Category Archives: Development

Microsoft Says Goodbye to IE6

If you’re a web developer, I hope you’re not all partied out from your New Year’s celebrations because there’s an even better reason to celebrate: Internet Explorer 6 usage in the United States has now officially dropped below 1%! It … Continue reading

Our Favorite Web Design Trends of 2011

Last year was yet another huge one on the Web as things continued to move forward at a breakneck pace. The explosive growth of traffic from mobile devices influenced everything and meant huge advances in both technology and new ideas. … Continue reading

Google introduces upcoming rate limits and overage fees for Maps API

After quietly announcing back in April that usage limits would be introduced to the Google Maps API, the company has officially announced their plans to charge for high usage Maps API sites. Sites using the API will be capped at 25,000 map … Continue reading

Amazon Announces New Kindles, New Cloud-Accelerated Web Browser

Some huge technology announcements from Amazon today as they introduced three new Kindle devices, a new $79 Kindle, the Kindle Touch, and the Android powered Kindle Fire tablet. As a web agency, the most interesting device is the new 7″ … Continue reading

No Flash Support in Internet Explorer 10 Metro

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 10 will not support any browser plug-ins when running in the new slick Metro mode. Most notably, that means no Flash support and a reliance on HTML5, JavaScript, and other standards-based technologies for video and other interactivity. … Continue reading

PhoneGap 1.0 Released

The PhoneGap open source mobile development platform released their 1.0 version on Friday at the first ever PhoneGap Day in Portland. The platform originally launched in 2009 and after some iPhone App Store hiccups, they have steadily improved by fixing … Continue reading

Using Modern Techniques for Great Web Typography

Great typography use is one of the most important factors in creating beautiful design. Unfortunately, at the same time web typography has been the most limiting and frustrating technology in web design and development for some time. Not too long … Continue reading

Using .NET to Handle Sophisticated Error Scenarios

When developing a site in ASP.NET, it’s a good idea to create one or more custom error pages for the site. These pages are called when an unhandled exception occurs in your code so that rather than display an ugly … Continue reading

Three (Somewhat) Easy & (Really) Important Ways to Improve Your Site with jQuery

Web developers have been using JavaScript to layer on enhanced user interfaces and add dynamic content since the days of Netscape Navigator’s dominance. Today JavaScript can be used to build huge advanced web applications but it still remains a valuable … Continue reading

MarketNet Creates iPhone App for New LifeStyles

The New LifeStyles iPhone app, developed by MarketNet, offers a free, quick and easy way to find nearby retirement communities, senior living communities, nursing care and Alzheimer’s care.   The matching locations are color-coded so that you can filter your … Continue reading