There is no shortage of Javascript Benchmark tests out there. Yet lately, it’s started to get a bit shaky on which browser is faster than the other, and some results don’t seem to match real life use. The only thing anyone can agree on is that Internet Explorer is the worst. So what do we believe?
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Speed up your websites using gzip and merging files.
Many sites these days are using more and more Javascript and CSS which can quickly slow the websites loading speed. Gzip compression for your Javascript and CSS is not used in enough websites these days as many people still fear incompatibility with browsers. However this is no longer the case as all modern browsers are now compatible with it. There are heaps of ways to Gzip, none of which I could get to work on my web host, so I created my own which uses the zlib extension in php. I also included a few advantages to it such as merging of files which helps decrease the loading time even more.
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How to remove the gap underneath images in IE
Internet Explorer has a terrible habit of putting gaps underneath images if you have a space after the image code. It’s quite annoying when trying to line images up on top of each other and keep your code neat. Thankfully there’s an easy fix!
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Smashing Magazine: Not just for designers.
A popular website for web designers is Smashing Magazine. It’s basically a blog with some fantastic articles on everything from designing, running a web company to various CSS and Javascript scripts. Although it’s directed mainly at designers, developers will find the CSS and Javascript articles quite interesting and you never know, you may just learn something!
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Pop-overs – Part 3: Adding a faded background.
When you see pop-overs on a lot of sites they often have a faded background behind them which helps the user focus on what’s in the pop-over and not the rest of the site. So to continue from Part 1 and Part 2 of the pop-overs tutorial I will show you how to achieve this. Again it’s fairly easy to do…
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Pop-overs – Part 2: Centering the pop-over.
Pop-overs are a non-intrusive way of presenting information to a user quickly and effectively. In part 1 of the pop-overs tutorial we showed you the basics of how to make a pop-over. The pop-overs position wasn’t very good though, it would be much more effective to position the pop-over in the center of the screen area where the user is viewing regardless of whether the user has scrolled down on the page.
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Pop-overs – Part 1: Making the pop-over.
About a year ago a new world of websites popped up, they showed content above the content you were viewing without the use of flash. When learning how to do them, trying to explain them to clients was really hard without giving it a name they’d relate to. Thus I came up with the name “Pop-over”, because it’s not a pop-up, but they work in a similar fashion and they “Pop-over” the content. Today it is used readily by my clients and co-workers. I’m not sure if anyone else has given it another name, but from now on for me and my clients it will be known as a “Pop-over”.
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Opera, the new old guy on the block.
Opera has always been that browser that some people love, some people have never heard of and everyone else hates. It’s always been there, but never really been a player amongst the big boys. It’s always been missing a few important Javascript calls, been fairly ugly to look at, and never as refined as a lot of the other browsers. Version 9.6 shows potential of all that turning around.
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