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Monthly Archives: August 2005

Should a web site open pdf files in a new window?

Web designers need to choose between offering convenience to unsophisticated web visitors and hijacking the browser from those who want to control how their browsers open non-HTML files

Posted byTed DrakeSunday, August 28, 2005Thursday, December 18, 2008Posted inAccessibility, CSS, General, JavaScript, Web Design and XHMTLTags: Accessibility, Internet Explorer, JavaScript, pdf, Web browser

Effective design – BS protectors

Veterans of Foreign Affairs use brilliant protectors to make a point

Posted byTed DrakeThursday, August 25, 2005Saturday, August 27, 2005Posted inGeneral

Alistapart.com relaunches

Alistapart, the web design web site that has launched a thousand ships, has a new face. I began working on a firefox plugin to search the alistapart.com archives. I’ll renew this project and post it as soon as possible.

Posted byTed DrakeTuesday, August 23, 2005Sunday, October 23, 2005Posted inGeneral, Standards and Web Design

SEO Battle – Standards vs. Spam

I remember a line in the movie Norma Rae. As she’s introduced to a union leader, she remarked her surprise that he didn’t have horns on his head. I remember thinking that it was a very honest remark, that she truly felt that “commie-lovin union jews” had forked tongues, horns and a tail. I had […]

Posted byTed DrakeFriday, August 19, 2005Sunday, August 21, 2005Posted inWeb Design

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