Summing up 2011
The end of a year. There’s so much to say and look back on, and at the same time I am already certain that I will temporarily forgot some of the amazing things that happened to me this year. For it was indeed a fantastic year!
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Robert’s read: links and suggestions December 20th 2011
Last chance to share some good reading with you before the end of 2011. Some good ones in here!
Who owns your online life, and data?
We all spend a good part of our lives online, and it has helped us share information, pictures, videos and much more with family, friends and, well, the entire world. It lets us interact with a lot of people in ways never seen before. That is fantastic, but I’d also like you to give a second thought about what you share and how.
Robert’s read: links and suggestions November 29th 2011
Lots of good reading again that I’d like to share with you!
Robert’s read: links and suggestions November 16th 2011
I will soon start blogging more here again, now that time permits – for now, however, I’d like to share a round of good links I’ve collected recently.
Geek Meet December 2011 with Vitaly Friedman
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It’s been quite a busy fall for me, but finally I’m happy to announce the next Geek Meet here in Stockholm!
A different take on Star Wars
If you’ve ever seen any of my presentations lately, I’ve been using these lovely Star Wars-inspired pictures to emphasize a point or just for plainly visually improving my slides. Today I’d like to tell you a little more about the pictures and the person behind them.
Robert’s read: links and suggestions, October 20th 2011
Time again for a number of interesting, entertaining or otherwise all-round good links I recommend taking a look at!
Robert’s read: links and suggestions, September 30th 2011
First idea was to publish these posts on a regular schedule, but I’ve realized now it will be when I have enough good links (and time :-). Tons of links now, so, here goes – another issue of Robert’s read!
The web is for the people
The web is for the people, and I believe the web is the most important medium we have. Recently, there has been some discussion about the web vs. other platforms, so I’d like to present my thoughts.
Robert’s read: links and suggestions September 10th 2011
I took a little hiatus last week from posting Robert’s read, but now it’s back with lots of good links!
Firefinder and Inline Code Finder updated to work with the latest Firebug versions
As part of making it easier to develop and analyze web pages, I previously released two extensions for Firebug: Firefinder and Inline Code Finder. I’m happy say they are now updated and are working with the latest versions of Firefox and Firebug!
37
Today I turn 37 years old.
Robert’s read: links and suggestions from latest week, August 24th 2011
Last week I introduced Robert’s read and now it’s time again for my reading list for the latest week.
Introducing Robert’s read: great links and suggestions from latest week, August 17th 2011
I’ve always been interested in reading all kinds of inspirational articles, blog posts and just fun things on the Internet, and most of the time I just tweet about it. But now, both for my sake and yours, I will write a weekly blog post listing the links for the latest week.
HTML5 Forms input types, attributes and new elements – demos, tips and tricks
Forms on the web. They are literally everywhere, and there seem to really be all kind of flavors for them. From day one they have been a great mean for users to input data and information and interact with various services. And what comes with that is every implementation under the sun to offer validation for them, custom display and functionality if they aren’t native in that specific web browser, and much much more. Therefore, during the development phase of HTML5, one of the important things that have been looked into is making forms on the web evolve into what both end users and developers need to make things easier. Why would every web developer have to invent the wheel again or include tons of JavaScript code just to make something very basic like a datepicker work?
On the IQ of IE users and the spirit of the web
Last week there was a lot of news going around the claim that IE users had lower IQ than users of other web browsers. As soon as I heard the story I felt bad about peoples’ conclusions, and after it was announced to be fake, it confirmed it even more.
HTML5 History API and improving end user experience
When the AJAX wave came in 2005 when Jesse James Garrett coined the term and then everyone wanted it, one of the major shortcomings was that dynamic updates of only portions of a web page lead to inconsistent history handling and back/forward navigation button problems in web browsers and poor end user experiences. Enter the HTML5 History API.
Using the HTML5 canvas clip method to hide certain content
People are creating amazing things with HTML5 canvas, especially combined with other HTML5 features. I thought I’d touch on a handy method that some people don’t seem to know about: canvas clip.
Mozilla Lab’s BrowserID – taking web authentication to the next level
Keeping track of multiple logins, passwords and services on Internet can be tedious at best, and projects like OpenID have tried to target that and make it easier and more secure for end users. Learning the lessons from OpenId and having a multitude of ideas how this can be made even better, Mozilla Labs has created BrowserID.
My presentation at London Ajax Mobile Event
Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking at the London Ajax Mobile Event in, surprisingly, London.
Summer break
I’m glad to say that I am just about to start my summer vacation!
