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Setting Web type to a baseline grid
By CraigGrannell · Thursday, August 7, 2008 1
Another article in Craig Grannell's fabulous series on design basics, in this article Craig gives us the lowdown on grid design basics - how to create a baseline grid in CSS, and how to position text on screen using it, with distances measured in both pixels and ems. Read more…
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Supporting IE with conditional comments
By Bruce Lawson · Thursday, August 7, 2008 334
IE conditional comments aren't exactly a new phenomenon, but we felt that now was high time to publish Bruce's 2008 remix of his classic conditional comments article. Even now, with browser support having advanced greatly in terms of standards support, there is still a great need to support older versions of IE, and conditional comments help greatly in allowing you to achieve this without resorting to hacks. Read more…
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Introduction to WAI ARIA
By Gez Lemon · Friday, August 1, 2008 11
The elephant in the corner of modern web development has been Ajax accessibility. The W3C has been working on a new technology called ARIA - Accessible Rich Internet Applications - that provides a way for "Web 2.0" developers to bridge the gap between desktop-like interaction and accessibility. When I was reading up on ARIA, I found that I couldn't see the big picture because the specifications focus on the detail. So we asked Gez Lemon of The Paciello Group, Juicy Studio and the Web Standards Project's Accessibility Task Force to write us an overview that would help developers understand what ARIA is, why it's important, and how they can use it right now to help users with disabilities. Read more…
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Rich HTML editing in the browser: part 1
By Olav Junker Kjær · Thursday, July 24, 2008 1
In-browser WYSIWYG editing is becoming an integral part of the Web. This article looks at the basic concepts and challenges involved in utilizing the editing features in recent browsers. It will startle you to learn that each browser behaves slightly differently—but this two-part article will save your sanity. Read more…
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The freelancing business part 2: budgeting your projects
By R Blank · Thursday, July 24, 2008 1
This is the second in a series of articles written by R Blank giving practical advice on the business side of freelancing, including project management, contracts, budgeting and more. In this part he discusses budgeting, hot root vegetables and why working with new tech is similar to being a test pilot. Read more…
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The Opera Animation library
By Opera Software · Wednesday, July 23, 2008 1
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All together now: Video, 3D, File access
By Charles McCathieNevile · Friday, July 18, 2008 11
It’s here, the newest singing, dancing labs build (so far...). This time we basically have the latest desktop build plus video, 3D canvas, and File I/O. And this time we have Windows, Linux and Mac builds — so all you Mac fans, you can now have an Opera of your own in Ogg Theora. Read more…
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Remote debugging with Opera Dragonfly
By David Storey · Thursday, July 17, 2008 2
In this article David Storey introduces the remote debugging feature of Opera Dragonfly - Opera’s new developer tools. You'll learn how to set up Opera Dragonfly for remote debugging and how to connect Opera Mobile 9.5 to Opera Dragonfly, so you can debug content running directly on it. Read more…