Trent Richardson

practical web design & development

Archive for June, 2008

5 Reasons A Dark Theme will Ruin Ubuntu

Over at arstechnica there is a glimpse at the new Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex. A few screenshots show that Ubuntu is still going dark. The direction they are headed is not very clear. Even by scanning other user’s comments it appears its not a very popular idea, and I agree 100%! Here [...]

jQuery Impromptu Ideas

Well i’m thinking once again on Impromptu. My new thoughts are having multiple “states”. This would be completely optional and would not change the way you can use Impromptu in its simplest form. The idea behind States is after submitting the prompt, without closing it may morph into another “State” (different content [...]

aedCFC Overhaul!

For those of you not aware of what aedCFC is, it is a collection of cfc’s which dynamically build end user ready add/edit/delete, ideal for administration areas to websites. You’re asking yourself, “Well a bunch of frameworks build crud for me, why should I bother with this?”. The answer is simple, crud applications [...]

Opera 9.5 is Here! Woohoo!

The new Opera is here with developer tools more cleanly integrated and a new look. Now Developer tools comes up within the window much like firebug! The standard tools that come with Opera are impressing me more and more each release. (I know I know its a Windows screenshot..)

Opera’s Developer Tools

I’ve always been rather fond of Opera Web Browser, but due to being dependent on firefox and firebug I’ve not been able to make a full switch. Times are changing. With the new Opera 9.5 Developer Tools (Dragonfly are supplied as well, and boy are they nice. With many of the same [...]