25 March, 2008
in Technical and CSS.
Update: Firefox 2.0.0.13 is now out and it would appear the bug has been fixed.
Any web developers that spend any time using CSS would be familiar with the Firebug add-on for Firefox. (If you don’t have it, get it. It is the best web development and diagnostics tool out there.)
Having become completely dependent on this tool, the first thing I noticed when I upgraded Firefox a while back (well, it upgraded itself) is that it no longer worked for inspecting links and images (a and img elements). I had a bit of a search around and found that there was a problem with something called dom-utils in the latest Firefox.
The temporary solution I came up with (until the next Firefox release hopefully) was to reinstall Firefox 2.0.0.11. I did it straight over the top without uninstalling and everything went fine (Windows XP Pro). I found somewhere that also said installing the latest Firebug beta would also solve the problem.
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16 March, 2008
in Design.
A List Apart’s latest edition (#254) is all about design, and approaches the subject from two very different angles.
Naz Hamid has written about perfecting your designs by paying attention to all the little details. I wasn’t hugely impressed by this article. I echo some of the comments made in that the article didn’t offer a lot of original insights (”less is more” and “take a 15-minute break now and then”), but I guess the importance of an eye for detail and getting all the little finishes into your designs is worth the reminder.
On Creativity by Andy Rutledge sparked a lot more interest from me. What creativity is, and what being “a creative” means, needs clarification within the context of the business of design. Particularly relevant is his discussion of constraints being the source of creativity and not its enemy. Creativity being technical and analytical, and not merely self-expression also rang true.
Continue reading ‘Creativity…’
15 March, 2008
in Flash, Design and Games.
So SXSW 2008 is on at the moment. It’s hard to believe it’s been a year already since I attended last years Interactive festival. How time flies and all that.
So the web awards winners have been announced. The very talented mob at Preloaded took out the game category as well as best of show with Launchball, a great time-wasting (and educational) puzzle game for the Science Museum. Congrats!
The winner of the art category was Viscosity, a neat flash toy that lets you create cool abstract pieces at the stroke of a brush (er, mouse). It’s a shame Wolff Ollins didn’t get their hands on this tool when they were designing the London 2012 logo. Might have come up with something a bit nicer… (Oooh was that bitchy / unoriginal / hackish? Do I care?)
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