I stumbled upon a site called StatBrain that gives very general statistics on page visits to a domain. For example, if I go to StatBrain and type in m...

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Thank you! Thank you! I know, you think my blogs are cool. But what’s way cool about them is not just that they got fancy images and are so professio...

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I ran accross a blog post about a book on designing social experiences on the web. It looks interesting, and might be a good read for consideration on...

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[DRAFT - I'll update this to a more complete list later; I just wanted to get it started for now...] If you're just starting out with Windows Live Writer (also known as WLW), you might want to check out these articles/blogs: Five Things to do After Starting Windows Live Writer - The name says it all! Automatic Server Pinging - While mentioned in the "Five things..." article above, this blog gives a bit more info on what the Server Pinging is all about.

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I couldn't help but read the line in an article (see link below) about "poor standards compliance with IE" and think to myself: "You know, most users don't really care about 'poor standards compliance' in a browser; they just want it to browse the page safely & look nice." And that's not a small point to consider. Come on, people! The only ones who care about "standards compliance" are the developers, not the people viewing the sites. Developers want standards compliance because it will make their lives easier. The average Joe doesn't really care about making the lives of web developers easier - they just want to see the pages they're looking for. Web developers still make up only a small percentage of the people who actually browse the Internet, and I would not be surprised to see if many web developers actually (gasp!) have both browsers installed on their computers - if only to test their pages for both audiences. For those of you who might take me to task on referring to "both" browsers (as if there were only two), that is simply because there are only two major choices among users. Yes, there's Safari, Opera, et.al., but these are small fish in a big pool, and the majority of people still say "Who?" when those browsers are mentioned. Personally, I don't care either, anymore. Hey, I'm a part time web developer, back from the days when the browser compatibility issues were really, really painful (HTML, JavaScript, CSS). I know the pain developers feel around standards compliance. I have felt the pain. But as I stare in the eyes of my non-techy friends who haven't a clue of what I mean when I refer to different browser DOMs or having to do CSS hacks - when I stare into those eyes that look bewildered and hear them say "It looked fine to me," then I realize that the only reason my shorts are in a knot is because I (the developer) was the one who tied it up in the first place. Now that I've aged a bit, and have seen how far browser builders have come in getting their individual "standards" to mesh, I find the differences just don't bother me anymore. And, now-a-days, I don't think they bother my non-techy friends either. So, when it comes to asking questions about the "market share" of a given browser, don't try factoring in "standards compliance" for the big picture, because this is an issue that just doesn't factor into the minds of most users. Firefox, Safari, or Neither? - washingtonpost.com

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