Should Twitter remove it’s follower counts? Clearly, this is a game — and really, gaining followers on Twitter, for most people, is a game. Which raises the question: Should Twitter just remove the follower counts? I think the question is a bit silly. Some people think that is important. Should you hide that information from [...]
Posts under ‘Programming’
IE Not Welcome?
WeDontSupportIE.com is a site with a simple message: Don’t use Internet Explorer. This is a message I can get behind, however I would not take it to the level they have. Disliking a browser and not supporting it are two very different things. As a web developer, I would never announce that I did not [...]
Accessibility
While doing a bit of after work stumbling, I came across an article about 5 underused HTML elements. The list was spot on. I dont recall ever using many of these. What really caught my eye about this article was a blurb about web accessibility: Labels are useful for accessibility and clicking them sets focus [...]
ForrestLedbetter.net: My new sandbox
It has been a long time coming. For the first time ever, I have a reliable, affordable asp.net host. I can’t believe I am *HAPPILY* using a hosting service from GoDaddy. I have been averse to go godaddy over the years, but im a .net develoepr. How am I supposed to pass up $5 / [...]
.Net Hosting
Today I created a Windows web hosting account so I could start testing my new CMS project. The current version is extremely basic and lacking in content, but it works and is improving daily. The rendering engine is at a point where I am ready to begin connecting everything to the database. Once I get [...]
sharptube
For the past week, I have been working on creating a content management system, using a template I found on oswd.org. As I was writing the boring stuff, I thought about several more interesting components I could create. The first thing that came to mind was an easy way to display a video from any [...]
Webmonkey Maps iPhone App Developer s Frustration – Webmonkey
Webmonkey has a great post up about how frustrating it is to develop for the iPhone. I have spent a little time in the SDK, and it is downright confusing. Granted, I have not given it enough effort due to time constraints, but it is the most puzzling development I have ever attempted. link
Master Page Name Mangling
I just read over some of my oldest posts, and found this gem. While I stand by it still, the code is unreadable, and using some class names that will not be relevant to your project. Mayhaps a better approach would be to create a class to implement in pages where needed. Again, this is [...]
Enable Right Click
UPDATE: Do not keep this script enabled, only use it as needed. It could cause some issues while browsing, as it loops through every HTML element on the page. Greasemonkey script to reenable right clicking on sites that disable it for “security” purposes: EnableRightClick.user.js Code: // ==UserScript== // @name enable right click // @namespace http://forrestledbetter.com [...]
Functional Javascript
I found this blog on del.icio.us I think. This is by far the best explanation of the various ways to use functions in javascript. Don’t stop with this one, look at all the other posts. There is some pretty advanced stuff here, and javascript isn’t going anywhere any time soon.
