99 Bottles of Beer is a really useful reference point for comparing programming language syntaxes. The same code is shown for all the different language types. Here it is.

John Dowdell mentioned this article earlier and I wanted to blog it specifically for the benefit of our bloggers here at Webapper. Jay Allen goes into great detail looking at different ways to block comment spamming. Here’’s the article.

The Fast TCP system being developed by Steven Low and colleagues at the California Institute of Technology avoids the problems caused by the operation of the current TCP protocol. Where when a new packet of data is sent, the sending computer waits to hear that the first one has arrived safely. Fast TCP mitigates this [...]

Verbatim: This report is based on usability research with 46 different Web-based applications in Flash that were tested with users in the United States, Germany, and Japan. This looks like a very good report and well worth the money IMHO.

CSS vertical and horizontal lists, buttons, tabs etc. Listamatic is a marvelous site for ongoing learning by example. There is also a comprehensive browser comparability list. Listamatic

From e-Business to Services: Why and Why Now? is the title of this article and it really is worth taking the time to read. I was watching a thread today on one of my favorite email lists about earning levels in different parts of the US. I believe there are changes going on now [...]

Verisign have an area with examples of numbers and formats for testing credit cards in web application development. They Have examples for American Express, Diners, JCB, MasterCard and Visa. This was recently posted on CF-Talk. Here is the site

Accessibility for the web applications we design is becoming an increasingly more pressing imperative on a daily basis. In some cases there are legal implications, in some cases moral ones, in some cases marketing ones and in other cases all of the above. Here are Policies Relating to Web Accessibility by State and Country [...]

A List Apart publishes an archive of their indispensible articles for Design, Code and Content in web application building or “Webmaking” as they call it. The more I read stuff like this the more I realize that the dot-com bubble was an interruption. A List Apart Archives.

Sandy Clark did a great presentation at the 2003 Fusebox Conference in Las Vegas. Her focus was related to Display-GUI issues and the difference in Fusebox 4 over Fusebox 3 regarding “Layouts”. She also gave a very compelling case for paying attention to Accessibility concerns in Web Applications and how important that is. Here is [...]