Archive for August, 2004

Charles – Shareware Web Debugging Proxy

Sunday, August 8th, 2004

If you are passing a lot of data in and out of Flash, then this shareware tool is invaluable.
From the site: “Charles is an HTTP Proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP traffic between their machine and the Internet.
Charles simulates modem speeds by effectively throttling your bandwidth and
introducing latency, so that [...]

HotRod has Landed!

Saturday, August 7th, 2004

My HotRod joystick finally arrived! It’s the perfect joystick for playing your favourite MAME games, as it uses the same technology used in actual arcade cabinets. I was a bit shocked by it’s enormous size when it arrived – the case seems to have been built from 2 inch thick planks of wood. After playing [...]

Flash Site/Search Engine Ranking Test

Friday, August 6th, 2004

Charlie at disc7 has setup a Flash/Search Engine test, to determine what kind of flash content will show up in Search Engines. Please support this test by linking to the test page: http://www.disc7.com/flash-movie-test/

This test came about from a discussion over at JesterXL, which was a response to
Derek Franklin’s post about the problems of getting Flash [...]

Tiny Button Menus Are Useless!

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2004

I just came across this example of a longstanding usability beef of mine: menus consisting of tiny unlabeled buttons.
Why is it annoying? Try browsing through the images in the illustration section. As the buttons have no labels (or rollover descriptions), there is no reason to click one button over another. This leaves 2 choices: click [...]


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