In december of 2005 Google did a major test on over a billion sites to check which elements are used most. The results are quite interesting.
Tables
It is interesting to see how often ‘table’ is used. In fact, it is the 9th most used element on the web. And, on those table elements (including td […]

A continuation of the last post.
Heuristics are rules of thumb to check wether something is usable. The rules I explain here are written by Jacob Nielsen.
Recognition rather than recall
The short term memory of the average can have 7 items in it. So, if your menu has 10 different buttons, chances are they’ll not […]

Wikipedia:
Heuristic is the art and science of discovery and invention. The word comes from the same Greek root as “eureka”: εὑρισκω, which means “I find”. A heuristic is a way of directing your attention fruitfully. The term was introduced by Pappus of Alexandria in the 4th century.
Heuristics are more known as a ‘rule of thumb’. […]

A favicon is a small icon that can be shown in the address bar, or in the list of favorites. This image is generally a small visual clue as to which site it belongs to. For this site it is the star symbol which is also used for links and posts.
A favicon is an […]

In maths there where 3 axis which coordinates together point to a certain position. The x-axis, in css seen as left, the y-axis, top in css, and the z-axis, which would be the z-index in css. With the transparent png support of ie7, it will be much more common to position elements on top of […]

XHTML can do everything HTML can, so the real question is, do you need any of functions XHTML offers. And, will you be able to use the proper mimetype for it? Without the correct mimetype there is no reason to use XHTML as it will trigger quirks mode in the browser. And that is something […]

Unfortunately, too many webdevelopers are still not familiar with the concept of URL rewriting. And many that did come in touch with Apache’s mod_rewrite, often do not use many of its powerful features, or even put it aside completely because of its relatively high complexity
While the learning curve of URL rewriting might be steep, especially […]

Internet Explorer has been a pain to work with for webdevelopers who use CSS. The last new version emerged over 5 years ago, and although some bugs have been fixed, the major rise of css hasn’t been supported by it. Now however, IE7 is on the way. Which is a good, and a bad thing.
The […]