D76.net BLOG http://www.d76.net d76.net WordPress weblog Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:00:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Apps vs. the Web http://www.d76.net/apps-vs-the-web/ http://www.d76.net/apps-vs-the-web/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:00:41 +0000 admin http://www.d76.net/apps-vs-the-web/ There’s an app for that, and you’re the folks who are creating it.

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]]> http://www.d76.net/good-help-is-hard-to-find/feed/ 0 No One Nos: Learning to Say No to Bad Ideas http://www.d76.net/no-one-nos-learning-to-say-no-to-bad-ideas/ http://www.d76.net/no-one-nos-learning-to-say-no-to-bad-ideas/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:00:34 +0000 admin http://www.d76.net/no-one-nos-learning-to-say-no-to-bad-ideas/ You can’t create what clients need when you’re too busy saying yes to everything they want. As a user experience designer, it’s your job to say no to bad ideas and pointless practices. But getting to no is never easy

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]]> http://www.d76.net/kick-ass-kickoff-meetings/feed/ 0 JavaScript Minification Part II http://www.d76.net/javascript-minification-part-ii/ http://www.d76.net/javascript-minification-part-ii/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:00:42 +0000 admin http://www.d76.net/javascript-minification-part-ii/ Variable naming can be a source of coding angst for humans trying to understand code. Once you’re sure that a human doesn’t need to interpret your JavaScript code, variables simply become generic placeholders for values

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]]> http://www.d76.net/javascript-minification-part-ii/feed/ 0 SVG with a little help from Raphaël http://www.d76.net/svg-with-a-little-help-from-raphael/ http://www.d76.net/svg-with-a-little-help-from-raphael/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:00:02 +0000 admin http://www.d76.net/svg-with-a-little-help-from-raphael/ Want to make fancy, interactive, scalable vector graphics (SVGs) that look beautiful at any resolution and degrade with grace? Brian Suda urges you to consider Raphaël for your SVG heavy lifting.

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]]> http://www.d76.net/supersize-that-background-please/feed/ 0 Taking Advantage of HTML5 and CSS3 with Modernizr http://www.d76.net/taking-advantage-of-html5-and-css3-with-modernizr/ http://www.d76.net/taking-advantage-of-html5-and-css3-with-modernizr/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:00:33 +0000 admin http://www.d76.net/taking-advantage-of-html5-and-css3-with-modernizr/ Years ago, CSS browser support was patchy and buggy, and only daring web designers used CSS for layouts.

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