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fetch API
One of the worst kept secrets about AJAX on the web is that the underlying API for it,
XMLHttpRequest, wasn't really made for what we've been using it for. We've done well to create elegant APIs around XHR but we know we can do better. Our effort to...![Welcome to My New Office]()
Welcome to My New Office
My first professional web development was at a small print shop where I sat in a windowless cubical all day. I suffered that boxed in environment for almost five years before I was able to find a remote job where I worked from home. The first...
Incredible Demos
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Animating CSS3 Transforms with MooTools Fx
I recently posted an awesome (if I may say so myself) CSS3 / MooTools tutorials called Create a Photo Stack Effect with Pure CSS Animations or MooTools. The post presented two ways, a pure CSS method or MooTools-powered class, to duplicate Google+'s elegant photo stack...
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CSS Ellipsis Beginning of String
I was incredibly happy when CSS
text-overflow: ellipsis(married with fixedwidthandoverflow: hiddenwas introduced to the CSS spec and browsers; the feature allowed us to stop trying to marry JavaScript width calculation with string width calculation and truncation. CSS ellipsis was also very friendly to...




