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IBM donates accessibility code to Firefox
50,000 lines of DHTML-related code have been donated to the Mozilla Foundation to help make Firefox more usable for those with disabilities. Read more »
AJAX sets off tools race
The growing popularity of interactive Web sites has set off a race among software companies, each pitching their own development toolkit. Read more »
Firefox tool gets slick
Rip, mix--get burned? Read more »
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DHTML: Meeting the cross-platform challenge
In these dynamic times, Web pages need to be ridiculously cross-platformed, which can present a danger for programmers. Here are some tips for writing cross-platform DHTML. Read more »
Improve site speed by preloading content
A key aspect of Web application performance is site response time. Here's how to boost performance by using DHTML and JavaScript to preload data. Read more »
Writing DHTML that meets the cross-platform challenge
Rapid acceleration of Web growth heralds an end to the forgiveness of object code. Web pages themselves must, in these dynamic times, be ridiculously cross-platformed. And therein lies danger for the DHTML programmer. Read more »
Put the dynamic in your DHTML
With Internet Explorer, you can attach behaviours to HTML elements, creating an object-oriented approach to page design. Phillip Perkins creates <DIV> objects contained in a bounding <DIV> that, when the user drags it, will continue on their directed courses within the bounding <DIV>. Read more »
Modularise Web design with DHTML behaviours
DHTML behaviours allow a surprising degree of modularity in site designs, simplifying updates and alterations. Here's how to use this strategy. Read more »
Use XML to drive a DHTML menu
Populating your menus from an XML file that can be dynamically refreshed on every page allows you to mix common elements with user- and page-specific elements, and lets you build a unified menu. Read more »
Better navigation with DHTML tree menus created with PHP and XML
Use a ready-made DHTML libraries, in combination with XML and some PHP scripting, to easily add a tree-based navigation system to your site. Read more »
Develop WYSIWYG content management
Need to develop a Web-based What You See Is What You Get content manager? Here are a few options you might want to try. Read more »
Hierarchical menus with JavaScript
Need a menu for your Web app? Builder AU Technical Editor, David McAmis explains hierarchical menus and offers a free code download to get your project started. Read more »
Qt: Cross-platform futures in a mobile world
Benoit Schillings is chief technologist for Qt Software (originally Trolltech). Based in the Bay Area around San Francisco, he sets the direction of the company's cross-platform application deployment product. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.