The bane and choice of Rich Text Editors
Monday, October 13th, 2008 <>p> Whenever Abe Fettig is in town I think about how painful his live has been working with rich text editors :) Stuart Atkinson has kindly done a roundup of the state of rich text editors, and it covers: TinyMCE: There’s a modified version of this included in WordPress these days, and it’s extremely well supported by its developers. Then, people in the comments linked to WYMEditor, OpenWYSIWYG, NicEdit, and Dojo’s editor (Abe Fettig in part). Are there others out there that you like?
WWWpic2 - A web server in a PIC
WWWpic2 is a web server in a Microchip PIC 16F84 . Contents Package The current release is 0.2 See the Changelog for what's changed since the last revision. Notes I recently discovered some non commercial linux 24Cxxx programming code which will shortly mean I can provide external 24C256 eeprom support for page data! Basic Setup Install any necessary tools. Hardware Just a quick disclaimer, you fry something (especially yourself) even if my design is wrong it is your problem! Currently the hardware part of this project has been built on breadboard twice and strip-board, I plan to create a PCB layout as soon as the circuit design is more stable (see future expansion for proposed additions). Parts list and guide prices This is a quick list of parts, it doesn't include the strip-board or PCB nor does it include any cable. Software Please see the package section for the package download of everything you need. The basic structure of the code can be broken down into the following sections Licence
Good UI Design: Make It Easy, Show Me You Care - ReadWriteWeb
When researching FuseCal this morning, one of the things that made it so appealing to try was the fact that you could just enter in a URL and see the service in action right away. No sign-up forms, no logins. This got us thinking about UI design as it applies to today's web services. Lately, it seems that less and less services are using sign-up forms...at least, they aren't requiring you to sign up right away in order to try them out. Instead, the trend seems to be to let you jump right in and get to work. Trend #1: Try It Now! An excerpt from an upcoming book by Luke Wroblewski, "Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks," posted on A List Apart helps to point out the issue with sign-up forms on the web. Instead of forcing users through a dreadful sign-up process when really they just wanted to take a look, he promotes the idea of "gradual engagement." Geni's "Sign Up" Process Another example of gradual engagement came from TripIt, a service which lets you plan your trips. Conclusion
CSS Layouts: The Fixed. The Fluid. The Elastic. - Beast-Blog.com
Which Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) layout is best? All have their quirks and their unique pros and cons. Is one more accessible than the other? More usable? What are the drawbacks and how are they dealt with? Is one easier to create than the other? Fixed Width Layouts A fixed width site is one where the main wrapper is set to a specific immovable width independent of the user agent’s display resolution. This blog is an example of a fixed width site, albeit one that could be easily made fluid or elastic without altering the existing imagery. The Fixed Width Pros The main readable content area is tightly controlled without having to set minimum-maximum width (which isn’t universally supported, anyway).Fixed width layouts are sometimes easier to style depending on the effect you’re after. The Fixed Width Cons Some Fixed Width Advice A Fixed Width Example This fixed-width div is 500 pixels wide. Fluid or Liquid Layouts GrayBit.com is an example of a fluid width site. The Fluid Layout Pros
53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn’t Live Without
CSS is important. And it is being used more and more often. Cascading Style Sheets offer many advantages you don’t have in table-layouts - and first of all a strict separation between layout, or design of the page, and the information, presented on the page. Thus the design of pages can be easily changed, just replacing a css-file with another one. CSS is important. Over the last few years web-developers have written many articles about CSS and developed many useful techniques, which can save you a lot of time - of course, if you are able to find them in time. Let’s take a look at 53 CSS-based techniques here at Smashing Mag you should always have ready to hand if you develop web-sites. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5 Powerful Tips And Tricks For Print Style Sheets 5. Generated content was first introduced in the CSS2 specification. 7. 8. 9. 10. Stephen Shaw introduces a technique for perfect horizontal and vertical centering in CSS, at any width or height. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. The web is growing up.
