Internet Explorer 8 is Officially Released
I installed IE8 the other day. No comment.
Firebug 1.3 Memory Problems
I really can’t imagine doing serious JavaScript development and DOM manipulation without the help of Firebug, however since installing version 1.3 – I’m using Firefox 3.0.5 on Windows XP – I noticed that the amount of memory it causes the …
Google Chrome by Default
Google Chrome has recently become my default browser. When developing, Firefox still takes the cake due to my dependency on the Firebug plugin (though version 1.3 has been a little buggy), and various features of the handy Web Developer toolbar. …
Links vs. JavaScript Event Handlers
Anchor tags are frequently used to do something other than what they were meant for, such as executing some JavaScript code. I’m talking about cases such as these: <a href=”javascript:doSomething()”>Click Here</a> // or… <a href=”javascript:void(0)” onclick=”doSomething()”>Click Here</a> Both of these …
Best Cheat Sheets for Web Developers
A colleague of mine sent out a link to a very resourceful page containing very helpful cheat sheets for web developers. Get them here: http://www.webappers.com/2008/11/05/best-cheat-sheets-for-web-developers/ I haven’t seen the WebAppers site before, but it definitely deserves a bookmark and periodic …
Making a copy of a JavaScript function
You’ll probably never need to do this (and given the solution, you’ll have an extra reason for not doing it), but just in case you need it that one time, here it is. So, for whatever reason, you need a …
Detecting user’s installed version of the Silverlight plug-in
Microsoft’s Silverlight plugin is finding its way to more and more high profile websites. NBC used it to broadcast the Beijing Olympics and major sport sites are using to show live games and highlights. (I should note that Silverlight is …
Simple JavaScript and CSS File Bundler
Optimizing web page loading is not a new subject, but it remains one that doesn’t get as much attention as it deserves. Web/UI developers often assume that site performance is mostly attributed to back-end operations (database interactions, processing, etc.), servers …
Creating Fading Headlines with jQuery in 5 minutes
We see fading headlines on the Apple site as well as lots of news and media websites. Rather than listing all of headlines in a “stack”, they use much less real estate by having all headlines displayed in a smaller …