Technical
IE7 only: float bug on elements with italic, background properties
What do you get if you cross a float and an italic in Internet Explorer? …
- Originally published: 13 Jul 2009 in Technical
Testing CSS for print media: we need a Print Preview for developers!
How I wish there was an easier way to test CSS intended for the printed page. …
- Originally published: 15 Jun 2009 in Technical
Typekit: when will web fonts flow freely?
Proper font embedding in a browser is long overdue. We’ve had to put up with the same old Arial, Verdana, Georgia, Helvetica, Times New Roman for years. Now that browsers have to …
- Originally published: 1 Jun 2009 in Technical
RUP for user experience professionals
RUP may answer a lot of organisational issues but what's in it for User Experience professionals? …
- Originally published: 13 Apr 2009 in Technical
Progressive enhancement and Flash: no longer a pact with the Devil
Using xHTML as an accessible data source for Flash objects just got a bit easier thanks to Faust. …
- Originally published: 17 Feb 2009 in Technical
jQuery .html() returns strange results in IE after other bindings
Sometimes we're stuck with junk attributes in jQuery.html() for Internet Explorer. …
- Originally published: 17 Feb 2009 in Technical
Belgium Usability Day
I attended a seminar last night that represented the Belgian contribution to World Usability Day. The conference was hosted by interactive agency Emakina and the theme set by the global organisers Usability …
- Originally published: 14 Nov 2008 in Technical
The forced downgrade: going back to Visio for web prototyping
What happens when you have to drop your fancy prototyping software and go back to Office apps? …
- Originally published: 8 Nov 2008 in Technical
CmapTools for concept mapping and OWL authoring
Working with the free software that's nothing less than legal mind expansion! …
- Originally published: 25 Apr 2008 in Technical
Dreamweaver CS3 crashes and won’t start up again
The world famous 8,192kb bug that crashed a million Dreamweavers. Probably. …
- Originally published: 1 Feb 2008 in Technical
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Natour Criterium Sint Niklaas
A thriving criterium circuit brings the stars of the Tour de France to small town Belgium. …
- Originally published: 31 Jul 2010 in Europe
La Guillotine
5/5. Golden and lively with plenty of fizz. A little harsh as it meets the tongue, but packs a mature and very mellow finish. Definitely one of my favourite blondes. …
- Originally published: 7 Jun 2010 in Beer
Club nasty: a night to remember (other nights)
Getting fleeced by crap nightclubs is a rite of passage as a youth, but it doesn't have the same appeal at thirty. …
- Originally published: 2 Feb 2009 in Editorial
Gangs Of New York
Vast epic on the lowly origins of the skyscraper city. …
- Originally published: 22 Jan 2007 in Film
Valencia
J and I visited the venerable Catalonian city of Valencia on the eastern coast of the Iberian peninsula. The city is an unusually harmonious mix of old and new: the ciutat vella …
- Originally published: 11 May 2007 in Europe
Who you gonna call?
Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not the Princeton curator, the US senatorial candidate, the Kentuckian pastor or the journalist from Arizona. In fact, I work as a consultant in User Experience and Information Design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Ellezelloise Hercule.