xBlog: The visual thinking weblog
22nd December 2003

xBlog�s XML/RSS syndication link has moved!

We reworked the weblog backend to make xBlog easier to maintain — expect more frequent posting around here come 2004. You’ll notice that the category URLs have changed (and every old post we imported now shows a posting date of 12:12 AM). Also, unfortunately, this new system means the old link to xblog.xml is no more. Please update your feeds to point to xplane.com/xblog/b2rss2.php. Thanks, and happy holidays!

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22nd December 2003

Patterns in Interaction Design

“Welcome on my small web site. As you can see, it is mainly about Design Patterns. With these patterns I try to capture every bit of good design that I encounter. I will update the site regularily and add new patterns.”

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22nd December 2003

Blogging for Business

“All the buzz about weblogs is really about one thing: Making publishing to the web as easy as writing an email. A blog is a web page, or a portion of a web page, usually made up of short, frequently updated posts that are arranged chronologically (usually reverse chronologically). The posts can be text, graphics, audio, or any combination of the three.”

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22nd December 2003

Make Internal Links Scroll Smoothly with JavaScript

“When theyíre navigating through a long document, users often are confused or disoriented when they click a link that jumps to another location in that same document. Are they on the same page, or a different page? Should they scroll more from here? What’s going on? The answer to this problem is to scroll the user through the document to the linked location…”

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