Yslow! and Page Speed Beacon Configs
You may already know that you configure Firefox to send your Yslow! and Page Speed grades to any application. These grades are sent as CGI parameters appended to the <...
Browser Layout and JavaScript Engines
I frequently forget the names of the various browser layout and javascript engines. The following table acts as a quick reference.
Note, the JavaScript engine for Internet Explorer has v...
Speeding Up the Front-end with Rails
Much can be done to optimize the front-end of your web application, and Rails has some great mechanisms built in to help you do that. Here are a few front-end engineering tips, and a bit of Rai...
Rails -Protecting Pages From Unauthorized Access
When you want to protect a page in a Rails app from uauthorized access you use a before_filter. Before_filters are placed at the top of a controller for a given view. Two para...
Creating an Offset Shadow With No Images
Developers usually create offset shadows using image backgrounds. But a better way to do this is by using no graphics at all. Creating offset shadows without images is very easy to achieve.
Quick Web Usability ACID Test
Today, Google is most often the main portal we use to access other websites. Although we may take great pains to design the architecture of our sites, leading users step by step to their desire...
Keep Them Coming - Social Participation Design
When you design social applications that revolve around communities, your greatest goal is to design for ongoing participation. After you’ve surpassed the initial hurdle of having users s...
