Archived posts, December 2006
You cannot rely on JavaScript being available. Period.
Three popular online services use JavaScript in ways that make them fail, without warning or explanation, when JavaScript is disabled or blocked by firewalls.
Safari’s browser market share tops 4 percent
Safari continues to increase its market share, continuously growing with over 45 percent compared to the same month last year.
Seeking WebSphere Portal Server advice
Looking for tips, suggestions, or pointers to good documentation on how to make IBM WebSphere Portal produce valid, semantic, and accessible front-end code.
Firebug 1.0 - Web developer tool of the year?
A mandatory download for all Web professionals - it is packed with features so unbelievably useful you won’t know how you’ve been able to live without them.
Forget WYSIWYG editors - use WYSIWYM instead
Nearly all browser based WYSIWYG editors produce horrible markup, but there is an alternative - What You See Is What You Mean.
10 must haves in IE Next
My ten most wanted bug fixes or new features in whatever becomes the next version of Internet Explorer.
Dump iframes and use object elements instead
A clever way of making the object element work as a replacement for iframe, even in Internet Explorer.
97% of websites still inaccessible
97 percent of websites examined in a global survey on behalf of the United Nations do not meet even the most basic accessibility requirements.
JavaScript production notes
Using CSS and JavaScript to allow inline production notes to be displayed when hovering over a note container or pressing a key combination.
CSS and Web development search engines
Google Custom Search Engine lets anybody create a specialised search engine. Here are some of interest for Web professionals.
Six things that suck about the Web in 2006
A rant about some of the trends that I find really annoying about the Web in 2006.
Internet Explorer and the CSS box model
Various methods of dealing with the incorrect CSS box model used by older versions of Internet Explorer for Windows.
ASP.NET developer wanted in Stockholm
NetRelations are looking for a skilled ASP.NET developer with a solid understanding of Web standards.
456 Berea Street highlights of 2006
A list of the most popular or important articles that I have written or co-written during the year. It’s a chance to catch up in case you missed one or two of them.
Hymn to 456 Berea Street
A song recorded during an evening with too much fermented herring and alcohol involved.
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