BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. “Is it a scary ride, Mommy? Will it go loop-de-loop and make me throw up?” “Let’s hope not, dear. If you get sick, we’ll just have to go home.” Hugh MacLeod (comment315): Actually Shelley, the more I read you, the less I think of you a champion of people whose voices […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The popular Ajax library, script.aculo.us has a new look. It moves away from the traditional Ajax pastels into earthier tones, and uses four bubbles to represent four main menu areas. The site navigation is quite clear, and the information you would want is immediately apparent. I tested the site and it validates, […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I wrote a post in Just Shelley about my reasons for dropping Burningbird. Chief among them is not having the energy to continue to ‘feed the monster’, as Sheila aptly puts it. What does feed the monster are posts such as this: over the top, sensationalist, faked outrage, petty bickering. There’s such […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Over at ScriptTeaser a participation exercise where you can help pick what Ajaxian tech is hot, or not, for a weblog. Feel free to jump in, as opinions are not only welcome, they’re being actively recruited. I have one more for the list: The Ajax Bubble Popper. When enabled, any post that […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I’m looking at all the possible areas where one can apply Ajaxian technologies to a weblog. Some uses strike me as just pushing the bits around for the fun of it. Others, such as my live preview for comments, seem to be so handy they’re worth having JavaScript turned on. […]