Why it’s a bad idea to name Classes and ID’s based on presentation.

Behold the classnames in these pages and note that the class subHeadingGreen defines neither a heading or anything green. The class subHeadingBlue defines neither a heading or anything blue and while the class copyBoldBlue does render bold (currently), it’s colour is in fact black (at the moment). Do I need to explain it?

Viewing the source […]

29 Oct 2005 at 11:44 | Permalink

Ever been caught rasterbating?

Rasterbator

27 Oct 2005 at 18:05 | Permalink

Inmates run the asylum

Mistake #1: We chose flashy technology over accessibility […]
Mistake #2: We assumed users would be more impressed by a robust interface they couldn’t use than by a less elegant application that they could use […]
Mistake #3: We thought we were the primary persona […]
Meg Hourihan. March 14, 2002

13 Oct 2005 at 15:53 | Permalink

Front end is technology

Adrian complains about lack of posts. I’ve been contemplating Web 2.0 and the AJAX hysteria, but my thoughts are disconnected. Blog the disconnected dots and join later…

One of the biggest failures at Boo was to assume that the front end was not a technology issue. Up through launch and beyond, the front end team was […]

11 Oct 2005 at 12:00 | Permalink