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By David WalshNovember 8, 2010
LightFace: Facebook Lightbox for MooTools
One of the web components I've always loved has been Facebook's modal dialog. This "lightbox" isn't like others: no dark overlay, no obnoxious animating to size, and it doesn't try to do "too much." With Facebook's dialog in mind, I've created LightFace: a Facebook lightbox...
By David WalshApril 25, 2011
Facebook Open Graph META Tags
It's no secret that Facebook has become a major traffic driver for all types of websites. Nowadays even large corporations steer consumers toward their Facebook pages instead of the corporate websites directly. And of course there are Facebook "Like" and "Recommend" widgets on every website. One...

By David WalshNovember 10, 2008
Create a Custom “:selected” Pseudo Selector in MooTools
A while back I read a very interesting article by MooTools core developer Jan Kassens about how to create a custom pseudo selector in MooTools. I was surprised at the ease in which one can add their own pseudo selector that I...
By Greg KobergerOctober 16, 2012
Making the Firefox Logo from HTML
When each new t-shirt means staving off laundry for yet another day, swag quickly becomes the most coveted perk at any tech company. Mozilla WebDev had pretty much everything going for it: brilliant people, interesting problems, awesome office. Everything except a t-shirt. That had to change. The basic...