I recently read a post from Nicholas C. Zakas about the pitfalls of using empty <img> tags in your HTML. Essentially, when most of the world’s favorite browsers (Opera and Firefox 3.5+ excluded) encounter a tag like <img src="" >, it makes two HTTP Requests… Why? No idea, but apparently true… Nick now writes a follow-up on how to avoid second HTTP Requests in IE; it’s a start at least… So, Safari, wassup??
Did you know that with one (more-or-less) one click, you can get an entire suite of Google Applications, including Google Chrome, Google Talk, Skype, and Picasa? Sounds like an awesome gift-for-me for this year…
Anyone waiting to build that iPhone app, but still haven’t learned Objective-C? Well, Apple has come to the rescue… Check-out Apple’s Pastrykit!
For anyone that uses WinMerge, your last time might be just that: your last time… Take a little gander at FishEye’s latest offering…
Anyone out there still need help from Santa this year? Well, here are a couple options…
And for anyone that doesn’t believe in Santa, here’s visible proof!
Happy reading, and happy holidays to all!
Atg
