I was reading HTML5 for Web Designers and was reminded again of the interesting debate about autofocus and keyboard shortcuts. If you’re unfamiliar, autofocus is a JavaScript technique for automatically putting the cursor in a particular form element when a user visits a web page. This happens when you visit Google: notice that you can
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I like the idea behind the newly-announced Chrome Web Store. It’s a store for web apps, which technically aren’t different from any other web sites like Google Docs. At first it feels like Google is just out to make a quick buck by mimicking Apple’s successful App Store. However, I think something more subtle is
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Google just introduced a new product called Buzz. I’ll save you a lengthy explanation of the service since you’ve probably already heard it, but basically it is a status tool like Twitter with better media and service integration. It feels like this is a long time coming, due to the popularity of Twitter and the
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Here is a new personal project of mine. It is still in the works, but I’ve been posting to it as I work on it. It uses a couple interesting WordPress plugins to do the detailed classification: specifically, the fields and tag clouds for flavors, breweries, and beer styles. The design is not mine, but
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Check out this gem from the AT&T website. Wow. I get no commitment pricing with a 2-year commitment! And as a valued customer, I get a discounted upgrade at a higher price. It is like no one even read this to make sure it made sense, or is just doing a terrible job trying to
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