Tiffany B. Brown

A web log about web development and internet culture with frequent detours into other stuff.

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The Pencil Project, Prism and the browser as platform
The Pencil Project extension brings the power of prototyping and simple GUI development to Firefox 3. It takes advantage of Firefox’s Gecko rendering engine for an easy-to-use application for making layouts. You can import bitmap images, add rich text or plain text, and when you’re done, export your drawing as a PNG file. One downside: it [...] [24 Jul 2008]
Web Standards Project releases Acid3
Three years after the Acid2 test was released, the WaSP has developed Acid3. What’s Acid? It’s a reference test designed to help browser developers determine whether they are complying with W3C specifications, and how well they handle invalid code. Acid1 and Acid2 tested for compliance with CSS 1 and CSS 2 specifications. Acid3 also tests for [...] [3 Mar 2008]
Open thread: Conditional comments: Yay or Nay?
I’m a big fan of conditional comments. I agree with Jens Meiert that they are non-standard, and don’t adequately separate content and presentation. However, I think they’re the best option we’ve got for one huge reason: it is the only reliable workaround for Internet Explorer that does not also affect other browsers. The LitePacific hack [...] [29 Jun 2007]
Recommended: “Safari 3.0 Windows”
PPK gave the Safari 3.0 beta a test drive on Windows. In this article, he outlines some of what’s changed. May I also suggest giving Shiira a whirl? Built on WebKit — the same rendering engine behind Safari — but with some nifty features. Related: Thoughts on Safari 3 for Windows [12 Jun 2007]
Links for October 9, 2006
Heh, you may see this as October 10 in your readers. That’s because I never know what date it is … unless it’s payday :-). Some stuff I missed from last week, and a few tidbits from this morning. IE7 Is Coming This Month…Are you Ready? Unless you’re using some serious CSS ninjitsu, you’re ready. eHub Interviews adaptiveblue Adaptiveblue is [...] [9 Oct 2006]