ISSN 1496-3221
June 6, 2000
Adobe has just released their Scalable Vector Graphics browser plug-in. Nice timing, since the newest version of Adobe Illustrator now exports SVG directly. Not surprisingly, there are some compatibility issues with MSIE 5.0 on the Mac.
June 6, 2000
Verging on tasteless, yet strangely compelling. You’ve seen the meat, now wear the shirt. Proudly display your true colors by slapping an original “here’s hoping they’re maggots.” tee on your back, and support the next iteration of the stinkymeat project while your at it. A bit too edgy for casual day at the office? Here’s … More
June 5, 2000
After nearly a month, Bill Keaggy is finally back and laying the visual communication link-smack down over at the xblog. I swear my mornings just haven’t been quite the same since the hiatus started. Welcome home Bill!
June 5, 2000
For an dead platform, my Newton stacks up reasonably well against fresher-faces like the Pocket PC or the near-ubiquitous Palm OS gadgets. Although I’m feeling a little bit left out considering that Microsoft didn’t even mention the Newton in its original feature comparison document. Even a little tip of the hat would have been nice. … More
June 4, 2000
Maybe it’s just me, but I think that now would be a good time to take a look at dysfunctional families, verb-noun hybrids, and the Apple event object model.
June 4, 2000
Kevin Grant is working on a major upgrade to the venerable NCSA Telnet client for the Mac. Considering that the NCSA application hasn’t had a new release in over four years, any change is going to be worth a look. Kevin’s version is going to be Mac OS savvy to a fault, including such desirable … More
June 2, 2000
Adobe Illustrator 9.0 is shipping. New goodies? Plenty. Of particular interest to web design geeks like me is pixel preview and finally, opacity control. I know the venerable Illustrator has been playing feature-creep catch up with Freehand over the last few revs, but I swear Adobe is clicking now and really starting to kick some … More
June 2, 2000
Cutting off your nose in spite of your face? I know everybody and their dog is already pointing to A Cancer on the Web called Flash, but Chris is a friend of mine and quite frankly, he nailed a major issue that I have with Flash to the wall in this article. Everyone who touches … More
June 2, 2000
Simson Garfinkel asks the question Why can’t operating system designers build a better undo feature? Programming hurdles aside, developing an unlimited, intelligent undo would alleviate many torturous user experience problems that we limp along with today. Always being able to step as far back through the creative or document building process as you want would … More
June 1, 2000
Oh, my happy inbox… The designer of one of the logos that gets softly skewered on my spiral logo critique page, send me this message today: Subject: Debian logoDate: 01/06/2000 01:15 PMFrom: Raul Silva, email hidden; JavaScript is required: Grant Hutchinson, email hidden; JavaScript is required Hi, I was the guy who designed the Debian logo. I … More