March 2010
24 posts
iPad+HTML5+iframe=FAIL
So if you’re working on an HTML5 video player, don’t rely on the iframe to be your island. It appears that you cannot programmatically control the video playback even when events are generated by a touch. Outside of the iframe everything works fine. Plan B will be to absolutize a DIV and jam everything in there.
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Dear Tumblr,
You can get the thumbnail URL and other metadata from our embed code by changing the src URL to /players/episode instead of /play. If you get:
<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/7FCBxNIHAA"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640"
height="390" allowscriptaccess="always"
allowfullscreen="true"></embed>
Try a making a call to:
...
SXSW Interactive Is Dead →
soupsoup:
kenyatta:
nickdouglas:
I wrote a little essay for SF Weekly’s culture blog. It’s about how VIP sections ruined SXSWi.
This is why Tim and I throw our Rocketboom + Next New Networks SXSW nonparty as a last minute announcement. Sure, it doesn’t get us any PR but we get people there and we have a good time. No lines, no VIP sections, no problem.
I definitely felt this vibe this...
WatchThis is the most amazing thing I’ve seen this week. Do NOT miss.
Marco.org: Overdoing the interface metaphor →
We’re often told that we should design our websites and software to mimic real-life objects. The iPhone strengthened this idiom, and Apple has been driving this home hard for the iPad. But it’s not absolute, and it’s not always the best idea. My favorite counterexample is the typical calculator…
Another classic example of this is the music player. The big innovation of iTunes was to get...
Chefs Call Proposed New York Salt Ban 'Absurd' →
wreckandsalvage:
Is this really happening? Am I awake?
I warned you all. Every term he takes something away.
Harmony Procedural Drawing Tool →
Here’s the original I based yesterday’s March Madness program off of. The tools are much nicer than in my quickie version.
Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and... →
kevin:
dancroak:
Awesome online book.
