Links for November 4, 2006

Amazon moves deeper into selling Web logistics

The answer is that it has nothing to do with selling books. But selling books has a lot to with Web technology at the scale at which we do it.

Code Snippets

Scripts and code snippets for CSS, Javascript, Python, Ruby, PHP, Apache and more.

The this keyword

When using JavaScript’s this keyword points to the element, and when it points to the window. By the way Peter-Paul Koch has an ass-load of JavaScript stuff on his site. I’ve darn near been living there while trying to develop a cross-browser calendar script.

Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0

It became a recommendation this week.

Firefox 2.0 and Access Keys

Firefox 2.0 appears to have broken numeric access keys. Related: “The Trouble With Accesskeys”

Making Flash websites searchable

Tips for making your Flash website findable.

Practical PHP Programming wiki

PHP in a Nutshell (which began as an online book) is now a fully-editable wiki.

How the Web Prevents Rape

One study concludes that A 10 percent increase in Net access yields about a 7.3 percent decrease in reported rapes. They suspect it’s the pr0n.

The Invisible Design Decision

Choosing H T M L versus choosing X H T M L.