’ve done anything serious with Joomla but I’ve always been able to work with most things so wasn’t overly concerned by the project. The project itself is basically a re-skin of the existing site, no new […]
2011 Review
Well another year comes to an end so I thought a traditional review would be in order. This year has been a different one for me, my first year working for myself. I can only say it has so far been nothing short of a success. Whilst I perhaps haven’t had as many clients who […]
Rugby World Cup Post Mortem
So the rugby world cup is over, well for England anyway, for the teams which have embraced the future it continues and good luck to them all. For England the glory days are well and truly behind them 2000-2003. It was always going to be hard to live up to the world class team of […]
Bringing the Magic of Star Wars to the Next Generation
A bit more of a light-hearted blog post here. Prompted by seeing this video on the kottke blog got me to thinking randomly about the Star Wars saga today. I was born in the same year as Star Wars came out, its pretty much always been a part of my life and I have seen […]
England Test Cricket – Currently Very Good
A bit of a break from the dev stuff. We’re half way through the 3rd test against India and I am already comfortable enough (weather obliging) to say England are about to become the No 1 ranked test side in the world. If/when this happens I am sure a lot will be made of it […]
Code From Hell
There are a lot of code zealots out there who pretend to think that their chosen language is the best language ever and anyone who uses another language is dumb. I’ve lost count of the PHP vs Java, or ‘language a’ vs ‘language b’ debates I’ve seen. Sometimes it comes down to personal choice, sometimes […]
Facebook Send
In a recent post on the Facebook blog they announced updates to their group functionality, which currently isn’t really a function I use, although I can see the benefit of using groups. Buried near the bottom of the post and later picked up by Mashable was an announcement about a new piece of functionality not […]