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Posts Tagged ‘javascript’

Styling HTML5 elements in IE

23.12.2009 By: ronansprake">ronansprake Under: Technical Comments: none

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A quick tip on how to enable HTML5 elements such as <section> and <header> in Internet Explorer. I’m afraid it does require Javascript:

document.createElement("section")

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The state of jQuery

22.12.2009 By: ronansprake">ronansprake Under: Industry News, Technical Comments: none

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As 2009 draws to a close, there are many things to look forward to in the New Year: Google Wave hitting the big-time, Typekit as a real alternative to sIFR and Cufon, developments in mobile Web technology and (hopefully) an end to supporting IE6! One thing I’m particularly looking forward to is the new version of jQuery, slated for a mid-January release.

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Detecting IE6 without jQuery.browser

21.12.2009 By: ronansprake">ronansprake Under: Technical Comments: none

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I would never normally recommend browser sniffing, but as long as the spectre of IE6 still haunts us, we need a way to patch the many holes of this spectacularly bad browser.

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New tool: Dynatrace (AJAX Edition)

27.11.2009 By: ronansprake">ronansprake Under: Tools Comments: none

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A quick post to promote Dynatrace AJAX Edition as a new tool for debugging Javascript. I’ll continue to rely heavily on Firebug for day-to-day Javascript tasks, but the detailed information and clear interface make Dynatrace stand out.

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