I’ve been “battling” with IE for more than 3 years now and I just felt that it’s finally time to not only bash the poor beloved browser and instead pay homage to the good things that it was able to instill on me.
If there’s such a thing, the guy (or girl) who was able to find that tweak would’ve been a bajillionaire by now. That or he/she’s, unfortunately probably a Microsoft employee by now.
Posted on Jun 17th, 2008 by Mae. It currently have (1) comment.
It’s been a couple of months already since I made a custom theme for Tech Hive. I have been using my Spartan theme which sucks big time. I knew I’m really not good with creating something that can be used by everyone. Sad, I know
Anyway, for some time now, I wanted to stop [...]
Posted on May 10th, 2008 by Mae. It currently have (10) comments. Tagged with .
One of the guidelines in usability is that you should provide only one way that will lead them to a certain action. For example, if someone sees 2 option buttons, chances are that they might think that each option button does separate tasks when in fact their functions are the same. Also, we have to [...]
Posted on Apr 28th, 2008 by Mae. It currently have (2) comments. Tagged with .
As a designer, the biggest problems that I have with IE are the PNG transparency problem and the :hover pseudo class is not working unless it’s used in the a element.
Thanks for HTC which is only understood by IE 5.5 and above browsers — I’ve found some handy “hacks” to work around these 2 limitations [...]
Posted on Apr 22nd, 2008 by Mae. It currently have (9) comments. Tagged with .
It makes me feel a little sad whenever I see people saying that making your website accessible is such a waste of time and resources because it only deals with the blind. When, in fact, that is one of the misconceptions about accessibility.
What is Accessibility?
Just look for its root word — access. It doesn’t only [...]
Posted on Apr 6th, 2008 by Mae. It currently have (1) comment. Tagged with .
Not yet anyway.
Earlier, it was said that Sir Tim Berners-Lee, only the inventor of the world wide web, mentioned that Google will be a goner for something that is called the semantic web. Sure, the ideals are nice, but sir, in all fairness, you can’t convert every developers and designers out there just because of [...]
Posted on Mar 24th, 2008 by Mae. It currently have (3) comments. Tagged with .
I am Mae Paulino a 22 years old Front-End Web Developer who is an accessibility, usability and standards enthusiast. I love learning something new and sharing what I know and that's why this blog came into fruition. Welcome! Hope you enjoy your stay here.
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