Web Mender

An incessant whine on web design.

November 27, 2003
Improper Terminology: "Radial" Button

I'm always annoyed by soundalike typos, but this one had my head spinning.

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April 07, 2003
Conserve Bandwidth, Stay Online

Flash crowds can happen to anyone! Trim file size to mitigate the damage should one appear at your site.

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March 16, 2003
Fixed-pixel dimensions break the Sun-Times

An excerpt from an email to the webmasters at the Chicago Sun-Times chastising them for significant HTML issues, some of which hamper proper rendering.

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December 22, 2002
Mistaken Identity

A pharmacy chain's web site blocks Opera users at the door. The features they want are better supported in Opera than either of their suggestions!

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November 01, 2002
Finding Luggage Restrictions on Airline Sites

Airlines post policies on their web sites. Can passengers find the relevant ones?

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