Edward O'Connor has started an interesting conversation with his post on www-style on the image-set() function. Continue reading
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Android browser code dumps; The mobile Web bane of existence
Posted by Dion Almaer 2 months ago on android mobile
Segfaults in /system/lib/libwebcore.so makes me wonder if debugging across Android's fragmented wasteland will make the IE6 years seem like a piece of cake! Continue reading
Morris.js: Simple, clean, line charts
Posted by Dion Almaer 2 months ago on charts graphs jquery raphael
We have seen a lot of graphing packages for the Web over the years. We have simple graphs and gRaphael, and then super interactive and rich High Charts.Sometimes though you want a simple and clean line chart, and Morris.js certainly does that. Continue reading
Connect 2.0: Simplified middleware, readies Express 3.0
Posted by Dion Almaer 2 months ago on connect express node
TJ has announced Connect 2.0 which brings some nice cleanup to the middleware library, and allows it to get up to speed with the latest that recent node versions bring to bear (e.g. use of the compression support). Continue reading
Design over function; Apple’s calculator, and Square receipts
Posted by Dion Almaer 2 months ago on javascript
Have you ever been in the situation where designers are pushing for functionality based on aesthetics over function? Square has square receipts in their lunch room. The iOS calculator doesn't let you keep typing. What have you seen? Continue reading
Clear with simple HTML
Posted by Dion Almaer 2 months ago on css ux
Evan You has created a a Web based Clear sample that mimics the new minimalist todo list iOS application. Continue reading
Comparing Client Side MVC Frameworks; Moving beyond shift-reload and HTML templates
Posted by Dion Almaer 3 months ago on developer_tools
We used to think that shift-reload, and being able to load a template directly was the be all of the Web. Now we can skip the shift-reload AND make changes to the running app and have the results saved out. Life is even better. AND we don't have to code in crazy ways to get the benefit. Continue reading
ShareJS; Etherpad in 4 lines
Posted by Dion Almaer 3 months ago on node open_source ot
Joseph Gentle worked on Google Wave, and although the product itself never matched the hype, it was a technically impressive product with some ground breaking work.One of the key pieces of technologies is that of the Operational Transform, and Joseph decided that the world needed an open source (MIT) OT library that can be used inside the browser, or over in server land via node.Enter ShareJS. Continue reading
Firefox Developer Tools; Biggest Upgrade Since Firebug
Posted by Dion Almaer 3 months ago on developer_tools firefox
It has been fun to see Firefox adding new and improved tools to bleeding edge Firefox, and now we get it in the world of the stable. Continue reading