Mainfram Reality

I’ve been doing quite a lot of web and interface design over the last few weeks. I still code HTML and CSS by hand and find tools like Dreamweaver get in my way and don’t really fit ASP.NET or Ruby on Rails. I develop Ruby on Rails using Gedit and ASP.NET using the Microsoft Visual Studio. Gedit is a text editor and Microsoft Visual Studio is retarded when in comes to HTML design.

Anyway I digress… below are some underutilized and a few new HTML tags. Please be careful when using these because some don’t work in all the browsers and I am way to lazy to tell you which work with what browser.

<abbr> and <acronym>

1. <abbr title="National Aeronautics and Space Administration">NASA</abbr> is an <acronym title="United States of America">USA</acronym> agency.

OUTPUT

NASA is an USA agency.

<del> and <ins>

1. <del>This text is deleted</del>, <ins>while this text is inserted</ins>

OUTPUT

This text is deleted, while this text is inserted

<q>, <cite> and <dfn>

1. <q>I want to <q>quote</q> the quote</q>
2. <cite>This is a cited reference source</cite>
3. <dfn>Some nice definition</dfn>

OUTPUT

I want to quote the quote
This is a cited reference source
Some nice definition

<optgroup>

1. <select>
2.   <optgroup label="Numbers">
3.     <option>One</option>
4.     <option>Two</option>
5.     <option>Three</option>
6.   <optgroup label="Letters">
7.     <option>A</option>
8.     <option>B</option>
9.     <option>C</option>
10.   </optgroup>
11. </select>

OUTPUT

OneTwoThreeABC

<code>, <samp>, <kbd>, <tt>, <var> and <xmp>

1. <code>This is some code text</code>
2. <samp>This is a sample</samp>
3. <kbd>Example of keyboard input</kbd>
4. <tt>Some teletype text</tt>
5. <var>declare a nice variable</var>
6. <xmp>Show some html tag like <p>paragraph</p></xmp>

OUTPUT

This is some code text
This is a sample
Example of keyboard input
Some teletype text
declare a nice variable

Show some html tag like <p>paragraph</p> <p>

Being a contractor for last few years I get seek.com.au job email every morning.  I have three searches setup, Software Architect roles, Software Development roles and Ruby on Rails jobs all three for Perth only.  For last two years I’ve never gotten the Ruby on Rails auto email, until this morning.

WebFirm has advertised for a Ruby on Rails position, huge milestone for Perth that is traditionally a Microsoft.NET strong hold.  I hope this is not just a one off, but that Perth will see a whole lot of Ruby on Rails teams being setup.

You can check out the seek listing here…

Made my day…