For the past few weeks I have been polishing my web programming skills and experimenting with the HTML5 and CSS3 standards. So if you have a web browser which can handle CSS3 you might notice that some elements of my site now has rounded corners. :-P

I also upgraded the server to handle PHP5, which resulted in a nice little performance boost overall. I am experimenting with some new frameworks/libraries which requires PHP5 and hopefully I can add some cool functionality to the site in the near future. I have been looking into upgrading to the latest WordPress release as well, but seeing how I have hacked my WordPress install to oblivion the upgrade might not go down as smoothly as the upgrade to PHP5.

Besides layout changes this update also brings a few usability enhancements. The top menu is now fixed to the page as you scroll down which means users do not have to scroll back up to the top to reach the navigation. I also removed the header and placed the logo in the footer (!) so that more vertical screen real estate can be utilized.

Users are no longer asked to supply an e-mail address when posting a comment, even the “Name” field is optional which means that users can choose to post anonymously. I also removed the CAPTCHA so posting is now as streamlined for the users as it possibly could be. I could remove the “Website” field as well, but I figure that users who want to promote their own websites should be allowed to do so.