Weekend Links – Opera, IE7.js, PHP RSS Parsers, Network Solutions Steals Domain Ideas, Eclipse and PHP, Cross-Site XMLHttpRequest
Why Opera?
The men of Opera state their case for Opera being the browser available.
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/why_opera/
IE7.js Version 2 Beta
Dean Edwards releases version2 of his JavaScript library aimed at making IE7 a standards compliant browser.
http://dean.edwards.name/weblog/2008/01/ie7-2/
PHP RSS Parsers
Articles discusses usage of popular RSS parsers written in PHP.
http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/php-rss-parsers/
Network Solutions Steals Domain Ideas; Confirmed!
Network Solutions violated the privacy of many visitors that used their WHOIS checker. Essentially they reserved the domains looked up by visitors. Needless to say, many people are furious with the registrar.
http://blog.domaintools.com/2008/01/network-solutions-steals-domain-ideas-confirmed/
Eclipse and PHP
We all know Eclipse used heavily by java developers, but Eclipse can also be used for PHP.
http://www.tigerheron.com/article/2008/01/eclipse-and-php
Cross-Site XMLHttpRequest
jQuery's John Resig discusses cross-site XMLHttpRequest in Firefox 3.
http://ejohn.org/blog/cross-site-xmlhttprequest/
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With CSS border-radius, I showed you how CSS can bridge the gap between design and development by adding rounded corners to elements. CSS gradients are another step in that direction. Now that CSS gradients are supported in Internet Explorer 8+, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome...
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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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One major gripe that we've always had about CSS is that creating layouts seems to be more difficult than it should be. We have, of course, adapted and mastered the techniques for creating layouts, but there's no shaking the feeling that there should be a...
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The responsibilities taken on by CSS seems to be increasingly blurring with JavaScript. Consider the -webkit-touch-callout CSS property, which prevents iOS's link dialog menu when you tap and hold a clickable element. The pointer-events property is even more JavaScript-like, preventing:
click actions from doing...
What IDE or text editor do you use for php?
I use uestudio.