Author Archives: Chris Heisel

This is progress?

Posted on September 11, 2004 by Chris Heisel

Just saw an article on Mono over at Sitepoint, and I stopped reading after the requisite. Hello World sample to write this entry (I’ll finish it later…). Let’s compare, shall we… Mono: public class HelloWorld { static void Main() { … Continue reading →

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Eyetracker III is out

Posted on September 8, 2004 by Chris Heisel

Poynter has released their Web-focused Eyetracker study. Found it at the end of my lunch break (hat tip), hope to have thoughts and reactions soon. In the meantime, check out the overview. **Update**: Hypergene has an interview with Steve Outing … Continue reading →

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PHP’s object syntax

Posted on July 16, 2004 by Chris Heisel

PHP 5 is out, and with it comes better support for objects. Having been smitten with another P language, I haven’t played with PHP much recently, but one thing struck me as odd. What’s up with the object references in … Continue reading →

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(Epi)Centrist designers

Posted on July 1, 2004 by Chris Heisel

Leave it to the folks at 37signals to come with up a great name and method for Web design — epicenter-based design. This is something that I, and probably a lot of designers, have been doing, both consciously and subconsciously … Continue reading →

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Web sites as applications

Posted on June 23, 2004 by Chris Heisel

There’s been a lot of talk lately about “improving” the UI of the Web. Mostly by trying to add standards for “rich” clients. Gruber has come back with an equally thoughtfull, and in my opinion, correct analysis of the Web’s … Continue reading →

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