Chawlk

1. Drawar
2. Fenxy
3. Decaflon
4. Two Credits
5. Wriging
6. Loose Suits
7. Chixe
8. Dud3s
9. Wing Colors

 

@ Erica - I wouldn't lose sleep over IE 5.5 unless a large proportion of your audience use it that is.
Personally I don't even bother testing in IE 5.5.
IE 6 is the lowest common denominator for me (visual graphic browsers)
I think Jakob Nielsen said that if there is less than 10% visiting your site using a certain browser then it is acceptable to stop supporting that browser.

All the browsers you have covered should give you no problems, so don't worry about IE 5.5!

I like progressive enhancement_a_lot!! :-)

Wow! The footer looks great! :-)
I'll be asking you for work soon :-)

Looks nice Erica! I would style the footer more though as it looks a little lonely down there. Great illustration work! :-)

As you already have Apache on your mac heres an easy peasy way to run it with a MYSQL database
MAMP

Essential app

I use a wood background on my site, but it's a light background applied to the body element and not the content or the wrapper. You can see it Here

BulletProofIdea

@ posure @ aadil - I have the same problems too. FF is very slow on a mac, I remember Molly Holzschlag talking about this and I didn't believe it at first. It's weird as when I first got my mac, FF ran pretty good, but since late last year it's got to the point that I have to use Safari or Camino. It's a pity as i love the extensions such as Firebug and Web Dev toolbar.

One thing I have noticed is that even a lot of non 'web people' or 'regular users' have switched to Firefox due to it's speed. Looking at my web stats, it's still worrying me that 10% of my visitors are still using IE6 with around 40% using IE7, rest is dominated by Firefox and Safari with a small percentage given to Opera.

I really hope that when IE8 does come out of beta and is made available to everyone, Microsoft include this as part of an update rather than an optional one. With it's new features I sincerely hope that the regular users of IE will catch on and do the update.

Thanks everyone for adding your thoughts here, its my first thread and I am pleased with all the replies. Cheers :-)

My blog went nuts when I published 2 sets of RSS vector icons under a CC license. It got picked up by a good few blogs and since then my unique visitors have been on average 150-200 a day.
Usually when you post on forums and websites, they ask for a URL so the curious reader tends to click my username which brings visitors to my site.
Well done though, it's a good feeling to know that you are posting content that is read by many :-)

@ Estarla - Yes thats a good point. There is no point in sitting down and thinking "I need to write something". By doing so the writing becomes laboured and it's hard work then. What I usually do is if I see something interesting on the web, I book mark it and pop it into a folder for later or make notes about things which enter my head ready to integrate into a future post.

Last FM

I usually stick Last FM on whilst coding. Also podcasts too. But from iTunes it's usually Midlake or Grandaddy

8246 on iTunes

Web 1.0 2.0 or whatever is just a marketing buzzword.

I usually have a post ready for monday and then post again by the weekend. If something interesting crops up during the week I post then as well. It all depends what you write about. I write about web design so there is always something coming from me on a regular basis. But I think at least once or twice a week is a good minimal target for blogging unless you have oodles of stuff to write about.

I use Smultron for Mac (a free text editor) which is great for XHTML/CSS/Javascript/PHP

But Im a mac user so I use Dreamweaver to update files for my wordpress site as I can just edit and use it's built in FTP in a few clicks.

For windows I used to use HTML KIT which is really handy.

Also Top Style Lite for windows is good for CSS files

Great news Alisdee! Good luck with the new machine :-)

This is a great little app for mac that takes full size and customizable screenshots of web pages, it's called Paparazzi
Well worth checking out.

If coding is your thing check out Smultron a neat little text editor that supports XHTML/HTML/CSS/PHP/Javascript etc. It's free and I use it from time to time.

Also try out Flock a little social networking browser that displays your flickr feeds.

