http://www.screwlessdesign.co.uk/blog project and assignment diary Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:49:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, more than a year after I handed in my dissertation, I have re-started development on the CHUI project! So, what have I been up to? After finishing Uni I went back to my old job at Maplin Electronics for a few months in order to save up enough money ... http://www.screwlessdesign.co.uk/blog/post-dissertation-development/ A new version of CHUI was recently launched. Though similar looking to previous versions, there are many more features under the hood. More soon. http://www.screwlessdesign.co.uk/blog/alpha-v003000/ Well, it's looks like choosing Effective C++ Programming has paid off! Today I used the decorator design pattern to extend a mootools object. Even if all I did was add a module-height tracking variable, the fact that I understand how this pattern works and can recognise it is extremely useful. ... http://www.screwlessdesign.co.uk/blog/getting-there/ It may be behind schedule - but it's finally here, the first alpha (v0.0.1000). I've been working hard over the weekend to overcome initial development boundaries, such as: directory structure, layer abstraction, a version-keeping database and library/framework installation. The different layers include: logic (PHP), mark-up (XHTML), presentation (CSS) and interactivity ... http://www.screwlessdesign.co.uk/blog/first-alpha-launced/ Having not blogged for a quite a while I've decided to post an update on my whereabouts with the CHUI project. First of all, I upgraded my hosting account to accommodate for an extra domain so that I could launch thechuiproject.org. Although only the basic framework is in place at ... http://www.screwlessdesign.co.uk/blog/progress-update/ I didn't think it'd happen with this project but I managed to get behind schedule. I'm not used to multi-tasking University work. I'm glad that I went on placement though, multi-tasking was one of the things that I had to do. I've been working hard since Christmas to get back ... http://www.screwlessdesign.co.uk/blog/getting-back-on-track/ It turns out there are already quite a few customisable homepage systems on the net. By far the best that I have found is at netvibes.com. Others include myYahoo!, iGoogle, Pageflakes and Goowy. All of these are very functional, however none of them seem to have been designed with accessibility ... http://www.screwlessdesign.co.uk/blog/research-into-customisable-homepage-interfaces/ I created the first draft of my project specification last night. I had hoped to get it done earlier but there seems to be so much this year that I'm having trouble getting into the swing of things. I reckon I'm getting the hang of it now though, my placement ... http://www.screwlessdesign.co.uk/blog/project-specification/ The initial idea for my dissertation was to produce an e-commerce website with a large emphasis on minimal mouse clicks and accessibility. Having come up with this idea after almost a years worth of thinking and still not being happy with it, I sought the help of my newly assigned ... http://www.screwlessdesign.co.uk/blog/initial-thoughts/