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CSS3 features in IE8
0I began writing this post in IE8*, something I didn’t think I’d be doing just a short while ago; the IE team have certainly been busy in the last 18 months! As it’s beta software there are obviously quite a few rough edges and we can’t consider it feature complete, but I thought I’d take a look at what features of CSS 3 have made it in already.
The short answer: not many! In fact, the only ones I can find are the substring matching attribute selectors:
E[att^='val'] E[att$='val'] E[att*='val']
These allow you to choose elements based on substrings of their attributes; that begin with, end with, or contain (respectively) the provided value. Update: As has been pointed out in the comments, these were already available in IE7; I should have known that, as I wrote the (now outdtated) compatibility table! In my defence, it was very More >
IE8 and CSS 2.1 Testing
0Since I joined the IE team at the beginning of 2007, it has become clear to me how important it is for web developers to predict how a given browser will work. I’ve certainly heard and read how very important it is to web developers to minimize the cost of supporting each additional browser version. In apparent contradiction to this, everyone needs continued innovation in the browser to create new online business opportunities.
One of the most important ways to ease development costs is to support a well-defined set of web standards in all the browsers. This frees up developers’ time to spend on their site innovation rather than porting and testing work. However, sometimes there are ambiguities or optional items in the specifications, such as the behavior of tables. This naturally results in browsers that behave More >
IE 8: Better Ajax, CSS, DOM, and new features
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IE 8 Readiness
MIX has started, and we have the news we have been waiting for, for some time. What is IE 8 going to do?
Microsoft has put out an IE 8 Readiness Report that discusses everything.
There is a TON of amazing stuff here. It also looks like they will be using the standards for most of this stuff, but we need to see more. E.g. is cross domain messaging using postMessage?
But, having 6 connections per host and the like is huge:
Ajax Improvements
A white paper is here:
1. AJAX Navigation enables users to navigate back and forth without leaving the AJAX application and could be used navigating a page without performing a traditional full navigation. This allows websites to trigger an update to browser components like the address bar by setting the window.location.hash More >
List Expander
0Following my latest article I decided to take some of the visitor’s comments in consideration and improve the script. It also has a new name: List Expander.
The basic concept remains the same as with Sitemap Styler, but the usage is a bit wider. We can use this script for any type of content that needs to be organized in some sort of hierarchy.
So, we have an unordered list that can go on in depth as much as we want. The script analyzes the list tree and applies toggle functions for expanding/collapsing child objects. Parent items, the ones we should click to expand child objects, don’t need to be wrapped inside an anchor element. Script checks for child objects and adds appropriate clickable elements. Furthermore the script adds two buttons above the list, one for expanding and one for collapsing all the elements.
Markup
Markup is quite More >
Css Text Gradient
0Css Globe is happy to present a simple trick that helps you improve your site’s appearance. With this trick you can use cool gradients on system fonts with nothing but pure css.We use an empty span element, nested inside a heading tag. Span has transparent png set as a backgrund image and it is placed above the heading text with absolute position.
Take a look at the demo page and share your thoughts
50 Gif Avatars
0Title : 50 Gif AvatarsFile : GIF Animation | 496 KBDownload : MediaFire
Mesothelioma Online services | mesothelioma guide, information and tips
0The other World Wide Web sites on cancer listed here are valuable sources of detailed information on cancer. They use more technical terms, longer ‘pages’ and fewer images than CancerHelp UK. They are therefore useful for people who want to know more detail about particular cancers than we provide. Most sites come from America.
When you go to any of these sites you will be leaving CancerHelp UK. To return to CancerHelp UK you will need to use the BACK button or arrow at the top of your screen.
British Thoracic Society This organisation is a professional body for respiratory specialists. The website has information about lung cancers and the investigations commonly used to diagnose lung cancers. It also has the BTS guidelines for the management of mesothelioma, published in 2001. Please note: this material is written for medical professionals and you may find the information written in a blunt More >
Build a Website That Works
0The key to building a website that works is to provide that information that people are looking for and build a website that attracts traffic because it is search engine optimized and full of quality cross links. While most business websites serve as a shop window for existing brick and mortar businesses, it is increasingly the case that some websites are businesses in their own right; that is, the products they offer are only available for purchase on the web.
Websites are often created to accommodate the needs and desires of the crowd. Smarter websites are created with your customers in mind. By comparison, websites created for the Low-Context market are expected to be richer in text and with fewer occurrences of animations, heavy images, and other effects, to ensure that LC websites are kept as practical and direct sources of information.
Because search engines can classify an More >