@Gnorb
haha hell yeah! Just read you review and it reminded me of when I made the switch from windows to OSX. It's odd at first getting used to 'no right clicking' but now it's completely natural, when I use windows at work my first impulse is to CTRL/click :-)

I used to use Firefox all the time on OSX but I find it slow compared to Safari. I even un-installed extensions and cleared the cache but it still runs slow. Safari is nice though and so is Opera. Have you tried other browsers like iCab and Shira?

Client: "I want a web 3.0 style website"

Me: (bangs head against table) :-)

I'm suprised no-one has mentioned the Czech Republic. Very hard team to beat and full of talented players. I just wish my team (Wales) were there :-(

I think this site would look better if it were 3 columns as opposed to a scroll bar box and 1 column. The blog could be on a different page on the site with a 'latest blog entry' headline on the main page with a short description to follow so that will link to the latest article.

The graphics look 'clicky' and I was expecting a link when I hovered over them. Maybe you could make these graphics into links, it's a fast way for your users to find out about a product.

Also, have you thought about using microformats on your site? You can find more about these little gems here Microformats.org

Good luck!

"I've heard the term "Web 3.0" used in that context, but I really don't have much time for such marketing spiel. Applying version numbers to something as diverse as the Internet is absurd. It's best if we all just get on with delivering useful content and services."

In a nutshell!

Web 2.0 (I hate typing those words!) brought us fully interactive API's such as Flickr and del.ico.us and the drive towards using web standards. It got mixed up by many people who thought web 2.0 was all about reflective logos and rounded corners.

I think what is to come is the next big step towards a fully semantic web, it's what Tim Berners lee envisioned when he created the web. It's not going to arrive with a global fanfare like 'web 2.0' did although the marketing people will think otherwise.

It's already started, have you noticed how many images google's search engine pages are displaying when you do a search?

I live in South Wales close to Cardiff and Swansea and it was felt down here. I was asleep so didn't notice it, but I felt the last tremor a few years back when the epicentre was in Dudley in the Midlands. I heard a loud bang and then a small rumble causing the window panes to vibrate a little. It felt like a freight train passing by.

I'm new to 9R and I am becoming very addicted. It's social networking on a new level. It doesn't need gimmicks or useless API's like Facebook, MySpace etc.. just good honest conversation and theres so much to read on here which I truly love. Plus the fact that the content and presentation is so fantastically well laid out makes it head and shoulders above the aforementioned networks.

So thanks Thyme, Mike and Scrivs!!

Simian mobile disco
Gotta love that name

Also CSS (not cascading style sheets but Cansei de sexy)

If you want real football check out The Football League which covers the championship and leagues 1 and 2 in the UK. (keep an eye out for my team Swansea City FC 1st in league one and 14 points clear) or if you want to find out more about the big guns try The Premier League

Apart from the well established designers out there (Zeldman, Clarke etc) some of the young up and coming designers are rapidly making their mark and are well on their way and some have even become established.
Keegan Jones is a good example and some of his stuff is pretty impressive.

Also I love the wild stuff that Rob Morris comes up with at Digital Mash

But for stunning graphical work, check out Jon Hicks and Jon Oxton's Rissington Podcast website. The way it scales is amazing! Also on the subject of scalability, check out the amazing design from ClearLeft with their amazing Silverback website.

I think Helen may be referring to networks such as CSS galleries or W3C sites. I could be wrong here, but it's just a guess!
If I am correct in my assumption, then I use W3C sites, and I have been featured on one or two CSS galleries. ;-)

@ jillmarie - Yep good choice!

I'm kinda hoping Midlake will release something this year. I spent a weekend with them last April in Paris and Brussels and they had some rough mixes of new songs for the new record, but it's been a long year or so on the road for the guys so maybe late this year or early next year.

Failing that - new Jason Lytle (ex-Grandaddy) new album, might be out later this year!!

I get this all the time :-( I find that blowing into it and then using a slightly damp cloth and rolling the ball around with it will clean the roller ball. It attracts grease and grime like the plague!