More and more people are using wide-aspect monitors to browse the web. According to forecasts by Tobii (Swedish eye-tracking equipment manufacturer) wide aspect monitor penetration will be almost 100% by 2012. I think those numbers might be a bit optimistic, since Tobii obviously wants to sell their new wide-screen eye-tracker. Despite that, a very large number of web users are using screens with well over 1024px width, but almost all web sites out there are designed for lower resolutions. This got me thinking about fluid layouts again, and I decided to share my thoughts.
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Should we design for wider screens? (Part 1 in series)
Single-wrapped apples
I noticed these in the supermarket a couple of days ago. WTF? Apples, wrapped individually in styrofoam. This must be one of those things that’s helping reduce waste, I’m just too stupid to figure out exactly how…
Make your own short URLs with WordPress
You might have noticed that I recently restored the main URL of my site to http://danielkoskinen.com . I decided it was a better idea to have my full name in the URL, and use my other domain (dani.fi) to generate my very own short URLs for use in Twitter & elsewhere.
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New “Privacy on” alert in WordPress 3.0
Sometimes it’s the little details that make you smile. When a new WP site is in development, you obviously don’t want it to be visible to search engines. A simple setting in the installation process (and the admin) allows you to choose this, but it can be easy to forget once you’ve set it.
About a week ago a submission to the WordPress trunk enabled a new mini-alert in the admin header, which reads “Privacy on” when the blog is hidden from search engines. Small addition, but very helpful when going live with a new site! I hope this feature remains in the final 3.0 release (due in May according to the current project schedule).
Post Types in WordPress 3.0 and Pods
One of the biggest things I have been looking forward to in the upcoming WordPress 3.0 release are Custom Post Types. Funnily enough though, now they’re actually on their way, I’m not so excited about them any more.
This is mostly due to the wonderful Pods framework by Matt Gibbs and Scott Kingsley Clark. Pods is a WordPress Plugin, but in reality almost a CMS in its own right. It allows you to create all kinds of custom post types, along with customized admin screens (with the Pods UI add-on) that blend nicely with the WP interface. Continue reading