Craft a better web.
A new PHP-based content management system. It uses Twig for the templating, which I like.
Tags: frame
I’m done with the web by Randy Luecke
I find it hard to agree with any part of this. To me, it shows a deep misunderstanding of the web—treating the web as just another platform, without understanding what makes it so special.
I think I may have found my polar opposite.
The hilarious obsession with file size is the start of my frustrations with the web community.
ROCA: Resource-oriented Client Architecture
I like these design principles for server-side and client-side frameworks. I would say that they’re common sense but looking at many popular frameworks, this sense isn’t as common as it should be.
» 23 October 2012, baked by Leisa Reichelt @ The Pastry Box Project
Less wireframing, more prototyping.
—Leisa
Grids, Design Guidelines, Broken Rules, and the Streets of New York City (Global Moxie)
Josh writes about the importance of using rules and systems as tools without being bound by them.
HTML9 Responsive Boilerstrap JS
This amuses me. I am amused.
Toast | A simple CSS framework
This is interesting, not because it’s yet another grid framework (which I never use anyway) but because of the way it’s doing layout: with border-box and inline-block, rather than floats. If you’re only serving up your layout styles to browsers that support media queries (which would discount older versions of IE anyway), this could make a lot of sense.
Prontotype :: Data-driven interactive prototyping framework
Mark has put together this rather excellent prototyping tool. It’s basically the V from an MVC system. You can easily move stuff around, change data …all the good stuff you want to do quickly and easily when you’re prototyping in the browser.
BenjaminKeen.com
A bookmarklet version of that handy multiple-iframe page I linked to the other day. Even more useful for testing responsive designs!
Bricss - Simple responsive design test page
A handy little document to load pages into differently-sized iframes—useful for testing responsive designs.
The developer’s guide to mobile frameworks | Feature | .net magazine
Jonathan gives a thorough overview of the various tools and frameworks out there to help build native, hybrid and mobile web apps. He also shares his decision-making process on when to build what.
Foundation: Rapid Prototyping and Building Framework from ZURB
A framework for banging out ready-made responsive designs.
Upperdog Labs: Video Canvas Responsive Design - YouTube
I never expected to see a cross between responsive design and AR, but here ya go:
A silly mashup of HTML5 technologies: We use the canvas to capture the contents of a video element. The canvas then identifies the blue markers and overlays an iframe on top of it. The iframe contains our website (upperdog.se) which has a responsive design.
Fluid Baseline Grid - A sensible HTML5 and CSS3 development kit
A set of default styles to get started on a mobile-first responsive design.
Golden Grid System
I’m usually not a fan of CSS “frameworks” but I like the thinking that’s gone into this fluid, responsive system. I particularly like this advice:
Take it apart, steal the parts that you like, and adapt them to your own way of working.
Web-based prototyping software for interaction designers: Handcraft (formerly known as quplo)
A browser-based tool for creating HTML prototypes.
GELLED!
Paul has created a site for tracking usage of the BBC’s GEL (Global Experience Language) visual design language. Nice’n’responsive it is too.
Akihabara
A framework for creating old-school arcade games in the browser, using HTML5.
The Paciello Group Blog » Google Chrome frame - accessibility black hole
Using Google Chrome Frame in IE will give users of assistive technology the same shitty to non-existent experience they would get in the actual Google Chrome browser.
three frames
There is something utterly hypnotic and disturbing about these three-frame looping animations.
BBC - Glow JavaScript Library
The BBC have released their JavaScript library. This one is worth paying attention to for its wide browser support base.
Daring Fireball: How to Block the DiggBar
John Gruber provides a PHP-based way of busting out of Digg's 90s-style framing. I shall be implementing this forthwith.
Morethanseven » Why the webstandards world appears to be choosing Django
Gareth tries to figure out why Django seems to strike a chord with standardistas. It may that the separation of concerns resonates with the methodology of progressive enhancement. Some good comments follow
960 Grid System
Here's another CSS framework for grids. It could prove to be very useful for wireframing.
Blueprint: A CSS Framework
Pulling together a bunch of CSS tricks from a range of sources: reseting, baseline typography and grids (fixed width, unfortunately).
Twitterverse
A new project from Idea Codes (Emily Chang and Max Kiesler): a tag cloud for Twitter.
YUI Version 2.2.0 Released: Browser History Manager, DataTable, and Button Components, New Versioning, and More » Yahoo! User Interface Blog
Roll up and get it: hot off the presses; the new version of the Yahoo User Interface library. Happy birthday, YUI.
Dear JavaScript Library Developers… - Wait till I come!
Christian's wish list for JavaScript libraries.
rikrikrik: Wasted Javascript
How much page weight is being wasted on JavaScript. It's time to shed those pounds.
Adobe Labs - Spry Data Set and Dynamic Region Overview
The Spry framework from Adobe looks like it could be worth further investigation. I certainly like the underlying philosophy: lightweight, standards-based, and declarative.
The JavaScript Library World Cup [JavaScript & DHTML Tutorials]
Dan Webb does an excellent job of comparing the big four JavaScript libraries that were discussed at @media.
Yahoo! 360° - The Department of Style - Choose Your Ajax
Douglas Crockford proposes an acid test for JavaScript libraries - "If JSLint finds problems in a library, then dump it and move on to the next one."
Code Igniter
An interesting looking lightweight framework for PHP.
The no-framework PHP MVC framework - Rasmus' Toys Page
The creator of PHP offers an antidote to the profusion of frameworks out there.