In case you’re not tired of iPhone musings: as I was playing with the two‐finger zooming in Safari, I remembered Dave Hyatt’s April 2006 blog post on high‐DPI web sites. Eerily prescient in hindsight, he argues that web developers should make sure their images can scale — in anticipation of high‐res displays (like, say, 160 dpi) and browsers that let the user zoom in (like, say, Safari). The timing of the post makes me wonder just what Hyatt knew and when he knew it.
Category: Web
Joe Hewitt: Firebug for iPhone. Oh, hell yes. Joe: I owe you a keg of beer if we’re ever in the same place at the same time.
I’m going to have to compile a list of all the tiny UI touches Apple got right with the iPhone. I’ve been playing with this thing for a couple hours and I keep discovering new stuff.
Hixie: The CSS working group is irrelevant. I agree with everything he says — someone needs to light a fire under the CSSWG’s ass, but I don’t know who has the necessary time, inclination, and expertise.
Belated note: in case you missed my Refresh Austin talk about Prototype/Scriptaculous, you can experience the slides without having to listen to my stammering commentary.
I’m giving another JavaScript talk for Refresh Austin tonight: a crash‐course in Prototype & Scriptaculous. Be there!
Prototype 1.5.1 released! If you’re still running 1.5.0, you shouldn’t be. The $$ optimization alone is worth the upgrade.
The moment at which [Timothy] Dalton grabs hold of a redheaded boy and exclaims “Stay back, or the gingernut gets it!” is to my ears the noblest line reading since the demise of Sir John Gielgud.
Mark Pilgrim deconstructs the recent comments DHH made about Twitter. Yes, DHH is arrogant, but he’s also correct. (Know anyone like that, Mark?)
People seem to think that by posting in threads and agreeing with other people they are changing the world. They are not. They are posting in threads online. The universe will not be altered by forum threads, even those which are very wry. Being outraged online is a form of entertainment, and refreshing a thread to receive a hit of consensus packs the thrill of genuine activism without requiring any sweat.