Author Archives: Chris Heisel

Yeah, I want to see that ad

Posted on April 21, 2003 by Chris Heisel

Steve Outing brings up an interesting solution to a problem that not many of us think about: wanting to see an ad that rotated out. He suggests placing a link that lets you go back and forward through the rotating … Continue reading →

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Forward, fast

Posted on April 14, 2003 by Chris Heisel

The new version of Opera comes with an interesting new feature: fast forwarding. The browser can detect link-next elements and allow users to move forward through a site from the brower’s forward button. While many people visit news sites looking … Continue reading →

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Copy, edit thyself

Posted on April 2, 2003 by Chris Heisel

I caught this at 12:09 p.m. CST. You can automate workflow, you can generate pages on the fly, but it don’t matter a lick if your caption is missing the word “the.”

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Standards compliant text GIFs

Posted on March 11, 2003 by Chris Heisel

Stopdesign has a great tutorial on a standards compliant way to use text GIFs. I wrote earlier about the need for better way to send typefaces to users, and Stopdesign’s way is a good standards-compliant way.

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Site optimization tips

Posted on March 11, 2003 by Chris Heisel

Adrian Holovaty has a great interview with Web optimization expert Andy King. He makes a good point that most users are still on 56k and offers great suggestions to improve a site’s speed.