'Web Development' Category
Flash performance in browsers and within AIR
Meant to post this before. Interesting comparison between the performance of Flash within a browser and within the AIR runtime.
Get Flash you stupid hippie!
One of the major pains of web development is having to factor in users with “non-standard configurations”. What looks good on your machine doesn’t mean it will for a proportion of your users. However, this no-flash warning up on the South Park website is pure genius, as is the 404. I wish I was given […]
Safari 3.1 kicks ass
Apple have updated Safari to version 3.1 to include support for a lot of cutting-edge technology (including client-side database storage), along with adding a native developer dropdown (enabled within the preferences section). With Firefox 3, Opera 9.5 coming soon and, erm, IE8, it’s looking like the browser market is about to make web developer’s lives […]
SWFObject 2.0
The new SWFObject is out. There are two main ways to embed Flash content on a page, with Option 2 sounding like the best fit for the rules/regulations we have to adhere to for work (progressive enhancement, no click-to-activate rubbish in IE, you HAVE to have JS to view the Flash, etc). Option 2 follows […]
Revised Meyer CSS reset stylesheet
Here
Death of the Netscape browser
AOL, who these days own Netscape, have announced that they’re to cease development of the browser. I’ve mixed feeling weirdly enough, although from a professional point of view it’s good news as it’s one less browser to have to test websites against in the long term.
When I started out developing websites, Netscape was the browser […]Unofficial Wii Opera SDK released
Very eager to try this out. Read news originally on Joystiq.
Google sitemaps now do video
Very useful addition to the sitemap protocol. Read about it here, do something about it here.
Microsoft removing Eolas “click to activate” behaviour
If you’ve worked with Flash and Internet Explorer within the past few years, this will be a godsend. It should have accessibility benefits too, as sites which aren’t embedding Flash via JavaScript won’t have to click into content anymore.
Stupid ruling in the first place. Another example of money coming before the best interests of the […]Adobe Flash Player Administration Guide
When I get the chance I plan on picking this article about Flash 8 and 9 installations apart, as Flash can seemingly do strange things depending on how it’s installed (judging by past experience at work).
Straight link to the PDF here.
