Mobile users are on the go. They’re rushing to get a train or busy meeting people. They don’t have much time and they’re on a slow connection. Right? The answer of course is not necessarily. So-called mobile browsing could include shopping online while tucked up in bed, sending messages while watching TV or giggling at … Continue reading Responsive Is Not Just Visual: Three Useful Web APIs
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On Responsive Images — An Interview With Dr. Stanley Dards
Wanting to serve different size images to different size screens is nothing new but at last the web has a practical solution for responsive images and art direction. Thanks to a lot of hard work by a lot of people, the Responsive Images Community Group has achieved the goal of seeing its API becoming a valuable building … Continue reading On Responsive Images — An Interview With Dr. Stanley Dards
My Two Favourite (underused) HTML5 Media Features
Both of these are stable, simple and useful, yet they don’t seem to be used much in the wild (yet). Maybe it’s just lack of awareness so here are a couple of demos to hopefully generate a bit of interest. Page Visibility API In first place it has to be the Page Visibility API. Supported in all … Continue reading My Two Favourite (underused) HTML5 Media Features
Introduction to Paper Wallets for Bitcoin, Dogecoin, etc.
No matter how much you trust a digital currency online exchange or service, they are not subject to the same tough regulations as banks and won’t be bailed out by governments should something bad happen (at least not at the time of writing). If you hold an amount of bitcoin, dogecoin, whatever-coin and are planning … Continue reading Introduction to Paper Wallets for Bitcoin, Dogecoin, etc.
Blocking Comment Spam Without Captchas
Imagine you want to leave a comment on a blog. Next, imagine you have to solve one of those captchas — a jumbled image of letters and numbers — to prove you’re human. Now imagine that you can’t see. You have to solve an audio captcha instead, such as the ones below. All you have … Continue reading Blocking Comment Spam Without Captchas
The Internet, the Web and an Old Book
Not long ago, I was explaining to a translator the difference between the Internet and the Web. Understandably they thought they were the same thing, as most people do. Jump forward a few weeks and I’m packing boxes ready to move house, wondering what I can throw out. A dusty edition of Running Linux from 1996 — … Continue reading The Internet, the Web and an Old Book
How the Japanese Communicate: Alphabet
This is a short primer about the way Japanese people communicate with each other with writing. It won't teach you how to read, write or speak Japanese but it should hopefully be enlightening for people with no previous knowledge. Let’s kick off by looking at the alphabets (yes, plural) that Japanese people use. Just a … Continue reading How the Japanese Communicate: Alphabet
Joining the W3C!
I’m delighted to announce that from today, I’m officially joining the W3C! After four wonderful years at Opera it was difficult to think what could follow it but being able to contribute to the open web as part of the W3C and still remain in Japan is as close to a dream-come-true as it gets. I’m … Continue reading Joining the W3C!
Twitter Bootstrap Without jQuery
※ NOTE: The script mentioned here is no longer maintained and probably out of date. The more I use Twitter Bootstrap, the more I like it. The only thing that puts me off is needing jQuery for a few simple interactions such as hiding and displaying elements. jQuery’s an excellent library but if a site doesn’t make full … Continue reading Twitter Bootstrap Without jQuery
Accessible Child Theme for WordPress Twenty Twelve
Quick summary: I made an accessible child theme for the default WordPress Twenty Twelve theme. Read on for details. Accessibility in WordPress I recently switched my blog over to WordPress — self-hosted to give me more control. So far I’m impressed, especially with the number of plugins and themes available, but I was a bit surprised at the lack of themes that claim to … Continue reading Accessible Child Theme for WordPress Twenty Twelve
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