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Safari, Firefox charge towards a more colourful Web

Apple's Safari browser is able to display richer, more deeper colours than either Internet Explorer or Opera -- but Firefox is expected to catch up in the next month. Read more »

Microsoft to offer Office online

Microsoft announced at the Professional Developer Conference today that it is finally putting Office apps Word, Excel, and Powerpoint online, but not killing the traditional versions. Read more »

OSI mulls changes to definition of open source

The new president of the open source initiative has suggested changing the definition of open source in an effort to stop the problem of licence proliferation. Read more »

Macromedia's Renaissance man

Kevin Lynch claims that when it comes to interactivity, Web application design is still in the Dark Ages - but there are innovations coming through which promise to drag web development into the 21st century. Read more »

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Build a better Web site by understanding floated elements in CSS

One of the most important concepts a Web developer can understand about CSS are floated elements, which serve a valuable function in aligning and positioning elements relative to each other. Read more »

Dealing with differences in CSS floats in IE and Netscape

An annoying problem with CSS code is the interpretation by different browsers. Here's a workaround to one problem: the differences in how variable-width floats are rendered in IE and Netscape. Read more »

Creating reusable Web components for Mozilla

Reusable components are the foundation of modular design in programming. In this article we'll explore Mozilla's component design capabilities through XBL and custom implementation. Read more »

Different types of Dreamweaver CS3 layouts

At this year's WebDU conference, Stephanie Sullivan, founder and principal of W3Conversions and Adobe community expert gave a thorough presentation named "CSS Layouts & Dreamweaver CS3". Read more »

Creating multicolumn lists

CSS3 isn't here yet, so multicolumn lists aren't easy to do, but we have a few methods to help you get by. Read more »

Working toward more realistic design goals

Web developers often try and restrict users on exactly how a Web page should look. Usability expert, Michael Meadhra says that developers need to be more flexible in their design. Read more »

Realistic UI design

No Web page looks exactly the same on different platforms, even though Developers go to great lengths to do so. Michael Meadhra says Web sites need to be more flexible. Read more »

Tips for creating CSS styles for print

You don't always have to create a seperate printer-friendly page on your Web site. Michael Meadhra shows you how using XHTML and CSS. Read more »

Brewing Java Web services with NetBeans 4.1

Ever wondered how to write a Web service in Java? We show you how using NetBeans, the open source Java development environment for Windows, Linux and OS X. Read more »

Creating a fixed-width layout with CSS

The basic CSS technique is relatively simple, but not obvious. Here's what it takes to convert this old standby from tables-based layout to CSS. Read more »

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