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innerHTML vs. other DOM methods

A very interesting, simple DHTML experiment in element creation, and the resulting benchmarks: http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/innerhtml.html

Available RAM and CPU will affect the resulting numbers, but the outcome is still pretty consistent in relation. My antiquated laptop was brought to its knees while executing the DOM1 and DOM2 tests.

Enhancing your work for browsers that support it

Here are some snips from Mezzoblue’s call to action, which he dubs Mozilla/Opera/Safari Enhancement, or MOSe for short.

The point is to provide IE a way out by using CSS it has no hope of understanding. This is the only way we can keep moving forward in the next few years. Let’s embrace it.

We’re stuck with Internet Explorer for the next 3 years bare minimum, most likely 6. Let’s start thinking about how we can move forward.

After creating a basic, functioning page in IE, you add extra functionality with these selectors. While IE can’t render them, at least it doesn’t make a half-hearted attempt to and come short.

iCapture – see through the eyes of a mac browser.

This new service delivers a screenshot of your site as a Mac sees it through the Safari version of your choice, all in 30 seconds or so.

This content has been censored during migration from my behind-the-firewall blog to this public one.

The big downside of these services for us is that they all require public URLs. XXXXXXXXX is behind authentication, while iCapture show’s recent referrers and is open to all.

Browser Keyboard Shortcuts

This is a list of the most common keyboard shortcuts in Firefox, and the equivalents in Internet Explorer and Opera.

Great CSS Design – gathered by Dave Shea

Dave Shea lists his favorite standards-compliant sites.

Extreme Programming: A gentle introduction

Extreme Programming: A Gentle Introduction.

This nice narrative gives a good overview and analysis. Just follow the little rollover XP gifs to more through the story.



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