Flash is probably better than html December 29, 2006
Posted by hunterp in HTML, UI, web.3 comments
Why is flash better than html? In principle: because there are no browsers to deal with; you are guaranteed a uniform environment everywhere its run, SIMPLE. Java was supposed to be this and it may still be, but its always been slow and bulky and flash seems to have a better marketing team. I think thats why flash has had a better GUI IDE for GUI’s long before java, but for java, I like’s eclipse’s RCP
Some of the big boys using flash:
http://maps.yahoo.com/broadband/
http://finance.google.com/finance?q=GOOG
I realize how crazy this sounds, and I am truly sorry for saying what I’m about to say, but I think that having a well established software mono-culture CAN be useful.
Rounded Corners and options instead of downgrading IE 7 November 12, 2006
Posted by hunterp in IE, Rounded Corners, web.1 comment so far
Rounded corners are a simple way to get many designs to look much better. I think some future non-ratified version of css supports them in things like divs, but that is ages away.
Theres some pure css approaches, but these are usually pretty html heavy. Then theres javascript approaches which allow for extremely clean html.
After sifting through some rounded corner javascript projects, i found http://curvycorners.net. Its anti-aliased, works in all browsers and pretty simple to use.
The problem today however, is that I just stupidly installed IE7 thereby replacing IE6. Theres no apparent way to downgrade, so let me recommend http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE (because just like the real IE6 it rendered http://curvycorners.net)
List of Web Robots March 2, 2006
Posted by hunterp in web.add a comment
The list of web robots. Really, google lies.
(I emailed the author for a csv file, if you go up one level you’ll find a web page where theres more information about the date)
