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Category Archives: browsers

More about aside elements – going for block

Yesterday I posted some info about testing the HTML5 aside element in several browsers, and pointed out that some browsers don’t render styles properly for it. Lars Gunter came into the comments with the tip that using display: block would solve the problem. Today at Dev.Opera, Bruce Lawson and Chris Mills posted an article called [...]

Some tests on the aside element

I built a page of HTML5 and tried a few CSS styling rules on it to see what browsers do with rendering a page of HTML5. The tests I want to talk about today involve an aside element. In this test, I used the aside in the footer of an article element to display information [...]

Useful Links: 20 things, HTML5, lessons learned, 7 sins

20 Things I Learned about Browsers and the Web is an interactive web app built in HTML5. It looks like a children’s book. And it’s slick. Great for a class reading assignment. Using HTML5′s New Semantic Tags Today. Terrific article by Emily Lewis at Script Junkie. Blogging to Support Policy Goals: MomsRising Shares Lessons Learned. [...]

Useful links: CSS3 Generator, CSS3 Transforms for IE<9, CSS Resets, CSS Gradients

It’s all CSS, all the time today. Go style something. CSS3 Generator. Don’t know if I’ve already linked to this tool, but it is a great way to play with some of the new CSS3 properties. You see a preview of what you’re doing, and get the code for it. As you make additional selections, [...]

Document outlines in HTML5

There was some discussion about HTML5 document outline in the comments to my recent post HTML5: the new hgroup element. I thought the topic deserved a post of its own. We’re all familiar with the DOM, that treelike structure that outlines the contents of an HTML document. Here’s a snippet of a DOM tree as [...]

10 Terrific Tech Blogs by Women

Tech tips, geeky how-tos, thoughtful analysis of issues, news about the latest gadgets, ideas for improving your blog—you’ll find it all in these 10 terrific tech and science blogs. They just happen to be written by women. I. Hacker Chick The Hacker Chick Blog is a beautiful starting point. I say beautiful because the graphics [...]

Useful Links: When can I, Ning news, IE9

When can I use provides compatibility tables for features in HTML5, CSS3, SVG and other upcoming web technologies. Very useful. Ning Partners with Pearson to Sponsor Free Network Access for educators. Good news for educators. “Ning is announcing that Pearson, a education-focused publishing company, is sponsoring network costs for Ning Mini platforms for educators come [...]

Failure to Launch

There’s a browser monster on my computer, eating browsers. First I  couldn’t get Chrome to launch after a normal installation. Tried a bunch of times. Then I decided to upgrade Opera to the latest version. Download. Install. Click to open. Won’t launch. What the heck is going on? I run Disk Repair, have a few [...]

Useful links: site specific browsers, social media stats, Web 2.0

Fluid–Create Site Specific Browsers from ATMac is a new concept to me and has interesting potential. This stat filled video about social media is eye-opening. Speaking of video, O’Reilly Media has a lot of video from the Web 2.0 Expo up on YouTube, including this interview with a good deal of talk about HTML5, Flash, [...]

Useful links: Widgets, HTML5 & help me with Chrome

Keep WordPress Widgets from Appearing on Particular Pages from KnowIT is a terrific explanation of how to pick and choose which pages you want WordPress widgets to appear on. HTML5 and CSS3 Readiness by Paul Irish and Divya Manian shows a display you can manipulate of HTML5 elements and which browsers already support them. Chrome [...]