Metamorphic Web Design

Drupal 7

Isaac Freeman — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:37:48 +0000

Drupal Version 7.0 is out today. I've been evaluating it for a while, and it's looking very nice. My first 7.0 project is rebuilding this site from scratch, to make sure I understand the finer details. Once I've done that, I'll roll it out for new client websites.

Making Drupal More Usable

Isaac Freeman — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:56:08 +0000

I love what Drupal can do, but I'll be the first to admit that it's not the easiest thing to use out of the box. I mean, I would be the first if other people hadn't admitted it before me. There's lots of great usability work being done for the upcoming Drupal 7, but that's not out yet.

Steve Jobs on Flash support

Isaac Freeman — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:16:26 +0000

Steve Jobs' thoughts on Flash.

Apple and Adobe

Isaac Freeman — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:33:19 +0000

I've talked with a few people recently about recent moves by Apple, and especially about the recent change to Apple's terms and conditions that blocks Adobe from compiling iPhone apps from Flash. Jason Snell has some excellent commentary at Macworld.

Gender-neutral forms

Isaac Freeman — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:53:38 +0000

Sometimes good design means accounting for people whose requirements are very different from your own. Sarah Dopp on web forms that don't make assumptions about gender.

The short version is that if you’re requiring users to select their gender from a drop-down menu that has two options in it, you’re alienating some people.

IE6 History Comic

Isaac Freeman — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:43:45 +0000

Smashing Magazine has a lovely comic history of Internet Explorer 6 by Brad Colbow.

When is it time to cut IE6 loose?

Isaac Freeman — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:56:51 +0000

Google says 1 March.

IE version six is a real pain for web developers. It was a fine browser in its time, but that time was almost a decade ago. In Internet Years thats... well, there have been several Ice Ages since then. However, about 20% of web users are still using it.

New shoes for the Cobbler's children

Isaac Freeman — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:31:01 +0000

The Cobbler's children, as the saying goes, are unshod. Not because the Cobbler can't make shoes, but because he's busy making shoes for everyone else.

Augmented Reality iPhone... for the iPhone

Isaac Freeman — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:58:09 +0000

This app will certainly come in handy if you've left your iPhone at home, but you have brought another, different iPhone. Or something.