Google Chrome 1.0 officially released
The time is here: Google Chrome is now officially released.
Posts in the "Developing" Category
smush.it – optimize your images without sacrificing quality
Sometimes I notice great things, but just forget to blog about them. However, having Chris H in town reminded me – I just have to write about smush.it.
Geek Meet broadcast live tomorrow, December 4th
Tomorrow night, December 4th, is the time to get your geek-on! Geek Meet December 2008 will have a staggering 150 attendants, and thanks to our sponsor Creuna, all of them will be treated to free presentations by Chris Heilmann, together with complimentary pizza and beer.
But don’t fret if you cant be there. The event itself (all in English) will also be broadcast live over the Internet, so I gladly invite you to join us through cyberspace! The starting time is as at 18.30 Central European Time. That means 17.30 UK time, 12.30 PM US EST, 9.30 AM US PST.
See you tomorrow!
Chris’ summary and links to slides are now available at Geekmeet Stockholm – Performance and Play.
Poll: Do you use access keys?
I felt it was about time to bring up the topic in one of my oldest drafts (written in May 2005) which, for some reason, never saw the light of day.
IE 6: now coming to a cell phone near you
Something was brought to my attention which, to say the least, left me a little baffled: IE 6 is coming to mobile phones…
Why inline CSS and JavaScript code is such a bad thing
Available is also a translation in French of this article.
When I review web sites, and also in my own projects with a number of different team members, I almost constantly stumble across something web developers should really refrain from: inline styling and inline JavaScript code.
Obtrusive JavaScript Checker 0.8 – proper Firefox extension release with live enabling and disabling
It was time for me to stop being a whiny lazy developer, and instead properly learn to develop Firefox extensions. So. the result is version 0.8 of Obtrusive JavaScript Checker, as a very much improved Firefox extension.
Internet Explorer 8 – fix event handling, or don’t release it
Something which have troubled web developers for a long long time is the proprietary event handling implementation in Internet Explorer. In IE 8, this really has to go.
Obtrusive JavaScript Checker also available as a Ubiquity command
With the latest release of Obtrusive JavaScript Checker and its cool information and report features, I got the request to make it as a command for Ubiquity as well. So, here you go! 🙂
Obtrusive JavaScript Checker 0.7 – support for JavaScript links, inline event information and summary report
When I launched Obtrusive JavaScript Checker, I immediately felt it had more potential, and I definitely had more features to add to make it even more compelling. Therefore, here comes a new release with javascript: link support, detailed inline event information and a summary report.
Obtrusive JavaScript Checker – Greasemonkey script and Firefox extension to find inline events
In my work, part of it is analyzing both other people’s code as well as my own. Now I have created Obtrusive JavaScript Checker to help me out with that!
Ubiquity command to search Robert’s talk for posts – rob-search
I guess some of you hard-core developers and keyboard shortcut lovers out there immediately took Mozilla’s Ubiquity extension for Firefox to your hearts when the first version was released in August. Now I have created a command to perform a search in my own web site with the help of Ubiquity, and naturally I want to share it with you.
JavaScript namespacing – an alternative to JavaScript inheritance
When talking about JavaScript and inheritance, something that often go amiss from the discussion is the alternative of using proper namespacing instead.
JavaScript inheritance – experimenting with syntax alternatives and private variables
After my recent posts about JavaScript, there were some people asking for more information about inheritance – intrigued by the concept myself, and also inspired by Andrea Giammarchi’s comment , I though I’d come up with some scary shit. 🙂
Beware of JavaScript semicolon insertion
One of most tricky behaviors by JavaScript interpreters is semicolon insertion.
Geek Meet December 2008 – Chris Heilmann presentations
Time for a new Geek Meet, and this time we will have an extra treat for you! Christian Heilmann, Web Architect/Standards Evangelist at Yahoo UK (Chris’ blog, Chris’ Web Development Articles) will be flown in from the UK to Stockholm (courtesy of Creuna) to do two intriguing web development talks!
JavaScript: how to get private, privileged, public and static members (properties and methods)
After reading JavaScript inheritance – how and why and Explaining JavaScript scope and closures, I thought we’d combine the knowledge gained to talk about private, privileged, public and static members (properties and methods) for objects in JavaScript.
Explaining JavaScript scope and closures
I thought I’d try to explain something which many people struggle with: JavaScript scope and closures.
“You STILL work with JavaScript?”
Some time ago, I had lunch with a former colleague I last saw in 2000, when we were working together in a project. We got to talking, and eventually he asked me an interesting question.
JavaScript inheritance – how and why
Currently I’m working a fair bit with JavaScript and teaching different ways to use it, and what I want to talk to you about is if and how you use inheritance in JavaScript.
Accessibility tested web sites: Nokia vs. Sony Ericsson
Having done an amount of cell phone research lately, I’ve had the not-so-pleasant experience of seeing the level of quality of certain cell phone vendor web sites. Therefore, I’d like to compare Nokia vs. Sony Ericsson.
CSS includes with the title attribute might be ignored
Yesterday I ran into a little unexpected behavior when adding title attributes to a couple of link elements.
DOMAssistant 2.7.2 released – triggerEvent and replace added
Version 2.7.2 of DOMAssistant has just been released, and beside from some small improvements and minor tweaks, it has two new and very interesting methods.
tumblrBadge – a Tumblr badge script
I’m sure there are a few Tumblr fans out there, and if you are, naturally you’ll want a Tumblr badge to present it in your own web page? 🙂
You want CSS opacity to go with that? Well, suit yourself
This article is also available in Hungarian.
