CSS in IE8 will support “Tables”, fixes problems in CSS
There’s a great article at Digital Web Magazine, Everything You Know About CSS Is Wrong. One of the problems that has always plagued CSS is absolute positioning, relative positioning, and the need to...
View ArticleHow you can fix IE8′s slow “View Source”
I installed Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) on my main machine a few weeks ago, and have been using other browser’s “View Source” since IE8′s default View Source editor takes forever to load. With all the...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome 4.0: Extensions and Bookmark Sync
Today Google officially announced the release of Chrome 4.0. The update features two major pieces of functionality, Extensions and Bookmark Syncing. If you already have Google Chrome, just click on...
View ArticleHelp: IE7 won’t load my JSON but IE8 will – Using a JSON Validator
I just ran into this issue, and found surprisingly little documentation. My JSON request wasn’t returning. I was using the jQuery “getJSON” method to send the request out. Nothing was coming back....
View ArticleQuick Tip: Delete Temporary Internet Files / Clear Cache – Shortcut Keys in IE8
Web developers have to refresh browser caches a lot (if we even have our browsers set to cache) — if you want a quick way to pull up the “Delete Browsing History” screen in IE8: Ctrl+Shift+Delete It’ll...
View ArticleFlowplayer not working in IE8: A solution!
I was just working on some strange Flowplayer bug, it just wouldn’t work in IE8. Everything was set up correctly, you could even click an see that the Flash player was being loaded in to replace the...
View ArticleCSS3 and HTML5 For the masses: HTML5Shiv and CSS3 PIE make it possible
Everywhere I look on the web (the web developer web that is) is CSS3 this, jQuery that, shadows, HTML5. Such a tease, what about our minimum browser requirements spec? Damn IE6 is yet again 10% of the...
View ArticleFacebook to drop IE6 support on IE9 beta day, September 15
I’ve been quiet for while, and wanted to start up again with some great news. Facebook is going to stop IE6 support for chat on the IE9 beta day. Projects always ask about IE6 support, whether they...
View ArticleThe Pending Browser Hell – On IE Half Life
Paul Irish, wrote Browser Market Pollution: IE[x] is the new IE6, which details the complexities we have coming up for us as web developers. I’m glad to see someone fully thought this through. Browser...
View ArticlejQuery 2.0 to drop IE 6/7/8 Support
To quote the jQuery folks: Our goal is for 1.9 and 2.0 to be interchangeable as far as the API set they support. When 2.0 comes out, your decision on which version to choose should be as simple as...
View Article