Web Development

No shocker: Google prefers HTML 5 to Gears

Word from the LA Times is that Google plans to phase out its Gears plug-in in favour of HTML 5 when it comes to augmenting browser abilities. The precise details of its enthusiasm for the plug-in aren't clear yet, but the general trajectory is no surprise. Read more »

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All about Adobe with Ben Forta: Video

Take one ColdFusion veteran and mix in a healthy dose of prolific book writing, and chances are you will end up with Ben Forta. Read more »

Fixing Firefox 3.6's tab blunder

I've been playing around with a beta build of Firefox's 3.6 browser for some time, and while it's been completely stable, its new tab behaviour has annoyed me. Read more »

Yahoo updates YUI tool for slick web interfaces

Yahoo on Tuesday released version 3 of its Yahoo User Interface (YUI) library, a software collection programmers can use to endow websites with fancy user interface elements written in JavaScript and Cascading Style Sheets. Read more »

FluidHTML seeks to bridge web programming divide

Today's web programmers face a big choice when it comes to fancier aspects of their sites: HTML or Flash? One start-up hopes it can bridge the gap with a technology called FluidHTML. Read more »

Unmask your passwords with this JavaScript trick

If you think you mistyped a password into a password field in your browser, a simple JavaScript trick can help you find out by unmasking the password. Read more »

WordPress 2.8: Screenshots

WordPress is the content management system behind some of the most popular sites on the web. The open-source web publishing platform is beloved for its elegance and extensibility. Check out our comprehensive screenshot gallery to see what you'd be in for if you used it. Read more »

An epitaph for the Web standard, XHTML 2

XHTML 2, a technology intended to build a more powerful Web from the ground up, met a quiet end last week, spotlighting the difficulties of standardisation in a fast-moving Internet. Introduced in 2002, XHTML 2 was a centerpiece of standards work at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Read more »

Firefox 3.5 screenshots

Firefox 3.5 forges ahead with strong developer support, but most improvements for casual users will probably strike them as minor. Read more »

Firefox 3.5rc2: Why I am not so impressed

I decided it was time to see what the developers of Firefox had been doing with my favourite open-source browser. The verdict so far? "Meh". Read more »

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