I was working on a very frustrating issue that occurs in IE when the caching settings are set to “every visit to the page”. On slower servers, the background images were reloaded on a mouseover. While reloading the images dissappeared. One simple line of JavaScript will solve this issue: document.execCommand(“BackgroundImageCache”, false, true); Read more about [...]
I just found this very useful posting on how to sort RSS feeds by date using XSLT. Read it here
I just found this excellent PDF about JavaScript 2.0. Some nice stuff in there. Too bad that Internet Explorer 7 uses none of these new features!
With the emergence of the AJAX-hype, and the code chaos that comes with it, there has been an increased interest in the structuring of JavaScript code. Very good concepts have been devised that take JavaScript a level further. To begin structuring your JavaScript code, the use of packages/namespaces is valuable start. JavaScript 1.3 doesn’t support [...]
I’ve been using Eclipse for some time now. Thanks to plugins like Amateras I’ve been able to extend it to satisfy my needs as a front-end webdeveloper. Unfortunately there were quite some bugs and the code assist was far from perfect. It looks like a special Eclipse distribution called Aptana is here to solve all [...]
Tredosoft has released a special version of IE7 Release Candidate 1 which can be installed next to Internet Explorer 6. A perfect solution for webdevelopers! There are some caveats though. Read the “What does NOT work” section for more info. I’ve been testing my sites in IE7 for some time now and it looks like [...]
I found a quick way to see how pages are rendered by the KHTML engine. The good thing about it is that you don’t have to install a new Operating System or even need to reboot! The only thing you have to do is to download the free VMWare Player and a SUSE 10 image [...]
A while ago I wrote an article about Inline SVG for the Dutch web magazine Naar Voren!. It showcases how to embed SVG objects into XHTML pages and how to make them work for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera. When I find the time I’ll translate it into English and put it here on the [...]
I passed the CIW 1D0-435 JavaScript Fundamentals exam. It wasn’t too difficult when compared to Microsoft or Sun exams. Although useful, the exam is a little outdated and needs an update. Especially in the age of AJAX. For beginning JavaScripters this exam is a good start though.
Yet another blog about webdevelopment! My main purpose is to store all my tips & tricks for myself, but you never know if someone else might find them useful. Being a webstandards supporter, I’ve built this site according to the XHTML and CSS standards as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium. In order to [...]
