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Archive: February, 2004

February 3, 2004

Knowing when the cows come home.

The available domain name of the week is statusbarn.com

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

February 3, 2004

Every which way but logical.

And while we’re in the midst of pointing out seemingly nonsensical conventions and other examples of implementation malformance, Andrei Herasimchuk (yes, that Andrei Herasimchuk…) would like to ask a few random questions about CSS & XHTML. Why on earth is it called a class? Why doesn’t font-style have the bold parameter? We lose the <b> … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

February 3, 2004

Lowering the (status) bar.

Nobody enjoys a fling of the muck at schizophrenic user interface conventions more than yours truly. And as a source of consistently fine editorial persnicketiness in this field, the likes of John Gruber cannot be questioned. However, it’s refreshing to see that other folks can get their collective widgets in a twist on par mit … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

February 3, 2004

Safari up. Safari down.

I haven’t run into problems with any previous Safari update. Perhaps this is a happy coincident, but every release has been better and more robust than the last. Until now. Yes, version 1.2 is definitely perkier and I adore the ability to tab to my hearts content through all of the elements on a page, … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.