Posts Tagged ‘usability’

- 1 Feb 2010
- Tagged with CSS, Flash, html 5, iPhone, RIA, usability
End of an era3

Almost a year ago, I wrote a draft of an article about Flash, and how its days were numbered. I never got round to finish it, but as I witnessed quite a few bloggers queueing up to carry Flash’ coffin to the grave recently, I thought I’d revisit it.
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- 2 Oct 2008
- Tagged with Google Chrome, IE8, URLs, usability
Proper URLs under fire1

It’s sad to see that in 2008, too much web designers and developers still haven’t figured out the importance of cruft-free URLs. A feature in Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 8 will only make matters worse, I’m afraid.
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- 15 Jul 2008
- Tagged with apple, features, feedback, pixar, usability, users
The User, king or pawn?2

A mind puzzle concerning the position of the User. Is the user the best guide for your project, or does he only distract you from your goal? And how do companies like Apple and Pixar cope with their consumers?
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Latest …

Goodbye, and welcome!

As mentioned in the previous post, I’ve had plans to discontinue this blog for a while. Today that moment has come, and this is my last post here. At the same time I’m embarking on a freelance career, and launching a brand new lensco.be!

Introducing bricss.net

Lately I felt more like doing quick, tumblr style posts rather than long form pieces. And, in view of the fact that I mostly write about CSS/HTML stuff, the idea grew to start something anew. Enter Bricss.

Data attributes presentation

Although data attributes were introduced more than two years ago in the HTML5 specification, I still see a lot of abuse of the class and rel attributes among friends and coworkers. Here’s a concise introduction to this very useful but largely unknown feature I gave two weeks ago to my colleagues at Netlog.