Category: Web Development

I think View Transitions are really neat technology. When used properly, they give a site some polish that I think users appreciate (even if they don’t notice) and of course, it provides the native app feel that users are used to. View Transitions are enabled in Safari Technology Preview v. 192. However there are two … Continue reading “Safari and View Transitions”

It would be a bit of an understatement to say the past few months have been very stressful. I’ve let plenty of things slide that I wish I hadn’t and one of them has been a bit of a site clean up. I’ve done a couple of updates but there was some stuff hanging around … Continue reading “A Little Site Update”

If you’ve ever needed to handle changing some colors on an object on a web page, I think the default position would be to edit the item in Photoshop and then add it in via an Image tag. For images, that still might be the right move but here is a way to change items … Continue reading “Change Images to Black and White with CSS”

I’m doing a little redesign of the site. I considered doing a big redesign locally and then a big push to the production site when I thought it was ready but that seemed like less fun then just adding little ideas along the way. It actually allows me to blog about some of the choices … Continue reading “Making Items Move on Hover with CSS”

Interop is a project between the major web browser vendors to help create web standards between their products. I was’t building websites during the late 90s and early 2000s when there were major differences between browsers, but that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate the effort to come together to help create a standard those of … Continue reading “Interop 2024 proposals that I like”

I’ve been working on a website for some time and while it is still very much in its beta stage, but it technically exists and can be used so…why not tell you about it. MorningPerson.net is a little website designed to help you start your day with some basic prompts. I do not promise it … Continue reading “MorningPerson.net”

Google is removing the basic HTML view from Gmail, starting in January of 2024. Here is their page about it. In case you’re not familiar with what that looks like, here is an example. This is the view you’re probably familiar with. This is the HTML view. Now, I’m not terribly interested in showing the … Continue reading “Google is Removing Basic HTML View from Gmail”

I had an incredibly frustrating experience this morning and felt the need to share. I wanted to know where I could watch the Notre Dame vs. Navy game. I figured it was either on NBC or on Peacock but wasn’t sure. So I Googled, “where to watch Notre Dame vs. Navy game” and received a … Continue reading “Stop Optimizing For Ad Metrics”

Meta launched their Twitter competitor today. It’s called Threads. It’s not a thread I’m going to pull on in the short term. A couple of disclaimers before my rant. In the year we make contact…2023…how does any service launch without a web experience. If you go to the main Threads site, you get nothing but … Continue reading “Not Touching Threads”

My dad showed me a weird “update” to the laundry app in his building. Instead of the countdown timer going all the way to zero, like it had been doing, it now switches to a “<5 minutes” message. I thought perhaps this would be to allow some room for washers taking longer than the expected … Continue reading “The Curious Case of Countdown Timers”