Web Performance, Branding, and Social Media
In: smp
30 Apr 2005Web page compression is not a new technology, but it has just recently gained higher recognition in the minds of IT administrators and managers because of the rapid ROI it generates. Compression extensions exist for most of the major Web server platforms, but in this article I will focus on the Apache and mod_gzip solution.
The [...]
In: RANTING
18 Feb 2005Looks like Firefox could become the genesis of the private-label browser, unencumbered by nasty platform/OS/Service Pack limitations. [here -- courtesy of the XSLT:General blog]
I believe strenously that Microsoft has committed a serious error in limiting the upcoming MSIE 7 update to Windows XP SP2 machines. It will not drive the large corporate IT departments who [...]
That is not a typo. The great man spoke the words today. [here and MSFT Press Release and here and here and here and here
and here and here]
Will it be better…?
The quote:
Building on those advancements, Gates announced Internet Explorer 7.0, designed to add new levels of security to Windows XP SP2 while maintaining the level [...]
In: smp
2 Feb 2005MSN gets new CSS driven design. [here] Substantial comments.
Comments from an MSN Developer. [here]
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21 Jan 2005Jakob Neilsen has a great article on Web Design Standards. You often hear me discuss things along these lines at the application and HTML layer — HTTP and (X)HTML/CSS standards. I agree with what Jakob is saying: designers must consider how people will use their site, not just how they want them to use their [...]
In: smp
20 Jan 2005Ok, as Tim Bray does, I am here to expose the stupid with the great in all the code I write.
Mine was even more brain-damaged. I generate a series of aggregate Web Log stats,after filtering out bots/crawlers/images/css/robots.txt/etc., to generate meaningful information on the visitors to my sites.
However, the aggregate stats were not meshing with the [...]
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15 Dec 2004I like this idea: mondo-geekiness.
CSS reference on your iPod
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14 Dec 2004MozillaZine has some interesting statistic war data on the Firefox arrival. Now of course Microsoft is disputing the numbers. But it is sort of like arguing that the Sammy Sosa Home Run record doesn’t mean as much as the Roger Maris or Babe Ruth Records because of the extended season.
Microsoft has lost this battle. If [...]
In: RANTING
2 Dec 2004A couple of comments on the new MSN Spaces site.
Your web server headers for the main page are basically not helpful, especially the Caching ones:
Cache-Control: no-cachePragma: no-cacheExpires: -1
"-1" is not a valid Expires entry — jest set it to the current date. "Pragma" is a client-side header ONLY.
No compression? CSS, JS, and HTML file compression [...]