Christian Heilmann

MSN.com all new, all shiny

February 2nd, 2005

Microsoft seem to feel some of the pressure web standard and accessibility awareness created, and published a new version of MSN.com that does not use any tables for layout. While there are still a lot of validation errors, and it gives the impression that CSS-P needs to be blander than table layouts (they ditched a […]

Captchas cracked

February 1st, 2005

Generally the safest way to ensure real humans enter data are so called captchas (Completely Automated Public Turing-Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart – distorted pictures with words in them you are asked to read and type in). Now, these are not only an accessibility issue (how would a blind user type them in?), […]

My very own guidedog!

January 31st, 2005

With all my accessibility studies and teachings at work, I thought it’ll be a good idea to do something for charity, and what better than to sponsor a puppy to become a guide dog? I filled out the forms and here he is: Varley, my very own soon to be guide dog. I hope when […]

On with the OS war

January 31st, 2005

The mini mac is scarcely out to the public, and already people try to turn it into a PC.

Newsletter

Check out the Dev Digest Newsletter I write every week for WeAreDevelopers.

160: Graphs and RAGs explained and VS Code extension hacks Graphs and RAG explained, how AI is reshaping UI and work, how to efficiently use Cursor, VS Code extensions security issues.
159: AI pipelines, 10x faster TypeScript, How to interview How to use LLMs to help you write code and how much electricity does that use? Is your API secure? 10x faster TypeScript thanks to Go!
158: 🕹️ Super Mario AI 🔑 API keys in LLMs 🤙🏾 Vibe Coding Why is AI playing Super Mario? How is hallucinating the least of our worries and what are rules for developing Safety Critical Code?
157: CUDA in Python, Gemini Code Assist and back-dooring LLMs We met with a CUDA expert from NVIDIA about the future of hardware, we look at how AI fails and how to play pong on 140 browser tabs.
156: Enterprise dead, all about Bluesky and React moves on! Learn about Bluesky as a platform, how to build a React App and how to speed up SQL. And play an impossible game in the browser.

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