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IE7 locked down

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Microsoft has announced the IE7 code lockdown, which means the company is preparing to send out a release of the browser. The site has listed all of CSS bugs fixed, as well as those not CSS related (such as PNG alpha channels). Will IE7 satisfy all the critics? Unlikely, and the […]

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JavaScript Technology Web

The Bubble Popper

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Over at ScriptTeaser a participation exercise where you can help pick what Ajaxian tech is hot, or not, for a weblog. Feel free to jump in, as opinions are not only welcome, they’re being actively recruited. I have one more for the list: The Ajax Bubble Popper. When enabled, any post that […]

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Technology Web Weblogging

Installing and customizing Planet

I recently installed Planet software in order to provide one common feed from all my different web sites. I like separating out my different interests into different web sites. However, for those who are interested in keeping up with the various writings, having to subscribe to multiple feeds can be irritating. Enter Planet Planet. Planet is […]

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Bad IE. Bad IE?

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Very interesting post and comments regarding IE7’s support of CSS. The post author writes about how IE7 fails the WaSP’s Acid2 test. As was noted in comments, this test isn’t necessarily the be all end all that it’s made out to be. For instance, according to Ziff-Davis UK Firefox also doesn’t pass the test, […]

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Is Firefox the next IE?

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I just posted a story at ScriptTeaser about a weblog post whereby the writer rants and rails (not the Ruby kind) against IE7. I find myself in the rather unusual position of responding in defense of this much maligned browser. For all that there are rants against IE and Microsoft’s use of […]