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April 2006
Hijax
Write your online Applications first in the traditional way, then use Ajax to “Hijack” them so they'll degrade gracefully. Amen.
New CSS Hacks for IE7
New CSS hacks for IE7 which are easy and also look familiar in some cases. Hat tip to Alex (over at CSSBeauty) for finding this one.
New clearing method needed for IE7?
Clearing floats in IE7 and the old hacks which might not work anymore.
Bite Sized Standards
Small, digestable little chunks of Web Standards tips.
Namespacing your JavaScript
Interesting on a technique to properly namespace your JavaScript which makes public and private methods and properties pretty easy to implement. Go JavaScript. I love this language but it never stops amazing me with it's flexibility.
CSS Love Child
This is bizarre, yet strangely compelling and thought provoking. Would a more semantic Web or Design Patterns for our code help?
Visual Documentation for JQuery
Very cool visual documentation map for the JQuery methods.
FlashObject Embeds
JavaScript Flash detection and embedding. This works great and bypasses the IE ActiveX garbage on the horizon.
Faster DOM Queries
The always excellent Dean Edwards writes on faster JavaScript DOM queries using XPATH, hacks for IE, etc. etc. etc.
Pearl Jam
Official home, finally redesigned, looking great, with a setlist and song archive, etc. Join the fanclub and get priority seating at the shows.
Pearl Jam - The Sky I Scrape
Great Pearl Jam fan site with all sorts of information regarding tours, the FAQ, songs, ablums, current news, etc. Also home to the Red Mosquito Fan Forums.
Yahoo User Interface Library
Yahoo! User Interface Library of JavaScripts. Haven't looked too closely, but it seems cool. As with all libraries which do a lot of stuff, I gotta ask, how big is it?
Syntax Highlighting for Textpattern
Cool plugin for Textpattern which uses the Geshi PHP script to do syntax highlighting of many types of source code. I'm using a hacked version here on cherny.com.
IE7 Beta Feature Complete
Eric Meyer discusses the fact that the current IE7 beta is Feature Complete. Now it's time to start testing. And watch out for those CSS “hacks.”
Arguments on Object Oriented JavaScript
Web Graphics discusses the pros and cons of using “Object Oriented” JavaScript. I use quotes because, uh, well, I won't go there.
Nifty Corners Cube
Updated Nifty Corners JavaScript from Web Graphics.
Standards In A Nutshell II
Follow up to the first Standards In A Nutshell diagram. I like elements from the second, but the first still does it for me.
Toggle Content
Dustin Diaz lists seven ways to Toggle content in JavaScript.
The Fast Min-Height Hack
Dustin Diaz shows off a quick and dirty, no extra markup Min-Height hack which works with IE6.
Also, getElementsByClass
... and Another getElementsByClass ... I'm waiting for a browser manufacturer to just add the damn thing.
getElementsByClass
Yet another JavaScript implementation of getElementsByClass.
The Yahoo Event Utility
Dustin Diaz talks about the great things you can do with the Yahoo! Event Library. All I'm wondering is how small is the library?
The Time is Now for Front-End Architects
We need more experienced folks working that front end and integrating it with the backend.
The New Professionalism
Interesting commentary on what it means to be a professional Web worker in the age of Web Standards.
Web Standards In A Nutshell
Awesome graphic showing in an easy to follow way what Web Standards are all about.
CSS Beauty
Awesome CSS site building Gallery, news, Skillshare forum, CSS Monster job board and more!