Categories: "Web"
Security Update for Windows Safari Beta
Jun 14th
Apple have released an updated version of the Safari for Windows beta, fixing three security holes announced within hours of the launch earlier this week.
Apparently the Apple Software Update service will do everything automatically, but I downloaded… more »
Safari for Windows - Font Issues Abound
Jun 12th
The Safari 3 Public Beta has launched and now there's a Windows version! Of course I immediately downloaded it but I found it something of a disappointment - when I ran it there was no text getting displayed anywhere at all (the title was blank, the men… more »
Google Developer Day 2007
May 31st
I spent today as a guest of Google, and I can highly recommend the experience - if nothing else it's worth it for the free lunch :) I'll do a more 'complete' post with reviews of all the talks I attended at the weekend, but for now I'll present some hig… more »
9 plus 9 Lessons for Would-be Bloggers
Mar 30th
Discovered this nice pair of posts (here's the follow up) via a question on LinkedIn. Since I'm four months off my fourth anniversary I felt like this is an opportune moment for some self assessment. I thought I'd have a look at each of his 18 lessons in… more »
Accessibility Petition - The PM Responds
Mar 16th
The Prime Minister (or at least, his staff) has responded to the accessibility petition I mentioned a few posts ago. It sounds a bit like empty rhetoric:
The Government is committed to ensuring that all government websites are accessible and easy to us… more »
15 CSS Properties You Probably Never Use (but perhaps should)
Feb 22nd
In a follow on from his earlier post (5 HTML elements you probably never use), Matthew Inman at SEOmoz has posted '15 CSS Properties You Probably Never Use'. Possibly not as practically useful as the earlier post, but an opportunity to broaden your CSS… more »
Accessibility: left: -9999px versus display:none
Feb 16th
The most complete technical description I've read so far about why 'left: -9999px' is usually better for screen readers than 'display: none' in IE. It's always better to understand why you're doing what you're doing... more »
Practical Use for Those Rarely Used HTML Tags
Feb 13th
Some nice examples of what can be done with those HTML elements you never use. The main thing I wasn't aware of was the cite attribute on the blockquote tag, I'll be updating some of my pages with that in the near future. more »
WebDD07: Alternative Perspectives
Feb 10th
Some alternative opinions on WebDD, from people who went to at least some of the same talks I did, culled from the excellent Backnetwork site for the event:
Shaun Hare
David Cumps
Andrew Westgarth
Simon Harriyott
Ross Dargan more »
CSS Techniques from Christian Montoya
Feb 2nd
I sometimes feel like I'm developing a deep understanding of CSS, and then I read an article like Christian's and realize how much there still is to learn. A collection of great tips. more »
LinkedIn Launches hResume Support
Jan 27th
While the user has the ability to turn off Public Profile publishing altogether, only a small percentage have chosen to do so and with just the information listed [in the Basic View profile], the minimum requirement for hResume is met. In essence, we jus… more »