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Geo API Explorer: Earth | Flickr
Tom Taylor's Boundaries, but for parents/children, on steroids, and on Flickr itself - in other words, a nice UI to explore the Flickr/WOE places hierarchy and shapes data via a pointy-clicky website. This is good.
flickr  geo  places  boundaries  data  explorer  ui  browser  via:kellan 
january 2010 by blech
Font-weight is still broken | Clagnut
The article title goes on to say "except in one browser", but then that's pretty much broken, if you ask me. It's annoying; this is a CSS 1 property, and it really should be supported.
browser  typography  css  design  firefox  safari  ie 
january 2009 by blech
A Social Browser for Mac OS X Leopard | Cruz
It's only 0.1, so it's more promise than execution at the moment, and I don't think I "get" BrowsaBowsa. Still, it doesn't need me to log in to everything afresh, it supports userscripts (somewhat), and so I'll try and keep an eye on it.
macosx  web  browser  social  webkit  development 
october 2008 by blech
Instant Web Programming | AppJet
I've only just discovered this, another JavaScript server-side framework. It seems to have a reasonably active developer community, but so far I'm finding it pretty limited - everything has to live in one file, even templates, and annoyingly there's no E4X. Still, better than nothing, maybe?
javascript  browser  applications  framework  development  web  zimki 
october 2008 by blech
Conditional classnames | paulhammond.org
A short, but clever (and, (only) in retrospect, blindingly obvious) technique for IE specific stylesheets: "<!--[if IE ]><body class="ie"><![endif]-->"
design  web  browser  css  ie  coding  html  hacks 
october 2008 by blech
A fresh take on the browser | Official Google Blog
Official word on Chrome. "We will be launching the beta version of Google Chrome tomorrow in more than 100 countries." - localisation? "Google Chrome is far from done. We're releasing this beta for Windows" ... "hard at work building versions for Mac and Linux too".
google  google/chrome  browser  windows 
september 2008 by blech
Google Chrome | Google Book Search
The Google Chrome comic that kicked it all off, available on Google Book Search (and as a downloadable PDF).
google  google/chrome  comic  pdf  design  browser 
september 2008 by blech
Google Chrome Process Manager | John Resig
"If this is true and there's a process manager which allows you to see how many resources are being consumed by a particular browser tab (including plugins!) this will be a 100% killer browser feature." Resig goes on to consider the implications for web developers.
google  google/chrome  browser  javascript  development 
september 2008 by blech
Further WebKit vs Gecko Thoughts | blech.vox.com
Speaking of defecting from Gecko, here's some thoughts I tried to get down in April on the subject. I'm not very happy with the writing but I stand by the idea- that WebKit will succeed in the long term because it's easier to embed and hack upon.
webkit  gecko  mozilla  apple  software  browser  development  link:self 
september 2008 by blech
The Google Browser | The Truth about Mozilla
An interesting post from back in February about Firefox developers hired into Google suddenly going dark. Now it looks like this can be confirmed as them moving to Chrome-on-Webkit. (Presumably it was going to originally be Chrome-on-Gecko.)
google  google/chrome  mozilla  firefox  software  development  people  browser  via:bopuc 
september 2008 by blech
comic book - Page 12 | Google on Google Chrome
The comic book that Google is apparently using to introduce its browser (or is it a runtime environment?) spends a couple of pages, starting here, talking about why they chose WebKit. The whole thing seems to be worth reading, especially the bits about pervasive multithreading early on.
google  google/chrome  browser  web  webkit  development  comic 
september 2008 by blech
Mozilla Labs: Ubiquity | Daring Fireball Linked List
Gruber is sceptical about Ubiquity: "Quicksilver (or Enso) but only for the web", "The more ambitious examples (which don’t work yet), make me think it’s trying to do what AppleScript tried but failed to do. "
ubiquity  browser  firefox  scripting  comment  daringfireball 
august 2008 by blech
How to get Cross Browser Compatibility | Anthony Short
Looks like a reasonable list, but I completely disagree on the text-shadow bit- Safari knows what it's doing and the "fix" makes it look awfully spindly. Still, will be referred to.
browser  rendering  web  css  design  development  ie  safari  via:edd 
june 2008 by blech
Browsers on the Move | Adactio: Journal
Jeremy Keith's write-up of Michael Smith's survey of the browser landscape. Covers development tools - Dragonfly, Firebug, etc - as well as capabilities for HTML, CSS, JavaScript and so on.
browser  development  firebug  firefox  safari  webkit  ie  opera 
may 2008 by blech
AT&T’s Pogo browser beta tries too hard | Ars Technica
"We decided [to] run Pogo on a [PC] with two 3GHz CPUs, 4GB of RAM [and] 512MB of VRAM. From here, we were finally able to use Pogo enough to actually find out how well it works" This for a *web* *browser*.
browser  review  arstechnica  ui  usability  web 
april 2008 by blech
Muxtape uses Fluid | Muxtape
Combine a site-specific app generator with an uberpopular (if slightly naughty) online music service; mix in an app to stream to speakers and get a nice little internet radio thing.
webkit  desktop  audio  music  browser  via:coty 
april 2008 by blech
Mozilla blasts Acid3 | Ed Burnette’s Dev Connection
Quotes from Mozilla bloggers on Acid3, WebKit and Opera. Like Eric Meyer, Burnette notices a certain similarity between Mozilla's Acid3 comments and those of the IE team to Acid2.
acid3  mozilla  webkit  browser  svg 
march 2008 by blech
Acid Redux | Eric's Archived Thoughts
"What’s really needed right now is exhaustive test suites for specifications– XHTML, CSS, DOM, SVG, you name it. We’ve been seeing more of these emerge recently, but they’re not enough."
