A Bunch of Web Developers in Utah » Braden http://www.utahwebdev.com Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:15:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en “What we forget is that this ‘finishin … http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/06/what-we-forget-is-that-this-finishin/ http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/06/what-we-forget-is-that-this-finishin/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:15:17 +0000 Braden http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/06/what-we-forget-is-that-this-finishin/ “What we forget is that this ‘finishing school’ [XHTML] will actually SHOOT ANYONE THAT DOESN’T FOLLOW THE RULES.” –comment on James Bennett’s “Why HTML?”

]]> http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/06/what-we-forget-is-that-this-finishin/feed/ Jakob Nielsen on OK/Cancel order. I’ve … http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/05/jakob-nielsen-on-okcancel-order-ive/ http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/05/jakob-nielsen-on-okcancel-order-ive/#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 15:30:13 +0000 Braden http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/05/jakob-nielsen-on-okcancel-order-ive/ Jakob Nielsen on OK/Cancel order. I’ve ended up following Windows style (ugh) since activating the first submit button on enter submission seems to be an unofficial standard.

]]> http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/05/jakob-nielsen-on-okcancel-order-ive/feed/ My old boss taught me the Post/Redirect/ … http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/05/my-old-boss-taught-me-the-postredirect/ http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/05/my-old-boss-taught-me-the-postredirect/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 00:44:43 +0000 Braden http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/05/my-old-boss-taught-me-the-postredirect/ My old boss taught me the Post/Redirect/Get pattern informally, but I never learned its name until recently. If you don’t have some sort of session_printMessages() framework, I’d strongly encourage you to look into it; it’s great not having to put up “ZOMG PLEASE DO NOT USE YOUR BACK BUTTON” warnings.

]]> http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/05/my-old-boss-taught-me-the-postredirect/feed/ We’re building a fancy modularized, tem … http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/05/were-building-a-fancy-modularized-tem/ http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/05/were-building-a-fancy-modularized-tem/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 23:04:57 +0000 Braden http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/05/were-building-a-fancy-modularized-tem/ We’re building a fancy modularized, templated framework based on Smarty. I’m a firm believer in Filter Input, Escape Output, so I’m working on making Smarty apply htmlentities by default, which seems like the XSS equivalent of SQL prepared statements. Have any of you ever tried an automated approach to XSS protection like this?

]]> http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/05/were-building-a-fancy-modularized-tem/feed/ Finally got a chance to learn Google Cha … http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/04/finally-got-a-chance-to-learn-google-cha/ http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/04/finally-got-a-chance-to-learn-google-cha/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 00:22:40 +0000 Braden http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/04/finally-got-a-chance-to-learn-google-cha/ Finally got a chance to learn Google Charts, which I’ve been lusting after for months now. Rythym tester.

]]> http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/04/finally-got-a-chance-to-learn-google-cha/feed/ Good old posts from Joel on tech busines … http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/04/good-old-posts-from-joel-on-tech-busines/ http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/04/good-old-posts-from-joel-on-tech-busines/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:15:42 +0000 Braden http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/04/good-old-posts-from-joel-on-tech-busines/ Good old posts from Joel on tech business: capturing consumer surplus, cheapening complements.

]]> http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/04/good-old-posts-from-joel-on-tech-busines/feed/ I put together a LAMP security overview … http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/04/i-put-together-a-lamp-security-overview/ http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/04/i-put-together-a-lamp-security-overview/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:25:22 +0000 Braden http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/04/i-put-together-a-lamp-security-overview/ I put together a LAMP security overview for my writing class. Most of you probably know this stuff, but I think it’s a decent guide.

]]> http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/04/i-put-together-a-lamp-security-overview/feed/ Firefox will support resumable downloads … http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/04/firefox-will-support-resumable-downloads/ http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/04/firefox-will-support-resumable-downloads/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:05:17 +0000 Braden http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/04/firefox-will-support-resumable-downloads/ Firefox will support resumable downloads in 3.0.

Time to research HTTP Range and 206 Partial Content.

]]> http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/04/firefox-will-support-resumable-downloads/feed/ What systems do and don’t do for you http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/04/what-systems-do-and-donaet-do-for-you-a/ http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/04/what-systems-do-and-donaet-do-for-you-a/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:01:40 +0000 Braden http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/04/what-systems-do-and-donaet-do-for-you-a/

What systems do and don’t do for you “cheaply” defines their character, and in many systems those choices aren’t made consciously.

–Alex Russell of Dojo on Google Web Apps

]]> http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/04/what-systems-do-and-donaet-do-for-you-a/feed/ Just got htmlpurifier r1635 approved wit … http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/03/just-got-htmlpurifier-r1635-approved-wit/ http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/03/just-got-htmlpurifier-r1635-approved-wit/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:31:42 +0000 Braden http://www.utahwebdev.com/2008/03/just-got-htmlpurifier-r1635-approved-wit/ Just got htmlpurifier r1635 approved with trivial changes. Ftw.

$htmlpurifier->purify() is to htmlentities() as prepared queries are to mysql_real_escape_string().

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