A must for any web developer is making sure your website work consistently in all “current” web browsers (we have to define what is “current” based on each website’s demographics: a financial website, like a hedge fund website, probably doesn’t … Continue reading
Category Archives: web development
Testing if a JavaScript Function Exists in IE
Oh IE, how I doth loathe thee… In an attempt to work around the impending JavaScript breakages that IE8 and InPrivate Browsing will soon bring to many sites around the web 1, a major IE bug-a-boo has been encountered… So … Continue reading
Browser Compatibility Testing from PPK
From Mr. Compatibility himself, PPK, comes an amazing collection of compatibility tests. Happy testing, thanks for the referral, Dan, Atg Top⇪
Guide for Developing Using a Fluid Grid
Its been a long time since I had the patience to deal with (or even think about) fluid grid designs, but this article, written by Ethan Marcotte for A List Apart, is well worth the read! From the ratio the … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
And now for a little trip down HTML4-Memory-Lane… http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/04/16/html-the-top-five-forgotten-elements/ http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/02/24/five-under-used-html-tags/ Happy coding, Atg Top⇪
New Font Replacement Technique
Until @font-face catches on, this looks to be a pretty slick alternative to sIFR. Though this does still leave your/your clients’ font files vulnerable to the vicious font thieves of the world… Anyone ready to dive in??? Happy fonting, Atg … Continue reading
How Web-Safe is Your Font Stack?
A recent newsletter from SitePoint brings to light a couple of fonts I would have not thought to be “web safe”: Palatino, anyone? While none of the “new” options are 100%, I was quite surprised to see several fonts with … Continue reading
Multiple Versions of IE on a Mac
I can’t imagine anyone still tests for versions of IE any older than IE6, and as much IE6 does suck, we do still have to test in it. And if you primarily work on a Mac, that can be rough. … Continue reading
Test in Multiple IEs Without Installing Multiple IEs
I’m sure most of you already know about IE stand-alone installations, but IETester from DebugBar really piqued my interest, because it doesn’t require the multiple downloads and installs. I would be curious to hear if anyone has used this, has … Continue reading
Developing for Mobile, with just HTML and JS?
“PhoneGap is an open source development tool for building fast, easy mobile apps with JavaScript.” This sounds too good to be true… http://phonegap.com/ Would love to hear if anyone has had the time to tinker with this. Happy mobiling, Atg … Continue reading