browser  webkit  opera  mozilla  acid3  html  svg  css  testing  comment 
march 2008 by blech
Scenes from an Acid Test | Surfin’ Safari
Details of changes to past test 79 of Acid3. Interesting snippet on SMIL support, and the links in the comments sent me down the rabbit hole a bit.
webkit  browser  acid3  svg  testing  development 
march 2008 by blech
About the Safari 3.1 Update | Apple
I was half-expecting this lot to have to wait for 10.6, but apparently not; perhaps Safari's new life as a dual-platform app has led to lots of releases. Fun toys, including a Developer menu and local storage (using the HTML5 API).
apple  safari  web  webkit  browser 
march 2008 by blech
Sniff browser history | Niall Kennedy
"Improved user experience" or "massive privacy invasion"? What will the web 2.0 koolaid commenters say? Bet now!
web  browser  history  development  hacks  javascript  privacy  usability 
february 2008 by blech
You Can Get There From Here | Loki
Skyhook-based location mapping for Firefox and IE across Mac OS X, Linux and Windows. If you want to see what the iPod touch maps can do, try this (although I haven't; no wireless at work.)
geowanking  location  wireless  application  browser  plugin  extension  via:thegareth 
january 2008 by blech
Requiem for a rendering engine | افكار و احلام
On iCab's development; "one man could single-handedly write an entire rendering engine that 'kept up with the Jonses' and ran natively on Mac OS 8.5-Mac OS X 10.5 inclusive".
software  mac  history  browser  development  via:daringfireball 
january 2008 by blech
POW -- Plain Old Webserver | Firefox Add-ons
"The Plain Old Webserver uses Server-side Javascript (SJS) to run a server inside your browser." Now with Perl and Python as well as JS. Nutty.
extension  mozilla  firefox  browser  server  development  javascript  cgi  via:straup 
january 2008 by blech
Fluid - Free Site Specific Browser | Ditchnet
A bit like Mozilla's Prism, but based on Webkit. It's also more of a site-specific browser generator than a browser itself. Still, interesting. 10.5 only; I'm not surprised by that, even this soon.
macosx  webkit  web  browser  via:coty 
december 2007 by blech
wafful.org - HTML only browser detection
Insane, but it seems to work.
html  browser  hack  via:2shortplanks 
october 2007 by blech
beltzner: Do you like the pretty?
Firefox 3: "Colour management support will result in richer colours for images that have a colour profile embedded in them." Hurrah! But: "colour management is off by default". Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear. Please do not let this default make it to release.
firefox  browser  colour  photography 
august 2007 by blech
mjt - Templating in Javascript
I can't remember if I bothered noting this here after seeing Freebase at etech this year, but I've just seen it again, so here's the link.
javascript  template  html  json  development  browser 
july 2007 by blech
Tab History :: Firefox Add-ons
"New tabs retain the session history of the originating tab. Links opened in a new tab won't have a blank history, but one that is populated from the parent' tab" Nice to see this for Firefox, even if it is just an option. Again, for windows also?
firefox  browser  extension  ui  history 
june 2007 by blech
What’s New in Netscape Navigator?
"Opening a link in a new tab will give the new tab the same history as the source tab for a more seamless tabbed browsing experience." I've always thought this would be a good idea, but it should apply to new windows too. Haven't seen if it does.
netscape  browser  ui  history 
june 2007 by blech
Google Gears (Beta)
It's been busy at the Google developer day. Offline storage for Firefox and IE6 (no Safari). I'm guessing there's SQLite in there. Will there need to be a standard for offline storage before it takes off?
google  gears  ajax  storage  javascript  extension  firefox  ie  browser  development 
may 2007 by blech
Geek to Live: Manage multiple Firefox profiles - Lifehacker
It's time for me to move up from Firefox 1.5, I think. Cloning a profile so I can return to it if I don't like 2.0 (or the Gran Paradiso alphas) seems like a good idea.
development  browser  firefox  windows  howto  hacks 
may 2007 by blech
Escaped Thoughts - Add-ons For Camino
"ChimericalConsole adds a console window showing the most recent JavaScript and CSS errors, and allows filtering by a specific word or phrase. The console is accessible from the “Show Error Console” menu item that is added to the View menu"
camino  browser  javascript  development  hacks 
may 2007 by blech
Starting with CSS: revisited - KuraFire Network
Old, but I think I might want some of this for groupr
browser  css  design  development  reference 
february 2007 by blech
Bug 340099 - Give bookmark "mouse down" appearance when using cmd-1 through 9
I was all excited about Camino adding cmd-1 through cmd-9 as bookmark bar launchers, but thanks to Stuart Morgan et al I can't use it with the bar hidden, so Camino stays secondary to Safari.
camino  browser  macosx  iamapickybastard 
january 2007 by blech
Mozilla Web Author FAQ
Why Mozilla don't think you should send XHTML
html  xml  browser  mozilla 
october 2006 by blech
Safari for Windows - Anne's Weblog
I tried this, and also found it (very) wanting. Still, an interesting idea, and hopefully it'll get a bit mature.
windows  webkit  safari  browser  applications  opensource 
august 2006 by blech
Macworld's Gadgetbox: Opera for the DS in motion
It looks fine. European release in October, apparently.
nintendo  ds  browser  blogcomment 
july 2006 by blech
Slide 4 of 28 (Making Senses, reboot8)
Should be implementable using link rel, right?
web  browser  extension 
june 2006 by blech

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