mddw

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by mddw 1y ago
I am afraid this quote is an urban legend. It never existed.
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by mddw 10y ago
!important is the only way to force a CSS rule to be more specific than an inline style. As such, it has legitimates uses in rare cases (a responsive websites with some javascript style changes specific to a breakpoint per exemple.) I would
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by mddw 12y ago
600€ to 800€ / day (depending on conditions) + VAT, I work in France (not Paris.) Remote only. Mainly web sites, some webapps, some native apps.
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by mddw 13y ago
I wholeheartedly agree with your point, but why do you use Facebook comments, displayed in a whooping 11px ?
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by mddw 13y ago
What ? Of course they should. It's all about choice. There are a shitload of standards and a limited amount of man-hour.
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by mddw 13y ago
Ahah, the mythical ordinary user. I know some users. I don't know if they are ordinary. I think they are. My parents in their 50's. A grandmother of 80. Some friends which are 30 with a very average computer literacy. Every one of
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by mddw 13y ago
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/11-apresenta... Nice use of Comic Sans in the presentation. Wonder if he paid the licence or used Powerpoint. Nice post though, I did not know about GendBuntu !
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by mddw 13y ago
Which is a (cool but) fake website. I've never seen a redesign keeping HTML code. Even when the code is very good and the separation well done.
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by mddw 13y ago
Now bootstrap is important, yesterday it was the 360 grid, tomorrow it'll be another hype bandwagon. First, Bootstrap did not standardize anything. It's a biased perspective to think so : most websites and most developpers don't even know a
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by mddw 13y ago
What is wrong is that I can't zoom on your website. Typos won't scale. It's really a big accessibility problem. I can't read this article without using the Chrome inspector to change styles. And I'm far from being visually Impaired. Sorry,
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by mddw 13y ago
I would be really curious to know the app vs website usage stats of LinkedIn.
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by mddw 13y ago
It's awesome, but only useful on very specific animation-heavy projects. Otherwise it's quite overkill.
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by mddw 13y ago
classList won't work in IE < 10. XHR with promise is quite verbose. Transitions won't work in IE < 10. etc. These were examples, not a complete case list. What's the point to use shims or polyfills if it means including some o
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by mddw 13y ago
"I encourage you to give it a shot. Write your next application, library or just code for fun without jQuery. " Been there, done that. And it's a pain in the * You'll find yourself needing a method to add or remove classes eficiently. So
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by mddw 13y ago
You can't have multiple URL leading to the same information because of SEO. Well, you can (with canonical meta and stuff), but it's not an ideal practice. It is often better to cater to robots rather than to humans. A sad truth, highlig
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by mddw 13y ago
For non french speaking people : Xavier Niel is the founder of Free, a major french internet and phone provider, known for kicking hornet nests (he's the "inventor" of low cost unlimited offers, ADSL back in the days, mobile phone very rece
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by mddw 14y ago
Do you know about : https://heatmap.mozillalabs.com/ ? The back button is heavily used, even without gestures/mouse.
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by mddw 14y ago
I feel always a little lost when I read tutorials which use SASSy/LESSy CSS. Illustrating exemples with a preprocessor means lots of web developers won't be able to read you. Moreover these developers are not in the hype bandwagon (or they
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by mddw 14y ago
These learning websites never work for me. I know starting with basics (operations, variables, string manipulation) is the sensible thing to do, but they bore me. I always find easier (well, harder but more engaging) to read real code run
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by mddw 14y ago
If you want to do freelance work, learning PHP (or ASP) is mandatory. Sure, Ruby is great, but you'll keep stumbling on : "our shared host is PHP only, we don't want to change for another" "we want wordpress" "our computer guys know a littl
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by mddw 14y ago
As usual, nothing on cross-browser compatibility (respond.js, modernizr...), nothing on speed optimisation (a real problem in RWD), on backends issues (regarding the multiples images needed), etc... It often strikes me, reading these tutori
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by mddw 14y ago
It would be interesting to know the most used font on old gen Kindles (which have only three choices : serif, serif condensed and sans-serif.)
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by mddw 14y ago
"Let's hinder 98% of our visitors to please the 2% with retina screen !" Seriously, developing for multiple density is hard in the real world. Way harder then this article says.
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by mddw 14y ago
Of course you can. Here are the instructions on the free website : http://www.free.fr/assistance/2253-avec-un-modem-adsl.html
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by mddw 14y ago
It's neutral : the filtering is at the router level, which belong to the user network.
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by mddw 14y ago
Of course you can. You can even use your own router.
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by mddw 14y ago
I'm very surprised Paul Irish veted this article. It's far from "all" you need to know about transitions (delay, quirks of 3D transform regarding backface visibility...) Moreover it's quite weak on cross-browser compatibility and performanc
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by mddw 14y ago
The numbers that matter are your websites' numbers and no others. I had to make a website for a brand with strong sales in China. The client asked for a full IE6 support "because chinese use IE6 according to X and Y." IE6 support is expensi
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by mddw 14y ago
The McDonalds affair was not a Cybernetic Hate Crime.
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by mddw 14y ago
This article seeks solutions to non-existent problems.

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