In IE8 I was testing a form. When I got to a drop-down(just a basic HTML one, no special CSS or JavaScript) it triggered IE’s inbuilt pop-up blocker, I tried numerous times with the pop-up blocker enabled and disabled. I also turned all of IE’s security settings down to the lowest they’ll go.
Recent articles & quickbits
Posted:Apr 30
Drop-down menu bug in IE8
Posted:Feb 27
Safari 4
So, Apple released Safari 4 the other day … you didn’t know … well you do now! It’s supposed to be there best browser yet (aren’t they all?)
For an experiment, I thought I’d give it a whirl. I normally use the mighty Firefox, but heard that Safari had some nice built in features as well as the Top Sites wall (think Top Gear cool wall but only with cool sites on it).
It couldn’t hurt. Could it?
Posted:Jan 28
FireScope
FireScope is a Firefox add-on that integrates with Firebug, to extend it with reference material for HTML and CSS.
The extension’s core functionality is centered around a new Reference panel, which contains a search tool for looking up HTML elements, attributes, and CSS properties.
The extension also hooks into context-menus in the HTML and CSS panels, the DOM crumbtrail, and the Inspector, adding options to look up a selected item (ie. search for it in the Reference panel) or to view a code example.
As a designer with quite a lot of experience, I don’t think it’s a very useful tool, but for the HTML newbies out there, this could be a gift straight down from god. It’s the future. So put down that book!
Posted:Oct 09
For a beautiful web
First off, it’s a great site by Andy Clarke.
Second, I discovered 2 great articles. One on 5 design principles Andy can live without across all browsers. Of course browser support varies for new specs. I like his point of view. The second article is about stopping showing clients static visuals, again he makes brilliant points that I totally agree with. Clients can’t fully grasp what’s in the designers head from a static visual. HTML prototypes all the way.
