Standards-based web development resources made even easier
Chris Pederick of the all mighty Web Developer Toolbar mentioned a great service today on his blog. Rollyo allows you to create your own personal search page that is super easy to build. I’ve jumped at...
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Everyone has their bible. For some, it is the Holy Bible, for others, something not quite so reverent. As a child, our family life would come to a screeching halt when our bible arrived in the mail....
View ArticleMouseover CSS inspector for Firefox
Nicolas Huon recently released CSSViewer, a Firefox extension that gives you a summary of dimensions and styles associated with an element when you mouse over it. I’ve been a big fan of Slayeroffice’s...
View ArticleGet rid of the dotted lines on links with image replacement
I don’t remember where I first found this tip (Hedger Wang?), but it’s a good one. If you are using image replacement, i.e. background images and negative text-indent, you may notice a dotted line...
View ArticleNew version of Firebug released
Firebug will soon join the web developer toolbar as a can’t-live-without tool in your browser. This Firefox extension lets you track down the JS, CSS, and HTML errors that are driving you crazy. Joe...
View ArticleAdd OpenSearch to your web site
Chris Wilson, the main guy behind IE7 (and older versions) discussed several new features of Internet Explorer 7 at the @media conference in London. One feature in particular that stood out for me was...
View ArticleBrowser wars get the star geek treatment
The Web Sig in the Silicon Valley is putting together a very impressive meeting at the end of the month. Browser Wars, it’s a spoof of Star Wars and the dreaded browser wars of the 90′s. I’m the first...
View ArticleReady to try a different browser
I’ve been frustrated lately with Firefox. It has been crashing several times a day on my laptop, eating up memory, and slow to start. Perhaps I have too many extensions, perhaps the browser has gotten...
View ArticleARIA support with the YUI library
AJAX and DHTML have made web sites more interactive and easier to use. At least for visitors who are not using a screen reader. Screen reader users have to struggle with pages that lose focus, change...
View ArticleCSS3 Gradient Backgrounds and Controlling Their Height
Let’s assume you want to create a gradient background that starts at the top of the page and finishes at the bottom of your page header, i.e. is 100px tall. You can do this with a combination of CSS3...
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