Jason Santa Maria: A real webdesign application

Prominent webdesigner Jason Santa Maria wrote an interesting article the other day about the pro’s & cons of current webdesign tools (such as Photoshop, Fireworks, etc…) and what a true webdesign application (if it were created today) would need. It’s an interesting read, so check it out at:
http://jasonsantamaria.com/articles/a-real-web-design-application/
The author raises a lot of valid points, [...]

Quick Actionscript snippet: The Konami Code!

Veteran gamers and all-round nerds all know the infamous Konami code by heart. If you ever want to hide a clever easter egg to your Actionscript projects, here’s how you can detect users entering said code:

Clever coders should be able to easily expand this code to allow for more cheatcodes to be detected (“iddqd” or [...]

Selling progressive enhancement to conservative clients

Consider the following scenario: you’re asked to design and develop a website for a big client. It’s a large company, with probably thousands of employees. A bank, for example, or a large pharmaceutical company. Or maybe it’s a government contract, or a big public sector player, like public transport or the electric or gas company.

What all of these clients have in common, is that 9 times out of 10 they’ll all be lorded over by a restrictive and overly protective IT department, who only updates their software and hardware every other decade. Which means the client will be looking at your work through the shit-tinted goggles of IE6…