atacrawl
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Comment · 8 years ago
Funny, because I described it to some fellow devs as "if Perch and Jekyll had a baby."
Comment · 10 years ago
Our devices should be making a statement about who we are and what we do
Should be? They already do! The author clearly understands very little about marketing.
Comment · 11 years ago
In fact, Safari is still the best browser when it comes to everything UI-related (animations, visual effects, …).
I'm a Safari user who develops first and foremost in Safari, and I completely disagree with this. Chrome runs rings around Safari in UI animation performance, it's almost embarrassing.
Comment · 11 years ago
Serious question -- where do you shop that this amount of food for an adult only costs this much?
Comment · 11 years ago
How is this from Google...
"If we had Apple on board with PE, we’d still be on board too."
... anything else but a lame excuse? It's deeply unfortunate that Apple won't budge on this because I think PE is a step in the right direction, but Google using Apple as a crutch is just as ridiculous.
Comment · 12 years ago
I get the impression this is more geared towards sites that would run the Deck, Fusion, et al. In other words, sites that tend to have very limited advertising and don't subscribe to the IAB's definition of size standards.
Comment · 12 years ago
As others have said, really smart way of explaining features. But, I get the following console error on the demo:
Can't find variable: performance
Comment · 12 years ago
Any time this topic comes up, I think immediately of the Louise Woodward case (aka the British Nanny Case):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Woodward_case
During the trial, much was made of Louise Woodward's odd demeanor on the stand; particularly, her propensity to awkwardly twist her mouth to stifle laughter during testimony. Many interpreted that as a sign of guilt, but my grandmother would laugh in a similar fashion whenever she was nervous or uncomfortable. Woodward struck me as genuine.
On the other hand, at the end of the trial, the baby's mother read a statement to the court. Her delivery was cold, emotionless and oddly stable given the circumstances. It was unnerving, and I've never forgotten it.
Comment · 12 years ago
I was actually hoping this meant shows like The Larry Sanders Show and Dream On had found a home online. Darn.
Comment · 12 years ago
Unless printing the page is a useful and usable byproduct (which may be the case in certain SaaS scenarios), I wouldn't give a print stylesheet more than 15 minutes of my time.
Comment · 12 years ago
Good question: I was new to the Chicagoland area at the time and chalked it up to not being aware of what all the area codes were.
Comment · 12 years ago
Completely agree. "Where are you?" is basic information when location is at all relevant, and site designers frequently make the false assumption that every visitor is a local who knows exactly what you meant.
And it's not just news sites -- I once made a service reservation at a Toyota dealership in another state because it had the same name as the one I wanted and no indication of where it was in any global assets (it was buried on a "directions" page).
Comment · 12 years ago
Have you considered working with a designer to gussy up the site a bit? That could go a long way toward representing more legitimacy.
That said, I'm very impressed with what you've done, and I'll be passing this along.