A web designoper’s journal
Posted in JavaScript, Usability on Aug 12th, 2010
View the demo here I’m currently working on a project that uses jQuery throughout the user interface to improve the user’s experience. In one section of the application there are three divs laid out next to each other horizontally as if they were three columns. The leftmost div contains a series of items to select [...]
If you’re a regular visitor to msnbc.com you may or may not have noticed the recent changes to their website. At first it appears as if there were only minor cosmetic changes to the header of the page but upon closer inspection you’ll notice something else – a ridiculous choice of content placement. The first [...]
Posted in JavaScript, Usability on Jun 12th, 2010
Thanks to Sergio for finding a bug in the carousel where a certain sequence of clicks resulted in the play button being disabled, I’m happy to release version 2.0.2 which corrects the issue. Click here for the latest version or see our jQuery plugins page.
Posted in JavaScript, Usability on May 7th, 2010
Sometimes my ideas for jQuery plugins come from the need to solve a particular problem. Other times I see something done one way, and want to do it another way. Still other times they just come out of thin air. The inspiration for my latest plugin? Well, it came from a regular old, ugly checkbox. [...]
Posted in Usability on Mar 11th, 2010
I’m sure you’ve filled out a form on a website and at some point gotten a message about not completing a required field, only to find that one of the boxes you thought you clicked on never received your click. Sure you probably clicked close to the button or box when you filled out the [...]