Further Optimization of the W3C Validation Images
So call me picky, but I went ahead and tried to further optimize the process for using the W3C validation buttons. I know that seems like trying to eek out another 10 horsepower from a 400 horsepower sports car, but it really bothers me to reduce efficiency for something so useless (which brings up the point, “Why use them at all?” but that’s another story).
I felt that I could probably create some efficiencies by combining the images and using an imagemap for the links instead of using two separate images. There are basically three potential areas then for optimization:
size of …
W3C Validation Buttons
I was recently working on one of my sites and had added the W3C buttons for valid XHTML and CSS (which actually validate, by the way). I regularly run speed reports on my sites as well and when I added these two buttons, I was not pleased with the result. Call me picky, but the extra image weight wasn’t necessary for what these buttons are. Since they are more for show and don’t really serve purpose for the user, why add the weight?
So I took the buttons and reduced the number of colors in the gif to see what we …
Writer’s Block
No, I’m not suffering from writer’s block. I just haven’t really had anything to say the last few days.
Sorry.
Check back tomorrow, I’ll have written something by then.
Sage: a feed reader for Firefox
Back in my (not so long ago) IE days, I was using Pluck as an RSS reader. I liked it, it was handy. Now that I switched to Firefox, I had to find something for RSS. Nice thing about Firefox, there are a lot of plugins available.
Sage seems to fit the bill. It has a sidebar for the feeds like Pluck did in IE. So far, so good. If you use Firefox (you do use Firefox, don’t you?), Sage would be a nice plugin to add. If you know of a better RSS reader for Firefox, let me know.
Sage: …
I was about to post yesterday about BrowseHappy. I had been meaning to for sometime, then yesterday I had the urge to post about it. Then, for whatever reason, I didn’t. So what about that is ironic? It seems that yesterday, an announcement was made by the Web Standards Project (another fabulous site, by the way) with the headline BrowseHappy Now Part of WordPress as WaSP Refocuses Mission Appearently, WaSP felt that BrowseHappy compromised its position by infering a lack of neutrality toward various browsers. That makes sense to me, since BrowseHappy really promotes Mozilla browsers (and specifically, IMO, …
Sometimes Ironic
![[Valid RSS]](/wp-images/valid-rss.png "Validate my RSS feed")
