Fourth of July 2008
No article today, as I am on holiday in Pismo Beach, California. However, Smashing Magazine has written two great article recently about web design/implementation patterns: Web Form Design Patterns: Sign-Up Forms and Should Links Open In New Windows?. The first article covers some really good form design considerations, whilst the second explains why you should not force open links in a new window (there are a few exceptions).
As you’ve probably experienced on this site, I used to always use ‘target=”_blank”‘ for external links. However, after reading many, many articles (including the smashing magazine one), I am not longer opening links in a new window, except for help text and definitions.
Matt,
This is off-topic comment, but I couldn’t find an email address for you. I’ve been reading a lot about javascript lately (including your blog), and trying to teach myself best practices. Javascript has so much cruft attached, though, that I’m not always sure if I’m using “the good parts”.
Anyway, I recently wrote a small library function for adding nodes to the dom. If you have the time, would you mind taking a look at the implementation, and letting me know what could have been done better and if I used any anti-patterns?
Comment by Gabe Moothart — July 4, 2008 @ 4:47 pm