Thoughts and tips on using CSS Frameworks

Rails Ruby SASS HAML Blueprint User Interface | comments

I used to know how to design well. Until I realized I've been too confined with my own self-discovered processes. Here are my thoughts and tips on using of CSS Frameworks and tools like Compass, Blueprint CSS, 960 GS and many others:

Social Networking: Why People Want A Different Wheel

Social Networking User | comments

I have been wondering why people kept on reinventing the wheel and why there's always more than one version of a software application. There is always a reason for inventing and reinventing something. Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb but probably hundreds of companies today are still trying to improve the lightbulb.

jQuery team adds jQuery.support and deprecates jQuery.browser

jQuery User Interface javascript | comments

The latest and greatest jQuery release no longer uses browser sniffing but jQuery.browser still exists in jQuery 1.3.

What is browser sniffing? It's a simply a method of detecting the user's browser. It's normally done through old school javascript (client-side sniffing) and exists as a feature for some other javascript frameworks as well.