Comments for Praj's Site

Comment on Web Site Redesign by praj

praj — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:19:56 +0000

Good pick up, thanks Ben. I’ve made the whole header image a link that goes back to the main page. Easy to miss these things, its amazing how useful comments are AFTER you deploy your site.

Comment on Web Site Redesign by Ben

Ben — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 01:01:38 +0000

Hi Praj, Not a massive fan of ‘brown’ as a theme but this seems to work quite well, balanced with the whitespace. One thing: I like to be able to click on the ‘title’ or banner (I guess for your site it would be ‘praj’s site,’ or your avatar) to get to the blogs Home screen. Seems to be a fairly standard design thingy that I’ve gotten used to

Cheers,
Ben.

Comment on Web Site Redesign by praj

praj — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:10:44 +0000

Thanks Lins. I’m Pretty happy with it. Now I better focus on putting up some useful content

Comment on Web Site Redesign by Lindsey

Lindsey — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:34:04 +0000

Very nice Praj. I like your use of drop shadows. Love the little Simpson-esque cartoon too. You’ve inspired me to get a move-on with my redesign.

Comment on a:focus anchor pseudo class by praj

praj — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:24:18 +0000

Testing comments

Comment on CSS Shorthand Property Order by Lindsey

Lindsey — Wed, 12 May 2010 03:38:33 +0000

You are funny, Praj. Maybe that’s why you referred to it as a Gen-Y acronym? Ben and I are Gen-Xers who learnt to tell the time back in the analog days, before digital clocks.

Comment on What’s the go with the target attribute? by Lindsey

Lindsey — Wed, 12 May 2010 03:35:15 +0000

Just on usability, is it possible in Wordpress to move your Submit Comment button below your captcha code?

Comment on What’s the go with the target attribute? by Lindsey

Lindsey — Wed, 12 May 2010 03:33:29 +0000

I would agree that in many cases a link opening in a new window leads to a bad user experience. Obviously it depends on factors such as the familiarity with the site, expectations, and the individual user. But I would expect that for the majority of web users it’s either confusing or annoying.

Our payroll app lists payslips but then opens them in a separate window or tab. This isn’t given focus and it gets me every time. I sit there clicking on the link going “why isn’t it opening?” despite the fact that I know. Even if I remember straight away it takes me just that bit longer to realise and it’s an extra step for me to click to the new window/tab. Web users want the web to be fast and this sort of activity can slow them down.

I would say that as far as you possibly can you should open links in the same window. Only open them in a new window if you have a really good reason to do so. I can’t think of one right now though.

Comment on CSS Shorthand Property Order by praj

praj — Mon, 03 May 2010 23:49:32 +0000

Ok right that’s probably how you are supposed to think about it. I guess I just think about things in an odd way, but hey I kinda figured that anyway.

Comment on CSS Shorthand Property Order by Ben

Ben — Mon, 03 May 2010 23:15:47 +0000

I’m like Linds. I just remember where the first one is and then go clockwise. Easier than remembering the whole clock;)