Archive for the 'Web Design' Category

firefox scroll lag

Tuesday, April 5th, 2005

Here’s a tip for you web designers out there.
Some people have noticed that if you have a fixed background in a webpage, Firefox sometimes has real lag when you’re scrolling the page. It turns out the problem is related to the background images in the content area that’s being scrolled over the fixed background. […]

quick HTML tip

Monday, October 11th, 2004

If you want to embed video into a webpage, one of the parameters you can use is “autostart”, normally set to true or false. Firefox, for some reason, does not pay any attention to the ‘false’. This is a problem if you don’t want your movie to start playing immediately!
Solution: use ‘0′ (zero) […]

Blog breakdown

Monday, May 24th, 2004

Since MovableType has redone their licensing / pricing scheme, I’ve been on the lookout for a new blog system. I had been leaning toward WordPress but it’s still up in the air. In case anybody else is in a similar situation, here is a breakdown of several blogs available right now. (link curtosy […]

Those interruptions….

Wednesday, March 17th, 2004

Well, some interruptions are good (like stopping work to feel the baby kick), and others are bad . Others are in between, like today.

He responded with, “I can’t tell if you’re joking or bitching here?” What? Where did the come from? It finally came out that he wanted it for an […]

A few tips on MoveableType

Tuesday, February 24th, 2004

Ok, now for a technical post! I got a question a few days ago about how I do a few tricks in this MT blog, like thisSorry Trav, I wasn’t ignoring you! Sorry it took so long to post…..
If you’re interested, read on. Bust since most people will have a hard time […]

Yuck more ads!

Monday, January 19th, 2004

Web advertising reaches a new high/low. Here’s how I’m going to stop it.

Stop-and-go, Stop-and-go

Wednesday, December 10th, 2003

A little about the more frustrating aspects of web design.