Category: Browsers
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Thoughts on web development and technologies by Peter Gasston
Anime with CSS and Webkit
Recently I’ve been thinking about Webkit’s new CSS Transitions module, and playing The World Ends With You on the Nintendo DS. TWEWY is a JRPG with lots of simple Anime-style cutscenes, and it occurred to me that they must be quite easy to recreate using CSS Animation; so, I have.
IE8’s WebSlices - another practical Microformat
One of the new features already announced for IE8 is WebSlices; essentially, the ability to subscribe to any part of a web page, even if it doesn’t have an RSS feed. It sounds somewhat similar to Firefox’s Microsummaries feature*, although it’s a) easier to implement, b) more flexible, and c) not buried in the browser where no-one could ever find it.
New features in Firefox 3.1 & beyond
While Firefox 3 is a really fast & usable browser, I was a little disappointed by the (comparative) lack of really new features in the rendering engine; that’s not to say there aren’t any, as there are plenty, but that Safari 3.1 and Opera 9.5 have set the bar very high in their latest iterations.
CSS3 selectors implemented in Firefox 3.1
Not only did I correctly predict Firefox 3.1, but one of my visions was that they implement the remaining CSS 3 selectors - which has just been announced. My uncanny powers are beginning to scare me.
Firefox 3.1 confirmed
My uncanny powers of prediction continue to amaze even me; in February I wrote of three things I’d like to see in Firefox 3.1, and yesterday Mozilla announced that there will be a point release sometime in the near future.
No news on whether my requests will be implemented, but I have my fingers crossed.
Acid 3: It’s not about winning, it’s about taking part
It’s an exciting time to be a web developer, as all four major browsers have released / are releasing new versions with extended CSS & HTML support. However, as Opera and Webkit race to be the first to score 100% on the Acid3 test, a lot of people are getting caught up in the excitement […]
Aside
I’m slightly late with this, but I was happy to see that Opera have launched their first Web Standards Curriculum for teaching best practice in client-side development. With developers in the Netherlands setting up what could well be the world’s first front-end professional guild, and a full British Standard for accessibility in the works, the signs are promising that we’re entering into a new phase of professionalism in web development.
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