Posts in: Web standards
- JavaScript in Firefox 3.1 will be wicked fast
- John Resig of jQuery fame, has a post about a huge performance boost coming to Firefox 3.1: TraceMonkey. TraceMonkey, Resig explains, uses a computing technique known as trace trees (PDF) which adds just-in-time native code compilation to SpiderMonkey, Firefox’s current rendering engine. What does this mean? As Resig explains: It means that JavaScript is no longer confined [...] [24 Aug 2008]
- “Design Code” by the Poetic Prophet (AKA The SEO Rapper)
- I am incredibly impressed with this dude’s ability to rhyme about web standards. Not that his rhyming skills are hot, mind you, but the subject matter isn’t exactly the stuff of legendary hip-hop. [27 Mar 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]
- On IE8: Pragmatic and practical, but I still don’t like it
- For some background on this post, please start by reading Aaron Gustafson’s Beyond DOCTYPE: Web Standards, Forward Compatibility, and IE8 on this week’s edition of A List Apart, or any of the links from my Internet Explorer 8 round-up post. This post is an extended version of my comment there. About 6 years ago, I remember [...] [25 Jan 2008]
- Validator S.A.C.: A stand-alone markup validator for Mac OS X
- Ever need to validate your HTML files without an Internet connection? Or maybe you just weren’t quite ready to upload your files to a server, but still wanted to check them. That’s where Validator S.A.C. comes in handy. Validator S.A.C. is a Mac-only, stand-alone version of the W3C Markup Validator. With it, you can check the [...] [16 Oct 2007]
- Dallas, TX: Webmaster Jam Session
- Get up to speed on web standards and design techniques with some of the industry’s top names. Just based on the speaker list, this could be the web conference to attend if you can’t make it to South by Southwest next March. Speakers include Molly Holzschlag, Garrett Dimon, Stephanie Sullivan, and Jared Spool. It’s really a [...] [7 Aug 2007]
- 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]
- Internet Explorer on a Mac without a Windows license
- I ran into a situation recently where I needed to test a web site in Internet Explorer 6, but the only computer with IE6 that I had reliable access to died a sudden death. I upgraded my own computer to Internet Explorer 7. And because I’m running Windows XP Home, I couldn’t use the Virtual [...] [25 Jun 2007]
- Reebok’s Run Easy
- A pretty cool piece of technical work: strictly an (x)HTML, CSS and JavaScript front-end — no Flash necessary: Run Easy. I’m interested to know the firm behind the site. UPDATE: As Paul Irish posted in the comments, Boston-based web firm Molecular developed the site. [7 May 2007]
- Video of the day: Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us
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