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![Sizzle and Peppy Selector Engines in MooTools]()
Sizzle and Peppy Selector Engines in MooTools
A few weeks back I touched on how you could implement the Peppy and Sizzle selector engines in MooTools. Both posts showed how to remove the default Moo engine from use and instead make each respective selector engine the one and only.
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PHP, Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL), and IIS: Connect and Query with ODBC
I was recently thrown a real curveball of a project. Instead of using a fresh MySQL database to pull information from, the customer required that we pull information from their new Microsoft SQL Server 2005 server. This isn't the most desired method of PHP->Database...
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IE Says “Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet Site ________. Operation Aborted.” I Say “WTF?”
During the development of a recent website, I fitted the site with some awesome MooTools effects. Per usual, I would check each page with Firefox and once the page looked good, I'd switch over to Internet Explorer to make sure the site looked the same.
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Override Vista and XP’s Themed Buttons and Scrollbars Using a META Tag
The first thing I do to any fresh Windows XP or Vista install is change the theme to old-school "Windows Classic" theme. Square gray boxes, in my opinion, are much better than the awful "rounded", colored bars. The XP and Vista theme settings also...
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The First Year of IE7 — Still Hated
The IEBlog posted The First Year of IE7 today and lets just say that the comments are anything but positive. Check out the scathing comments:http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/11/30/the-first-year-of-ie7.aspx...
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![Prevent Double Margin & Padding In IE6 When Using CSS Float]()
Prevent Double Margin & Padding In IE6 When Using CSS Float
My thoughts on Internet Explorer have been well documented; for those that don't already know, I think IE hinders the internet's progress and represents another embarrassment for Microsoft. That said, a majority of users still browse with Internet Explorer 6 so...
![Microsoft’s Internet Atrocities]()
Microsoft’s Internet Atrocities
For better or worse, Microsoft has been a huge player in the way the internet has evolved. You would expect that considering Microsoft has had a virtual lock on the PC OS market as well as an overwhelming percentage of the browser market share.
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6 Reasons Why IE6 Must Die
Internet Explorer 6, released on August 27, 2001, was a package of problems right from the start. Within a year of release, Microsoft silently declared that IE6 would not make enough money for them to continue supporting. The result has been numerous security problems...
