grid960 – a grid overlay bookmarklet for 960.gs

This bookmarklet has now been updated to support 24 columns Please also see grid960 bookmarklet – now with 24 columns/ A couple of days ago I released a jQuery plugin that provides a grid overlay when working with the 960.gs css grid framework. The plugin seems to have been quite popular, and as a result [ more » ]

IE8 Rounded Corners

Also see updated post about suitable jQuery plugin Last night I finally got round to upgrading my Win XP VMWare image from IE8 beta to the production release. A bit slack on my behalf as the browser was released about 3 weeks ago. Still, I’d been testing websites in the beta release and all was [ more » ]

Goodbye Java, Hello World

As mentioned in my previous post, I’m about to move back to freelance web design, and away from full-time Java web development. As of Monday, I will no longer be a contractor, and will be partnering with Stan PR as their web technologist. So, I’ve been re-assessing my skillset, and re-examining the current state of [ more » ]

Speed Up Your Web Site With Firebug and YSlow

I recently convinced a friend that the Firebug plug-in for Mozilla FireFox is an essential development tool. Well, it’s now time for me to praise YSlow, an extension to Firebug provided by Yahoo!, that analyses your web site, and recommends how to improve performance in the way of download speed. So if you want to [ more » ]

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