Microsoft has released the final IE9 Platform Preview and the Beta is scheduled to be released next month.  The interface of the Platform Preview is just a shell — in order to open a Web page select "Open…" from the "Page" menu… Read the rest

If you want to be sure that visitors to your sites see the font you intended them to see, use the Google Font API. Here is an example This is the "Reenie Beanie" font.… Read the rest

I rarely develop interesting sites.  Most of my clients are public agency membership organizations and none of their sites are destined to become the next Facebook or Twitter.  Recently, however, I had the opportunity to develop an interesting site and I… Read the rest

According to Anthony Franco, president and cofounder of the consulting company Effective UI, it depends on what you're building. For applications that won't be accessed by mobile users, he recommends Flash, but for those who will, he says to use… Read the rest

The June, 2010, issue of Adobe's EDGE newsletter includes an interview with Paul Gubbay, Adobe's Senior Director of Engineering, to get his perspective on HTML5.  You can view a video and read a transcript of the interview here.… Read the rest

For many developers, the development of online forms is one of the least favorite website development taks and, the more complex the form, the more tedious the job.  I recently discovered Web Forms 3.0 with Spam Blocker and it's made the task of… Read the rest

On June 9th Artisteer announced that the company plans to provide initial support for fluid layouts and content editing in the upcoming product version(s), still 2-3 months away.… Read the rest

For the next seven days, Sitepoint is allowing free downloads of its 7-part CSS Video Crash Course.  You can read about the videos here and download the free videos here.… Read the rest

Microsoft's cross-browser test results of IE9 are available here.… Read the rest

Hot Scripts has an article on the top 10 simplest and most lightweight scripts on the Web.  The scripts include: simpleCart(js) – A Lightweight JavaScript Shopping Cart GetSimple CMS -The Simplest Content Management System EVER FluxBB – A fast, light,… Read the rest