Personally, I like opacity when it is used well in a web site. And instead of some static images, I prefer, when possible, that it is achieved through CSS.
Stepping down with DOMAssistant
January 25th 2007, I released something I fondly nicknamed DOMAss, which step by step evolved into the today full-fledged DOMAssistant. Today, it is time to let it go.
About FriendFeed and FriendFeedBadge – present your FriendFeed in your own web site
Ok, so some of you must think I’m slightly retarded in regards to discovering new internet services. The thing is, though, that I usually test a lot of them as soon as they surface, then wait to see if they become popular, and if yes, hops on the train as everyone else. This time around, the turn has come to FriendFeed and the FriendFeedBadge.
One browser to rule them all
One browser to rule them all, one Google to find them, one extension to bring them all, and in the darkness (Redmond?) bind them.
German code
For many years now, me and a couple of friends have had a saying about code, measuring the quality of it, whether it’s excellent or mediocre.
PictureSlides plugin for jQuery – create compelling slideshows and thumbnail galleries
Some time ago I released PictureSlides, a DOMAssistant plugin to create compelling slideshows and thumbnail galleries, with a number of customizable options. Recently, I ported PictureSlides to also work with jQuery, so if you want to do something spiffy with images, I recommend you check it out!
Visitor record
I just thought I’d mention that I have a new visitor record for this web site. 🙂
Geek Meet September 2008 – Django and Pecha Kucha
I hope you all have had a nice summer, and are up for another Geek Meet!
Google releases web browser: Google Chrome
The web is buzzing! Something which was due to come, sooner or later, has happened. Google is launching their own web browser today: Google Chrome.
Nyman rides again
I’m back. 🙂
Summer break
After a spring filled with varying degrees of turmoil, summer is finally here. And with that, my friends, comes my break from development, blogging and any other computer-related activity.
dLite – a lightweight JavaScript library for those who want less features, and more control
Looking at how JavaScript has and its usage has evolved, and also taking in how most JavaScript libraries seem to try to cater for every possible need people might have, I thought it was about time to get back to the basics. To me, that is spelled dLite.
Thoughts on developing with the Adobe AIR framework
Having developed a few Adobe AIR applications now (Memory, facedesk, GMDesk), and having talked to some people of the Adobe AIR Team, I thought it was time to express my feelings on what it’s like developing with Adobe AIR.
GMDesk – run Gmail as a stand-alone application
Just as the need I saw to for running Facebook stand-alone with facedesk, the turn has come to Gmail. Let me present GMDesk – run Gmail as a stand-alone application.
How to update Adobe AIR applications automatically with JavaScript – AIRUpdater.js
When developing applications with Adobe AIR, a vital feature is being able to push application updates to the end users. As it’s quite hard to find complete examples from Adobe, I thought I’d offer you a script how to do it.
facedesk – a stand-alone Facebook application
With the advanced level of sophistication when it comes to web sites and web applications, there are a number which would suit better as stand-alone applications. Therefore, I’ve created facedesk.
Book review: JavaScript: The Good Parts
As I’m sure you know, I have a very strong interest in JavaScript, and what better way to try and feed that, than to read a brand new book by Douglas Crockford entitled JavaScript: The Good Parts!
DOMAssistant 2.7.1 released, future plans and asking for help
As most of you are aware of, me and a small group of very talented people are working on our JavaScript library of choice, DOMAssistant, because we have a strong belief that light-weight code, fast and accurate performance, Unicode support and modularity is very important, and crucial for the future state of the web.
The ultimate getElementsByClassName, anno 2008
Two and a half years ago, I released the first version of getElementsByClassName. With how web browsers has evolved since, I thought I’d release a real ultimate version, dated 2008. 🙂
Conditional Compilation in JavaScript
A feature most people don’t seem to know about is conditional compilation in Internet Explorer web browsers.
Book review: The Art & Science Of JavaScript
A while ago I received a book which I had anticipated to have the chance to read: The Art & Science Of JavaScript.
How to avoid automatic type conversion in JavaScript
A very common problem when people code JavaScript, is that they don’t take automatic type conversion into account. As a result, there are numerous weird errors and JavaScript is getting a lot of blame for being loosely typed. Therefore, I’d like to show you an easy way to avoid that problem.
DZone article about AJAX and element selection with DOMAssistant
DZone asked me to write an article about DOMAssistant, so I chose to give an introduction to how to work with element selection and especially different ways of making AJAX calls. Please read Making Element Selection and AJAX simple with DOMAssistant for more information.
How to hide and show initial content, depending on whether JavaScript support is available
Many people ask me how I choose to address an situation where all content in a web should be available without JavaScript, but certain parts hidden if JavaScript is enabled.
Are you a woman reading this?
Ok, this is probably one of those publishings that will be a miserable failure, a crash-and-burn post. But hey, we learn from our mistakes, right? 🙂
Improve your web site performance – tips & tricks to get a good YSlow rating
When YSlow was released to indicate how well a web site performed, there were a lot of people disappointed, and perplexed, by their own score. Overall, I think performance is underrated, so I thought I’d give you some short guidelines how to improve the performance of your web site.