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Providing cross-browser support (for simple UIs) is much nicer than it used to be but the occasional hiccup can certainly still be expected. In the last few months I’ve implemented a couple of components that needed to popup “on top … Continue reading

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Case study: Make your site feel more forced w/javascript

As an avid evite user I’m well aware that the site really works well for 95% of the people that need to use it. I’m also well aware that every regular user I know either dislikes it – or has … Continue reading

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Sex, Drugs, and Rock n’ Roll (and Laszlo on Rails) w/Mike Pence

Mike Pence, self-employed (and sometimes self-unemployed) professional web surfer delivered “Sex, Drugs, and Rock n’ Roll (and Laszlo on Rails)” this morning at RailsConf. The talk began with the “Where are we headed?” question. Users are expecting a much more … Continue reading

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Ajax On Rails w/Justin Gehtland

Are we still at the point where a talk on ajax must start with the "What is ajax?" question? Well, at least the explanations seem to be getting shorter Justin spent the majority of the presentation showing uncluttered examples of … Continue reading

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