Nudity detection: JavaScript + HTML 5 Canvas

21Nov

Nudity detection: JavaScript + HTML 5 Canvas

nude.js analyses image data using Canvas element from HTML 5 and decides if it’s safe to be displayed or not. Check the examples.

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Tags: development, web application

11Nov

Mark Jaquith on WP 3.1 Post Formats

Post Formats are (…) a taxonomy convention with a UI wrapper. So if you have “Asides” on one theme, you can transport them to another theme. If people create their own formats, their portability will be zero (…)

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Tags: development, open source, post formats, user experience, web application, wordpress themes

9Nov

in Technology

Exploring new input types in HTML 5

HTML 5 is not only about the endless possibilities of the <canvas> element or the awesome multimedia support with the <video> tag. HTML 5 offers a wide new range of input types for specific situations, such as url, email, date, etc. In this post we will explore these new HTML 5 input types, along with the <datalist> element, a welcome addition to most input fields that your users will love.

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Tags: HTML 5, web application

2Nov

in WordPress

Using WordPress to build iPhone and Facebook apps

Brad Williams, CEO of WebDevStudios recently spoke at WordCamp Philly showing how they used WordPress as the platform for an iPhone and a Facebook application. You can see the slides below:

Watch the presentation on SlideShare
Spooky WordPress: Disturbingly Brilliant Uses of WP

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Tags: cms, development, iphone, mobile, web application

19Oct

in minipost

Adobe Migrates to WordPress

WordPress Publisher Blog announced today that Adobe Migrated to WordPress 1200 blogs formerly running on MovableType.

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Tags: cms, web application

25Aug

in minipost

Top 300,000 Alexa sites by favicons

This poster displaying the favicons of the top 300,000 sites, according to Alexa ranking, by their size, looks like a gorgeous piece of art.

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Tags: web application

12Aug

in minipost

Using @import in CSS results in low performance

Interesting article about the use of link and @import (which negatively affects download speed) in the HTML page and the CSS file.

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Tags: web application

28Jun

in Technology

Pocket guide to HTML5 and Video

There’s currently a lot of hype on the web regarding HTML 5 and its relationship with open (or not) standards video. Ogg, Theora, WebM, Vorbis, VP8. All these new terms are part of these new world of possibilities brought by HTML 5 and the inclusion of the video tag. In this guide we will explore how to encode a video in a format suitable for HTML 5 delivery, how to insert this video in our web page and review some slick video players.

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Tags: browser, HTML 5, iphone, web application

15Jun

in Graphic design

10 resources for a better interface design

The most important issues involved in the design of a web site or a web application are how the information is displayed to the user and how the user can interact with this information, whether it is to obtain more information about a particular topic, dismiss irrelevant information or process the information that he currently has. The rest is purely ornamental. In this post we will review a series of resources to achieve a better interface design.

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Tags: resources, usability, user interface, web application

11Jun

in Technology

Create your own Google Search Story

Google released a new Search Story, this time focused on the upcoming Toy Story 3, featuring the voices of the all time favorites Woody, Buzz, Rex, Mr. Potato and the others. Needless to say, it’s gorgeous. Google Search Stories, which debuted with the “Parisian Love” story aired during the 2010 Superbowl, have been a huge success for Google in terms of marketing due to its virality.

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Tags: google, web application