Archive for the “Miscellaneous” category

Touchscreen devices will kill the Start Menu

by David Barber on March 22, 2011

I bet within a 2 years the common “start menu” will die. Modern touchscreen devices including iPads and iPhones and Xooms are all saying the same thing: No! We don’t need no taskbar! Let’s examine the iPhone4.   Do you (…)

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A fresh look for space & time consulting

by David Barber on March 22, 2011

I just finished up new website for Angela of space & time consulting of Cambridge, Mass. The site turned out great and has received lots of positive feedback. Congrats Angela.

Why do browsers need scrollbars?

by David Barber on March 22, 2011

With modern hardware like multi-touch pads and hand gestures do browsers need scrollbars? Especially on computers with the multi-touch pad you can scroll down pages with a extremely intuitive two-fingers-swipe. Why would I want to click on a scrollbar and (…)

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Beginning

by David Barber on March 18, 2011

I guess this is it. I’ve started my programming blog. My name is David Barber and I am Software Developer and Designer. If you are interested in web development, design or pretty much anything related this is a good blog (…)

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