Update: I’ve removed the Rule of Thirds tutorial because the tutorial is old and requires Shockwave. Background: Rule of Thirds is quick and fun tutorial explaining the concept of the rule of thirds as used in visual design. I created this tutorial for a graduate-level Macromedia Director course at
Note: If you want to skip to the final code (in both MooTools and framework-neutral flavors), it’s at the bottom of this post. The problem Readers of this blog know that I enjoy MooTools. Like other JavaScript frameworks, it has many excellent features, including addClass and removeClass functions, which
I’m a big fan of the Filament Group’s UI work. They put a lot of thought into their work, and ensure everything they make is not only beautiful, but as accessible and as semantic as possible. One of my favorite pieces of work by the Filament Group is
As a Mac user, one of the more annoying issues I frequently encounter is funky PDF handling in Firefox and Safari. For instance: * Adobe doesn’t make a version of Adobe Reader that’s compatible with Firefox on Mac OS X * Adobe Reader is only supported in 32-bit versions of
IMS produces standards they want everyone to use. Why, then, do I have to log in to their site in order to VIEW the documentation for their standards? Situation: I found a link to a PDF on their site. When I clicked it, I was presented with this warm greeting