Archive for September, 2005

Image Replacement in Firefox 1.5 Beta

Tuesday, September 20th, 2005

I’ve been using the Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 for a few days, and have noticed a problem with the Accessible Image Replacement technique from Mike Rundle, which essentially ‘shifts’ the text into a negative area off the screen by using text-indent in CSS. Unfortunately Firefox 1.5 Beta isn’t displaying this in the way current Firefox 1.0+ does (as well as IE6 and Opera 8).
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Microsoft Releases Quartz Web Development Tool

Thursday, September 15th, 2005

Microsoft have released Expression – a new suite of creative products to compete with the usual suspects from Macromedia and Adobe. The new web development tool, Quartz, was of particular interest for me.
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Brand Impact in New Orleans

Friday, September 2nd, 2005

Looking at some of the horrific photos coming out of New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina, this photo from the BBC struck me. Why? Not because of the screaming women and the seemingly reticent National Guard, but because of the Burberry bag. (more…)

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