Having just played some QuakeLive, it hit me… All this work in producing a new engine–even if it’s browser based, which is a novelty in itself–the reworking an old game like Quake 3 to demo it… There just isn’t any monetary value for id software. So why bother at all, aside from the fact that Quake 3 it may have… Read more →
It’s annoying. There are sorts of crawlers that fetch all sorts of emails from websites and then sell the lists to Chinese and Russian spammers. I believe another term for this is harvesters… Yet, we do need to leave users a means of contacting the site owner / admin / customer service rep. The solution? Javascript / mootools can fix… Read more →
Everyone has been down that route – trying to make a good search. Most have failed… The one thing that really annoys me when shopping around are searches on sites that give you irrelevant results. For instance, take a search for ‘black pack’ – I think you’d agree, a generic string with which I’d expect to get ‘backpacks’ and ‘daypacks’… Read more →
The old fable of tables vs “pure” CSS is at the centre of a heated flame war (I mean, a discussion) again. This time, due to Ron Garett’s post on his blog. Naturally, the story got picked up on ajaxian and the CSS ‘know-it-alls’ jumped at the chance to rubbish it all without giving the bloke a chance. And a… Read more →
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