http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/category/friday_feast/ Every Friday brings a potpourri of links to plenty of fascinating sites, sometimes on a variety of topics and sometimes an indepth exploration of one topic, usually related to Web design, graphics, the Web, photography, typography, or other topics discussed at this weblog. en-us Friday Feast Copyright 2000-2008 Shirley Kaiser, SKDesigns. All rights reserved. Shirley Kaiser 2004-01-02T20:01:29-08:00 720 daily 2 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://brainstormsandraves.com/xml/brainstorms88.gif http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/category/friday_feast/ 88 31 Every Friday brings a potpourri of links to plenty of fascinating sites, sometimes on a variety of topics and sometimes an indepth exploration of one topic, usually related to Web design, graphics, the Web, photography, typography, or other topics discussed at this weblog. I've noticed that a growing number of websites are providing tooltips and styles for abbreviations and acronyms within content. Later versions of browsers support the abbr and acronym elements, with the exception of Internet Explorer unfortunately not recognizing the abbr element. Today's Friday Feast provides some helpful links to tutorials, comments, examples, information, charts, and tools related to abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms. (848 words, 25 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2004/01/02/feast_64_acronyms/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2004/01/02/feast_64_acronyms/ Shirley Kaiser 2004-01-02T20:01:29 This week's Friday Feast takes a look at an insightful new interview of Jeffrey Zeldman, A List Apart's new site design that everyone's talking about, and user-friendly approaches to website information architecture. (1086 words, 25 links, 2 images) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/10/24/feast_63_information_architecture/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/10/24/feast_63_information_architecture/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-10-24T18:16:39 Lots going on this week about web design, CSS, standards, browsers, and new books I'm especially excited to see coming out. Here are some highlights: (1525 words, 34 links, 2 images) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/10/10/feast_62_standards/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/10/10/feast_62_standards/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-10-10T11:07:21 I was absolutely horrified when I read Phil Ringnalda's comment spam alert story last year in which a Las Vegas real estate agent used a script to try to autogenerate comments to every single one of Phil's entries, including links to the spammer's real estate site. While most of us won't get bombed like that we still have our hands full with unwanted comment spammers. Today's Friday Feast provides some tips about what I do to help combat comment spam along with links to more helpful tips, plugins, scripts, and information. (1318 words, 24 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/10/03/feast_61_unwanted_comments/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/10/03/feast_61_unwanted_comments/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-10-03T17:49:29 There are so many new sites, articles, helpful CSS tools, and fun and fascinating things to read or watch. Today's Feast highlights a few of my favorites for the past couple of weeks. (506 words, 16 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/09/26/friday_feast_60/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/09/26/friday_feast_60/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-09-26T18:39:58 I've had an unexpectedly hectic and crazy[1] week this week, but Friday Feast will be back next week as usual. __________ [1]Crazy in a good way, fortunately! (29 words) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/09/19/friday_feast_next_week/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/09/19/friday_feast_next_week/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-09-19T17:52:38 Weaving CSS Dreams is a terrific article by Doug Bowman about the new Dreamweaver MX 2004. He takes a good look at the pros and cons of using WYSIWYG software in general and the new Dreamweaver in specific. As Doug also mentions, Macromedia has worked closely with the WaSP Dreamweaver Task Force for a couple of years now and more recently with Eric Meyer. The results have meant vast improvements from what their product was prior to their MX series. What You See is Not Always What You Get (454 words, 8 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/09/12/friday_feast_59_wysiwyg_and_dreamweaver_mx_2004/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/09/12/friday_feast_59_wysiwyg_and_dreamweaver_mx_2004/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-09-12T18:08:47 Today's Feast covers ad-blocking software, a new domain for the RSS feed validator, and a fun collection of typography-related photos to browse. Happy weekend, everyone. (391 words, 21 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/09/05/friday_feast_58/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/09/05/friday_feast_58/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-09-05T21:02:14 I've written previously that now is a fantastic window of opportunity for other browsers to promote their features, especially to companies who could migrate their entire staffs and intranets to a browser other than Internet Explorer. Today's Friday Feast is about Opera doing exactly that, along with other browsers and popular features. (1331 words, 20 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/08/29/friday_feast_57_browsers_standards_and_operas_latest/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/08/29/friday_feast_57_browsers_standards_and_operas_latest/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-08-29T17:00:19 I've had an interesting and challenging 7 days dealing with Movable Type and server upgrade issues, unusual thunder storms, and daily life. In the meantime, the world marches on, and there are plenty of great links to share for today's feast -- CSS layouts, Movable Type, more style guides, and TopStyle. (705 words, 24 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/08/22/friday_feast_56_css_mt_style_guides_topstyle/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/08/22/friday_feast_56_css_mt_style_guides_topstyle/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-08-22T14:15:09