http://www.whywaitwebs.com/blog Web-related Tips for Business Owners and Designers Thu, 28 May 2009 22:05:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Making video games is a lot of peoples' dreams nowadays, and there is certainly something to be said for looking at an interactive, moving game and thinking, "I made that!" While I don't enjoy the process of writing video games as much as I do website design and other ... http://www.whywaitwebs.com/blog/designers/so-you-want-to-make-video-games/ [caption id="attachment_145" align="alignleft" width="402" caption="Why Wait Webs indexed on first page of Google thanks to having search-engine friendly content."][/caption]We have all seen websites, books, and seminars dedicated to one of today's hottest topics: search-engine optimization. There is a lot of information out there, a lot of it helpful, and a ... http://www.whywaitwebs.com/blog/business-owners/writing-search-engine-friendly-content/ [caption id="attachment_139" align="alignleft" width="215" caption="WebKit, the rendering engine that has brought CSS3's explicit animation to the web for the first time!"][/caption]Today we as web designers and developers get a rare chance to look into the future. The latest nightly build of Webkit (the rendering engine for browsers Apple Safari and ... http://www.whywaitwebs.com/blog/designers/look-mom-no-javascript-css-animation-comes-to-webkit/ I don't like Internet Explorer. I don't think I've made that any secret. One of the reasons for that is that there are many instances where fully valid code won't render properly in IE6 -- many more instances than is the case with other browsers. [caption id="attachment_134" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="IE6 Showing ... http://www.whywaitwebs.com/blog/designers/internet-explorer-6-disappearing-content-bug/ WordPress 2.7 recently came out. For those of you who don't know, WordPress is the most popular blogging platform in the world, and deservedly so. It is highly customizable and extremely themeable. It's coded with standard, valid XHTML and CSS. My only real complaint with WordPress is that they, like ... http://www.whywaitwebs.com/blog/business-owners/wordpress-27-coltrane-released-to-the-masses/ [caption id="attachment_121" align="alignleft" width="130" caption="Apple, developer of Mac OS X"][/caption]Ok, it's true. I am a big fan of Apple products. I do most of my work on a 24 inch iMac, and I find myself using my iPhone constantly throughout the day. I like these products because I've tried the ... http://www.whywaitwebs.com/blog/business-owners/the-benefits-of-supporting-os-x-and-linux-2/ A lot of people put their email address on their website, either as plain text, or as a link to their email address which will open the user's default email client with the "To:" field automatically filled out. And why shouldn't they? That's what email addresses are for, right? To ... http://www.whywaitwebs.com/blog/business-owners/how-to-publish-your-email-address/ I would like to take this moment to personally congratulate Barack Obama on his recent victory in the 2008 presidential election. Regardless of your political stance, I think we can all agree that this is an extremely momentous occasion in U.S. history! Additionally, as a designer, I have to admire the ... http://www.whywaitwebs.com/blog/uncategorized/congratulations-to-barack-obama/ One of my most popular services is my ability to work with Flash. I believe in Flash, and what it can do. But that's not what this article is about. Just because I believe in and use something doesn't mean it's the end-all, be-all to web design and development! In ... http://www.whywaitwebs.com/blog/business-owners/when-flash-is-appropriate-and-when-its-not/ With this article, I am going to attempt to convince you to stop using Internet Explorer for web browsing on a day-to-day basis. I will start with a brief history of the Internet, just to get you familiarized with the subject if you aren't already. Then I will move on ... http://www.whywaitwebs.com/blog/business-owners/5-excellent-reasons-to-dump-internet-explorer/