While Twitter is Down…

I thought I’d (gently) toss some links at you: I read an Introduction to sessionStorage a couple of weeks ago. I approve. As it stands, I’m always storing bits of data in globally accessible places (either in the DOM or in a namespaced Data object,) and I always have to document what I’m doing so […]

JavaScript Library Showdown. Video of my CDIA Presentation is Live. Check It Out!

Thanks to Jason Duclos, my presentation from a couple of weeks ago is live. In it I compare standard JavaScript DOM methods to YUI, jQuery, Dojo and Prototype/Scriptaculous. JavaScript Library Showdown from rob larsen on Vimeo. Here’s the deck. Jason is the man for putting this together, by the way.

Sometimes, Dreamweaver Surprises Me- Great Accessibility Enhancement

I use Dreamweaver. I have since version 1.0. I’m a fan. That said, as you would imagine, I very rarely use the WYSIWYG features. I mostly use the text editor and the site management features (including Subweaver, a handy SVN inetgration.) Occasionally, however, I do open it in WYSIWG mode and very often I’m surprised […]

Fun With the :Hover Pseudo Class and Code Samples

This being a technology blog, with plenty of code samples being posted on a regular basis, it’s no surprise I give soem thought as to how that code is displayed. Personally I’ve gone for the old school, green on black text (using the excellent code font Consolas, where possible.) I like the way it looks. […]