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Cross Browser Testing

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

I recently started using a new service called CrossBrowserTesting, and it’s so incredibly awesome I felt compelled to write a review.  First some background… Browser compatibility is a difficult challenge for all web designers and developers.  The process of debugging HTML, CSS, or Javascript problems that only occur on specific ...

How to View the Generated HTML Output from JavaScript Web Widgets

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

One of the best things to come from social networking and the so called Web 2.0 is the Web widget. Web widgets allow users to easily drop JavaScript code into their own website and instantly add content and features. Most Web widgets contain CSS ids and classes that allow the ...

Add a Second Inbox to Your Gmail

Monday, November 20th, 2006

Last week I finally gave up and ditched Apple Mail in favor of using Gmail all the time for both work and personal email. I had been managing my work email via IMAP, but with such a large inbox I was beginning to notice performance issues. It was time to ...

Google Weather Feed

Monday, November 20th, 2006

This morning I was digging though Google Calendar‘s javascript and came across this gem: http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=Nashville,TN&hl=en It’s the XML feed that Google uses to provide weather data. I’ve used Yahoo!’s weather feed before, but it’s not as complete. And The Weather Channel’s feed is more complex than I care to deal ...

The Internet Will End on April 11

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

At least that’s what Microsoft would have you believe. Tuesday, during a conference call with industry leaders, Microsoft announced its plans to ship an update to Internet Explorer which will change the way the browser handles embedded content — specifically, plugins like Flash, Windows Media, Adobe Reader, and Java. The ...

Create a PHP Documentation Bookmarklet

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

Here's an easy javascript tip that'll make looking up PHP functiosn even faster.