I've written about this before. You download a file to use in your web application, like a JavaScript library or an image file but the browser just can't seem to load it. You spend hours looking for a typo or broken link until you find out about that Unblock button and you realize that it's...
It's a matter of time. Good were the days when almost no application knew how to put overlays on your file icons in Explorer. These days it seems this is the coolest thing ever and virtually all file system type of utilities want to add their own . Sooner or later you will install some utility and...
Oh, the woes of supporting IE6 (or, better put, IE666 — the browser of the beast.) Halloween is definitely upon us. Today I spent a good chunk of time trying to identify the source of a problem in my application. Right now I'm in the process of jQuery-fying some legacy JavaScript, which includes...
This post is part of a series called JavaScript Demystified . Answer quick. Do you know what date is being created here? var year = '2009', month = '09', day = '01'; var date = new Date( parseInt(year), parseInt(month), parseInt(day) ); At first glance, it wouldn't surprising...
This is a tip for anyone using Firefox and Firebug for web development that is not leveraging the Profiles feature of that browser. Recent versions of Firebug (after v1.3 I think) removed the ability to enable Firebug panes on a per-domain basis. Now it's kind of all or nothing. And you know that...