In my little rant about crappy code comments – which was very light-hearted really, although it can be a serious topic – Jay Greer commented and told me I should go out on a limb and post what I think … Continue reading
March 1, 2006
by Kay
Category Archives: Web Craft
February 28, 2006
by Kay
Vent and rant: stupid code comments
Update: I was asked what I thought good comments were, so here’s a followup post to this one: Update on stupid code comments: good code comments. One of the most frustrating things any programmer can do is work with someone … Continue reading
January 13, 2006
by Kay
Bloody web standards AGAIN
Surprise surprise… some people don’t agree with the opinions expressed in my post on the meaning of the term “standard” in relation to the web. wow, I didn’t see that coming! One comment and one blog post in particular I … Continue reading
January 9, 2006
by Kay
When is a standard a standard?
I started writing this entry as a comment on Dave Carabetta’s blog but it got a little long so I decided to explain myself in full here. Dave posted that he had decided to try moving the HTML coding his … Continue reading
December 29, 2005
by Kay
2 comments
Stop cfmail messages being flagged as spam
I used to maintain a private wiki for my bookmarks. That let me annotate and group related links together but there were obviously things that weren’t great about it: mostly that it couldn’t really be machine parsed without a bit … Continue reading
November 15, 2005
by Kay
3 comments
Being professional
Andy Clarke has come out and said what many of us wish we could, but don’t. Via Molly’s Web Standards and The New Professionalism Those people still delivering nested table layout, spacer gifs or ignoring accessibility can no longer call … Continue reading
October 23, 2005
by Kay
Custom-coded vs. off-the-shelf
This is a question that comes up quite regularly for me – when do you code a custom application and when do you use an existing solution, be it an off-the-shelf product or code from an open source project? I’m … Continue reading
October 22, 2005
by Kay
I love Fusedocs
It’s Festival time again… in two weeks, the 2006 Perth International Arts Festival web site will be launched. So right now we’re making (mostly minor) modifications to the system and finishing off the new functionality. And madly trying to finish … Continue reading