Category Archives: css

Cross-browser “compatibility” vs. Cross-browser “consistency”

So, this is a old topic, right?  Every developer knows that every single page has to looks exactly the same in every single browser known to mankind, right?  Or does it? This is something I’ve been finding more and more … Continue reading

Today’s Readings

Use stored underground wind to replace coal?  Or attach a kite to boat for electricity? The idea that designers should know how to code is a hot topic lately.  The next time you have a few hours to read a … Continue reading

CSS3Please: The CSS3 Generator (Paul Irish, You Are a MAD Man)

Hate having to remember and then write something like this every time you want rounded corners? .box_round { -moz-border-radius: 8px; -webkit-border-radius: 8px; border-radius: 8px; } Well, in conjunction with Jonathan Neal, Paul Irish announces CSS3Please! The Cross-Browser CSS3 Rule Generator. … Continue reading

Today’s Readings

I recently tripped across the Firefox Tips & Tricks page.  There probably isn’t a lot here that most developers don’t already know, but being someone that is always on the look-out for new keyboard shortcuts, I found these, a couple … Continue reading

Today’s Readings

With Unicode practically owning the web, A List Apart brings up a good question: What happens when you have a dynamic search (you know, ), and people search for words like “López” or “Lørgensen”? Well, Carlos Bueno has a really, … Continue reading

Today’s Readings

A number of improvements come our way from the World of Google, including a clipboard and new save buttons for Google docs, user-feedback upgrades to Google buzz, and continued expansion on what Google Scripts can do. The jQuery world is … Continue reading

Today’s Readings

So, how did this Inter-web-thingy get started, anyhow?  An interesting piece I stumbled across… I have to admit that I do not know who Michael Bierut is (you designers may now cringe), but if Cameron Moll is impressed with the … Continue reading

Velocity 09: “High Performance Search at Google”

Yes, I know this was a while ago, but I finally made the time to listen through this entire presentation: http://velocityconference.blip.tv/file/2292982/ Kyle Scholz and Yaron Friedman are front-end developers for Google Search, focused on one thing: Make Google Search faster.  … Continue reading

Introducing the New & Improved aarontgrogg.com

Since the day I launched this blog, I basically stopped thinking about my name-sake page, aarontgrogg.com.  I converted it to a portal page, just linking out to the various locations you can find information about me on the web, and … Continue reading

Today’s Readings

Think you know JavaScript?  Well try giving Dmitry Baranovskiy‘s #jsquizz a shot (I can’t seem to find #jsquizz on Twitter, and unfortunately the actual post is experiencing some technical difficulties right now, but hopefully he’ll have things resolved soon, maybe … Continue reading