Tag Archives: microsoft
Windows Apps for Web and Front End Developers
Spurred on by this post by Rey Bango, I thought I’d share some of the tools I’m using myself when working on Windows. Rey’s post is great, but since Window-based developers are under-served by the community (even though there are … Continue reading
I’m Presenting on CSS in October
I haven’t posted about this yet. I’m an incredible idiot. I’m presenting at the Boston PHP group in October. My presentation is a couple of weeks before Steve Krug. No pressure. I hope to see you there Learn CSS (with … Continue reading
I’m Going to Enjoy Writing Code for Internet Explorer 9 (I Can’t Believe I Just Typed Those Words)
In case you missed it the latest Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview is out and it’s a thing of beauty. It added Canvas support so the first thing I did was run it through some demo code. It’s faster than … Continue reading
My Personal View of Browser Market Share is Pretty Sweet- Firefox Rules, Chrome is Massive, IE6 is Nearly Dead
Here are the numbers for DrunkenFist.com in the year 2009. There were 614,333 visits to that domain last year and the top browsers broke down like this: Browser # of Visits % of Visits Firefox 342429 55% Internet Explorer 162977 … Continue reading
Two Front End Development Interview Questions No One Has Been Getting Recently + One I’m Afraid to Even Ask
Yes, I’m still helping out with screening candidates. I haven’t yet interviewed someone to replace me, but there’s still a week to go. Anyway, we’ve had a couple of technical questions that candidates universally failed to answer. Why share them … Continue reading
Rethinking the “How To Serve IE-Specific CSS” Question
This is my old pattern: <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <title>Internet Exploder</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/_assets/styles/styles.css" /> <!–[if gte IE 5.5]> <![if lt IE 7]> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/_assets/styles/ie6.css" /> <![endif]> <![if IE 7]> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/_assets/styles/ie7.css" /> <![endif]> <![if gt IE 7]> … Continue reading
Recent Reading (30 Style Tags?, YUI 3, GodMode, Git, Jira)
Once again rounding up some of the articles I’ve read over the past couple of weeks. All style tags after the first 30 style tags on an HTML page are not applied in Internet Explorer I wasn’t surprised to see … Continue reading
Microsoft’s CSS Filters, Could The Syntax Be Any Uglier?
The answer is no While some of the functionality of MS’s CSS filters is actually pretty useful (sue me, I need to use them from time to time), the implementation is ugly as hell. Ryan, one of the smart guys … Continue reading
Want to Test Your Site Without a Mouse For Accessibility’s Sake? These Keyboard Shortcuts Will Help
Once thing that’s vital to testing the accessibility of a web app or site is running through it without using a mouse. If you can successfully work a site or app without touching the mouse, you’ve gone a long way … Continue reading
Jscript Versions Reported By Major Versions of Internet Explorer (For Use With Conditional Compilation)
Conditional Compilation is a handy, Internet Explorer specific method for forking bits of JavaScript. The nice thing about it is that real browsers don’t notice it at all. It just looks like a comment block to any non-IE browser. Which … Continue reading