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Well, like David, I too have been working on IceBB. I’ve mainly been focusing on the Admin Control Center, as it’s being redesigned and recoded for IceBB 0.9.2. I really like what I’ve come up with for the temporary skin, but maybe that’s just because it’s based on David’s excellent skin work. Here’s a quick [...]

I haven’t posted in a while (almost two months now), so I might as well announce something I’ve been working on: Sollievo, a simple content management system. I’ve gotten tired of some of the bloated CMSes out there today. Not everyone needs a built in forum, user system, etc. So, I decided to start on [...]

I’m very happy that we’ve shipped IE 7 beta 1. I wanted to make it clear that we know Beta 1 makes little progress for web developers in improving our standards support, particularly in our CSS implementation. I feel badly about this, but we have been focused on how to get the most done overall [...]

A while ago, someone discovered AJAX. He’s been implementing many features using it in his forum software, which some people decided to also implement. Now he’s started adding bloat that serves no real purpose other than “wow, this is cool.” All this does is slow down the browser and cause problems for users of older [...]

Dear JavaScript developer,
I’m tired of your javascript:void(null) links, fancy Javascript new window things that break my middle-click, your inaccessible AJAX, and your “k3wL |)H7ML!!!!1111111.” Fix it. How? Don’t break browser functionality, compatibility, and fancy “snowflake scripts.” Make your sites work.
Thank you,
MutantMonkey

People who disregard the W3C’s standards should be banned from running a website.
No, I’m not talking about people who just don’t run their pages through the validator or don’t escape ampersands in links. I’m talking about people who blatantly disregard standards or have never even heard of them. Imagine this: a toilet paper company decides [...]