Archive for May, 2006

Charity ‘Drag Race’ report

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

A couple of weeks back, I promised to do something daft on this blog, and now I have. The Bristol charity drag race took place on a mind-numbingly cold and rainy English Summer’s day last Sunday, and I got thoroughly soaked! Which is all part of the fun, of course. A few pictures of the event follow, for posterity…

Spinning Icons

Friday, May 12th, 2006

One great thing about Ajax is that your web app can contact the server without having to interrupt the user. However, it’s also important to keep the user informed that the server is indeed being contacted, and the app hasn’t just fallen over or frozen. To this end, the little spinning icon usage pattern has […]