Ajaxifying the Address Bar Interface
Jeff Attwood asks “Did you ever get the feeling that the browser address bar is the new command line?” Russel Beattie expressed a similar sentiment a little while ago:
In Search of Useful Code Comments
Couple weeks ago, I argued that self-documenting code is self-reinforcing. Some choice quotes on this topic from Mike Clarke (via his blog) (emphasis mine):
Progressive Enhancement and Browser Plugins
In the previous entry on AJAX and server-side crypto, I alluded to progressive enhancement. Naturally enough, people have been discussing progressive enhancement wrt AJAX , and at least some AJAX applications will doubtless apply this notion. For instance, a form...
AJAX and the Great Data Cloud in the Sky
Office apps, backup, calendars - trying to store it online was all the rage of the mid-90s. By 2000, we would be hopping on our flying scooters and whizzing past the great data cloud in the sky.
Know Thy User : It’s More than Usability
As you know, it helps usability a lot to work closely with users. What I’ll say here is that working with users helps other -ilities too. I’m defining usability as UI, human-computer dialogue, and functionality. I think it’s clear that...