Posts Tagged ‘Development’

jQuery 1.4 Cheat Sheet

January 18th, 2010 by Cole Thorsen

jQuery 1.4 Cheat Sheet

With the release of jQuery 1.4 and the new jQuery API documentation I needed a new cheet sheet as well. The one I’ve been using dates back to jQuery 1.2, obviously a lot has changed since then.

This cheet sheet attempts to better align with the new documentation structure jQuery is now using and clearly marks all new and updated functions for jQuery 1.4

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Impulse Studios + Subversion + Coda = Love

December 23rd, 2009 by Cole Thorsen

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Early in December we finally made the commitment to overhaul our development process. We had already started using a framework for development. It was now time to take a look at some new software and implement a subversion server. The goal of this was simple; to more effectively manage websites at Impulse Studios. Read the rest of this entry »

Enhancing Web Usability for Mobile Devices

September 11th, 2009 by Cole Thorsen

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I’m sure many of you have noticed the steadily climbing percentages in your Analytics for iPhone, HTC and various other mobile browsers. When re-designing or making minor modifications to usability on a site it is important to be cognizant of your users. After all we might have just built (what we think is) the greatest design element ever, however if it’s not going to work for our users we might as well not have it.

Obviously mobile browsing (for the most part) is not a primary traffic driver for a website. Most of the time we are looking at a few percent at most, which in a lot of cases means it is not practical to design a full mobile version of a website. The modern mobile browser makes it quite easy to view full websites. So unlike 3-4 years ago when a mobile version was required if you wanted mobile traffic that’s not necessarily the case today.

There are however a few things that are common place on the web which are not so mobile friendly. Thinking about these during the design process can greatly increase the usability of your website on a mobile platform without increasing the budget. Read the rest of this entry »

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