err4nt

69 ms·

661.
by err4nt 11y ago
As humans are fallible, it's inevitable we will make mistakes carrying out even what we intend to do, when we know it and are actively trying to do the right thing. Sometimes our mistakes are not recognizing the right thing to be done,
662.
by err4nt 11y ago
Wow, that's so cool that you and your child can share this hobby and interest together. I'm a front-end dev who has dabbled with open-source game development before, so my advice is going to be a little different than the 'st
663.
by err4nt 11y ago
Firstly, I'm so sorry you have had to deal with ignorance like that! You're justified in how you feel about this, and don't have to tell them anything you don't want to. I'm not sure how applicable these reasons wi
664.
by err4nt 11y ago
I define a Modern Browser as: any browser with the ability to self-update to the latest version. These are the browsers most commonly used, and when a security vulnerability comes out they are on top of things. These all enjoy good HTML and
665.
by err4nt 11y ago
The GPL has a viral clause that says that whatever code touches GPLed code must be GPLed as well. This is a deal-breaker for many people who may be working with code under different licenses without similar viral clauses already in their co
666.
by err4nt 11y ago
- You're not enlarging the font size, you're scaling the entire viewport. When thew viewport is larger than the screen things like modals (or other UI elements) may not appear where they are supposed to, if at all for the user - s
667.
by err4nt 11y ago
User-scaling of the viewport is thankfully not the only way of enlarging text inside of a web page. It's possible to design a site that allows the user to change the font-size of relevant UI controls without rendering the layout wide
668.
by err4nt 11y ago
Just an application of Poe's law to help you see the pot calling the kettle black about diction.
669.
by err4nt 11y ago
A fraternal society refers to the nature of the organization, has nothing to do with the sex of the individuals that make it up. Males/females could operate interchangeably in roles inside a fraternal organization. > It would have
670.
by err4nt 11y ago
WHOAH. Did you just equate the female sex to the gender of women ? That sounds very gender-normative for a discussion like this!
671.
by err4nt 11y ago
Often a side project of mine will serve as a reference, or even provide snippets of re-usable code. I can now trace some snippets over multiple generations of projects, slightly improved each time. In this sense code doesn't just grow
672.
by err4nt 11y ago
I don't mind paid advertising, but I dislike the tracking and profiling and sale of my information so for a while I was using Privacy Badger and other 'smart' ad-blocking anti-tracking plugins that learned. As a web dev, it w
673.
by err4nt 11y ago
The viral nature of the GPL leaves a bad taste in my mouth like a ideological chain-letter! I like public domain, I like MIT, I like libPNG, but I don't like forcing ideology or licenses on people and THEIR code. Take it, learn from it
674.
by err4nt 11y ago
Nowhere did I say it was bad if they had to post their changes, but in reality it just means they won't touch it, won't have changes to post, and they will keep looking for more permissive code to use. If a viral licence is an imp
675.
by err4nt 11y ago
Suppose you're baking a cake, but it's a custom cake and you're not 100% sure you have the best recipe for frosting. Suppose Modernizr were a book, and each feature Modernizr tests for was a recipe. What I'm suggesting i
676.
by err4nt 11y ago
> That doesn't put food on my table, but the same effort from me under a bad licence would have meant that good likely would not have come from my efforts. Who is more likely to be hired for paying work: the guy whose code you have
677.
by err4nt 11y ago
I put a simple, self-contained HTML/JS/CSS scratchpad (think JsFiddle, Codepen) on Github without a licence. I was contacted because somebody saw the project and wanted to use it to help teach a classroom HTML, but only if the lic
678.
by err4nt 11y ago
I'm very grateful the GPL exists, but I don't like the viral clause of the GPL. I find people sometimes aren't able to use GPLed code in their projects which defeats my purpose for putting it under an open licence in the firs
679.
by err4nt 11y ago
For the most part it didn't matter until recently. Netscape versus IE (late 90's) - features didn't matter, they just rendered HTML and CSS differently Firefox versus IE (early 00's) - Firefox added a bunch of great CS
680.
by err4nt 11y ago
When I went professional with my web development (2009) I can remember the in-the-know people were actively advocating for feature detection, but it was still common practice even in 2010 to add IE-specific support using conditional comment
681.
by err4nt 11y ago
I get the tradeoff, the problem is when you have 90 projects that customize the library for 90 different needs, and then you want to update those libraries. At that point, you've basically made 90 Modernizr forks. Does it make more s
682.
by err4nt 11y ago
I do allow zoom when it's appropriate: usually when I'm either targeting desktop users and don't plan (or don't have budget) to specifically target mobile users with their own experience, or when user scaling of the vi
683.
by err4nt 11y ago
I am aware of this, but most iOS users do not use Chrome. I am also aware of FastClick and Google's FastButton as well, and I have even used them where the need applied. https://github.com/alexblack/google-fastbutt
684.
by err4nt 11y ago
Sniffing User-Agent has been poor practice since 2011 , in favour of feature detection using a library like Modernizr. I used to advocate using something like Modernizr and then writing your code against the results, but now I think an even
685.
by err4nt 11y ago
It's not about looking native, it's about being as easy to use as a native app instead of feeling like you're controlling a desktop website with a touchscreen interface. I use VNC on my iOS devices all the time - I pan and zo
686.
by err4nt 11y ago
Wouldn't this device-level accessibility zooming not allow the user to also zoom in on a website in Mobile Safari that had user-scaling disabled? It sounds like your point supports my point!
687.
by err4nt 11y ago
My training was in graphic design, and the web training we got in college was behind where I was self-taught in web before getting to college, they only covered the basics. By leaving the User Scaling on, the browser slows down all of your
688.
by err4nt 11y ago
If you have poor eyesight, are you aware that you have the option of increasing the font-size device-wide in your device settings?
689.
by err4nt 11y ago
> K, so you're suggesting that we not enable a "usability feature" because Apple's guidelines suggest that there are alternative ways to specify the correct viewport? No that's the opposite of what I'm sayin
690.
by err4nt 11y ago
User scaling is more than just the zoom gesture, it's a different way of controlling the web page in Mobile Safari, and because of these differences the user experience is quite different. With User Scaling enabled, you can use the zoo

More ›