Archive for May, 2010

Stupid css tricks: line breaks in lists

Periodically I encounter some problem with html and css layouts that could be solved by adding a few extra presentational tags to the html source (like <br/> or text bullets in the case I’m about to describe), but there’s no easy way to do it in CSS.  I almost always end up caving and doing [...]

Reminders, part 4 – deleting accounts

The last piece of account management for the reminders project that I haven’t mentioned yet is account deletion.  One of the goals I try to keep in mind is that every action should be reversible.  So if you create an account, you should be able to delete it.  But the converse should also be true–if [...]

Reminders, part 3 – registration and login flow

One of the goals of the reminders project is to simplify everything as much as possible.  That includes the login and registration processes and the auxiliary features that go with them like forgotten password resets, other password changes, and email changes as well as the actual reminder creation and completion.  Sometimes it seems like the [...]