Comments on: 168. Personality

By: Will Ayers

Will Ayers — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:12:14 +0000

The joke at the end was hilarious, where can I get the copy for it to send to some friends?

By: Paul Boag

Paul Boag — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:08:19 +0000

Oh come on Shayne, you know in your heart of hearts its a silly name lol. Very good article though and I have already been implementing the principle.

By: Shayne Tilley

Shayne Tilley — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:00:12 +0000

Come on Paul, there's nothing wrong with calling them sneeze pages.

However, whilst I do enjoy coining new phases, I'll let you Google this one to find the real owner.

By: Dave McDermid

Dave McDermid — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:38:57 +0000

Cheers for the feedback guys!

@Rob - Good point on the cookies, probably forgot to mention them. They should definitely be treated like any other form of input, with suspicion! And then encrypt sensitive info etc.

Keep the developer questions coming :-)

By: Matt Hawkshaw

Matt Hawkshaw — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:04:00 +0000

Please can you cover accessibility in more depth?

OK, so it isn't a sexy topic, but it should be a central part of the web development process, even more so because it links so closely to usability and SEO.

By: Rob Lang

Rob Lang — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:02:27 +0000

Dev tips well presented but I want to extend what Dave has to say.

It's not just everything that goes in and everything that goes out, it's also everything that's stored on the browser. Cookies are used everywhere across the web (and are really cool). You need to treat it like an input and an output. As an input, you must validate anything from the Session like you would a form. If it is sensitive data, encrypt whatever you put in there so that people can't steal senstive stuff out of the browser.

Apart from that, Dave did a super job. More questions from Marcus and Paul would be good. Don't let him run on if you don't understand, stop him!

By: Bryn

Bryn — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:32:39 +0000

Great podcast. Love the developer tips. You have fixed, or at least started to correct the fatal flaw in the podcast...

By: Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:57:04 +0000

I think a better name for "sneeze pages" can be borrowed from music - "compilation pages".

Just like you get compilation albums that are "Ultimate 80s" or "Party Classics" or "Untouchable Rock Hits" - they're all editorially selected groupings of songs based around a theme.

So - Compilation pages.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:10:18 +0000

I really enjoyed the developer section in this week's podcast. You should do that more often. I'd especially be interested in a topic focused on the use of database technology in web development.

By: justin

justin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:36:33 +0000

Great podcast! I am glad you are going to try and implement more developer stuff. Good show.