A Fading Habit
I’ve noticed that I’ve recently habitualised the Yellow Fade Technique, or what the Ajax patterns refer to as One-Second Spotlight.
Reading Open-Source Code
Dave Crane looks into some Scriptaculous code. The main point is that Scriptaculous is easy for novice JS programmers to use, but the source code would be difficult, for novices at least, to understand. Which raises these questions:
DHTML Super Mario Bros!!!
Ajax, AjaxPatterns, DHTML, Gaming, Patterns, Web
Stealth Startup “Register For Interest” Pattern
Has anyone else noticed the Ajaxian “Register for Interest” pattern sported by the new-skool stealth startups? The new Firefox+++ project, Flock (via Ajaxian) is doing it right now.
Rhythmbox – Usability Lessons Learned
Currently trying to delete about 50 playlists on Rhythmbox. (Rhythmbox doesn’t yet have podcast-friendly features like sorting by date, so I end up creating a daily playlist via a bashpodder hack, leading to numerous playlists).