Weekend Links – Lightbox Matrix, Performance Best Practices, Processing.js, Adsense Testing, Multibox

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The Lightbox Clones Matrix

If you're in the market for a lightbox but don't know which lightbox has been created for your library, let this be your guide. This site provides checkboxes to customize your search. Awesome!

http://planetozh.com/projects/lightbox-clones/

Yahoo! Releases New Performance Best Practices

There are a lot of performance tests I'd like to do but simply don't have the time. Luckily, Yahoo! does them for me. Some of these are pretty obvious but others may not be.

http://ajaxian.com/archives/yahoo-releases-new-performance-best-practices

Processing.js

When some people say they are to release a project, you know they're going to drop something cool. John Resig is one of those people. Processing.js is a JavaScript visualization tool. Hard to explain, but if you check out the examples, you'll be amazed.

http://ejohn.org/blog/processingjs/

Adsense Split Testing Results for 250x250 vs. 300x250

The size and placement of your advertisements is crucial when really pushing for ad revenue. Mark Sanborn shares his experience.

http://www.marksanborn.net/php/adsense-split-testing-results-for-250x250-vs-300x250/

Multibox

Multibox is a lightbox built for MooTools programmers. It displays HTML, videos, images...it's amazing! I'll be using this for personal projects from this point forward.

http://www.phatfusion.net/multibox/

Recent Features

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    JavaScript Promise API

    While synchronous code is easier to follow and debug, async is generally better for performance and flexibility. Why "hold up the show" when you can trigger numerous requests at once and then handle them when each is ready?  Promises are becoming a big part of the JavaScript world...

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    Being a Dev Dad

    I get asked loads of questions every day but I'm always surprised that they're rarely questions about code or even tech -- many of the questions I get are more about non-dev stuff like what my office is like, what software I use, and oftentimes...

Incredible Demos

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    Vibration API

    Many of the new APIs provided to us by browser vendors are more targeted toward the mobile user than the desktop user.  One of those simple APIs the Vibration API.  The Vibration API allows developers to direct the device, using JavaScript, to vibrate in...

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    :valid, :invalid, and :required CSS Pseudo Classes

    Let's be honest, form validation with JavaScript can be a real bitch.  On a real basic level, however, it's not that bad.  HTML5 has jumped in to some extent, providing a few attributes to allow us to mark fields as required or only valid if matching...

Discussion

  1. Multibox looks awesome! Thanks for that.

  2. alphonse

    I was looking around as to how i can just pass a link to a page:

    example : http://www.mywebsite.com/?play=mymove.mp4

    And on that page, automatically play the movie using multibox.. any ideas? it would surely be appreciated..

    thanks

  3. I want to start my own blog too, what blog platform do you use, where i can download it ?

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