My upcoming speaking in 2011 – South Africa, Chile and more
For the rest of 2011, I have a lot of intriguing countries/places to visit with exciting conferences to speak at, so I wanted to list them here. And who knows, maybe you will be attending any of those and we can get the chance to meet there?
Discussing alternatives for various sizes of the same image & introducing src property in CSS as an option
Today I was just about to write a blog post about images and serving different sizes depending on the device accessing it. Then the Adaptive images post came up on the public-html@w3.org mailing list. So let’s look at that and add my thoughts.
HTML5 is more than cool
HTML5 is here to save us all: it has the cool functions, eye-dazzling features and APIs to go around. I get to see a lot of great things developed with HTML5, but I’d like to issue a word of caution as well.
HTML5 placeholder and an alternative approach – introducing Robert’s playground
Looking at HTML5 and the placeholder functionality, it’s there to offer a hint to the user before they have started filling out something. But what if that’s not the best way?
Internet Explorer and the diminishing Windows support
With the first release of IE10, and officially stating it won’t support Windows Vista, it gets me thinking.
Web browser versions are dead – automatic updates is the future
A somewhat provocative article title, I know, but I think it’s really important to discuss where we are right know in regards to web browser versions.
The first IE10 preview at MIX11 and thoughts on that
I’m currently in Las Vegas for Microsoft’s MIX conference where they just showed the first version of Internet Explorer 10. Given what they announced, I have some thoughts.
HTML5 and polyfills – one script to rule them all?
A common discussion about HTML5 and whether to use it, and touched on in the HTML5 Hurdles article, is usually about fallback support and making it work in every web browser. But do we really need that?
Geek Meet May 2011 with Lea Verou
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Time for Geek Meet May 2011! This time, welcoming a great speaker from Greece!
A reply to Microsoft’ statement about IE9 vs. Firefox and Google Chrome adoption rate
This morning I was notified of an article about the download rate of IE9 by Ryan Gavin, Senior Director, Internet Explorer Business and Marketing. I had to check the date to see that it wasn’t an April Fool’s joke; alas, it wasn’t, so here’s my reply.
HTML5 hurdles: what is missing and web browser update rate problems
Yesterday I attended the Stockholm Web Monkeys’ spring 2011 meetup in Stockholm, and I gave a short presentation and led a discussion about HTML5 – What’s good, what’s missing, web browser implementation takes.
My new job: Technical Evangelist for Mozilla
It is a special day today. I have just resigned from my current job and am moving on to an extraordinary exciting challenge!
HTML5 and CSS3 tests and compatibility tables, updated
I wrote about it on Twitter last week (follow me on Twitter!), but naturally I should mention it here too, my dear readers. With new input from testing Internet Explorer 9 and from the Opera team, I have updated my HTML5 tests and compatibility tables and CSS3 tests and compatibility tables.
Twitter drastically changing terms for third-party developers
Last week Twitter asked third-party developers to stop making Twitter client apps.
Microsoft’s Dev:unplugged HTML5 competition – me one of the judges
Microsoft recently launched their Dev:unplugged HTML5 competition, to create outstanding showcases.
Using HTML5 canvas, Drag and Drop and File API to offer The Cure
By using a combination of the <canvas> element and the File API we could put together a little service that offers “The Cure” for many people.
How Microsoft and Google can solve video on the web
As always, there is so much discussion going on about HTML5 and video on the web, and I thought I’d suggest a solution to it all.
In memory of Lena Nyman
Last week my aunt, my father’s sister, Lena Nyman passed away.
Semicolons give me comfort
The other day at work we had a discussion about how code should look, or rather, what characters to use.
Using CSS3 and @font-face to use any custom font on a web site
I should have written about this long ago, but better late than never – time to share my experiences. Typography is an important part of user experience, and with CSS3 @font-face we can offer users any font we want to.
The Open Web Platform is what we want – HTML5 becomes HTML
Last night there was an interesting announcement from the WHATWG group, who effectively develops various HTML5 and related specifications. That is, HTML5 is no more.
Geek Meet February 2011 with Jake Archibald
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Time for the first Geek Meet of 2011! And man, this will be a great night!
Thoughts on Google dropping support for the H.264 video codec in Google Chrome
Yesterday Google announced they’re dropping H.264 video codec support in Google Chrome. Whatever you think about this, it’s an interesting move and I thought I’d express my thoughts on it.
We don’t need another app store
Let’s start this year with an adaptation of the lyrics to Tina Turner’s We Don’t Need Another Hero.