Contents tagged with Web Design
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Revisiting an 8 year old post on cookies and opt-in
Common Sense and Opt-In: http://weblogs.asp.net/erobillard/archive/2003/05/08/6680.aspx
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Why care about Google Chrome?
In the last 24 hours there's been a lot of conversation about Chrome. When Safari was released for Windows, why was so little written about Safari's SharePoint compatibility? I used Opera for years, but why never a post about Opera and SharePoint (summary: it stinks, even drop-down menus fail to render)? What's the big deal about Chrome? Web developers certainly don't need another browser to support, unless this is the one that finally gets it right, and the odds of that are way high against. So why did I bother?
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Google Chrome works for SharePoint users, less so for administrators
Today I downloaded and installed the just-released Google Chrome browser, ran it through some preliminary tests with SharePoint 2007 and so far, acceptable but missing a few key things. Chrome supports NTLM authentication, uploads (though not multiple uploads), renders all the usual menus correctly, and generally does a good job of rendering SharePoint pages. And it's screaming fast.
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WCAG and CLF 2.0 Compliance for SharePoint
Here's a nugget. At the May Toronto SharePoint User Group meeting I met Mike Maadarani who got me excited about his company's CLF 2.0 SharePoint Toolkit. Orangutech is based in our nation's capital and they've been working with a government department and Microsoft to help SharePoint meet CLF 2.0 and WCAG requirements. From the documentation:
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"What's your style?" or "Show me your kung fu."
Once again the timeless developer question: what's your methodology? The question came up tonight, here's my current answer:
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Web Design Futures Today: WPF/E
This is really cool. The latest bits to be released of the Windows Presentation Framework are for WPF/E. If you do ASP.Net, this is definitely something you want to catch up on before it's released. What is it? From Scott Guthrie's blog:
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Great series on building a public website with MOSS 2007
Liam Cleary has a fantastic in-depth series running on rebuilding a corporate website with the new WCM features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We're talking deep practical dives into CSS, master pages, navigation, and content types. Highly recommended!
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CDI Education's Technology Briefing Tour: May 3 to 13
Next Tuesday I'm off on a two week, nine city tour of Canada. CDI Education is hosting these technology briefings, and the platforms we'll cover are ASP.NET, SharePoint, and SQL Server. I will be presenting the first two and Bruce Davidson will be presenting SQL Server in the Western provinces.
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Google Maps, now with Satellite
Google Maps just keep getting better. First the best map UI around, and now the most amazing satellite maps around. Go get directions to somewhere, click the numbers representing the turns on the right side, and fall in love.
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The Lazy Programmer: Construct Searches, Not Links
The problem with portals is that they require tending. Whether you're building a developer hub for .Net or a launchpad to find recipes, it takes a human to moderate, tend and prune. What if a hub contained well-designed searches instead? When the design goal is to return a set of possible solutions, why not create a self-maintaining solution?