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How Browsers Work: Behind the Scenes of Modern Web Browsers
"As a web developer, learning the internals of browser operations helps you make better decisions and know the justifications behind development best practices. While this is a rather lengthy document, we recommend you spend some time digging in; we guarantee you'll be glad you did."
html  javascript  css  dom  newbie 
august 2011 by slieschke
Stop (Mis)Using Return False
Correct use of stopping event propagation and bubbling; talks about jQuery but is equally applicable to other frameworks like YUI.
javascript  dom  newbie 
september 2010 by slieschke
When can I use...
Compatibility tables for features in HTML5, CSS3, SVG and other upcoming web technologies
web  html  css  dom 
may 2010 by slieschke
Browser screen information
Specifically the image with the text "The User's Display Screen" in it. Note the suckiness of information exposed by Internet Explorer, making it impossible to correctly center windows opened via JavaScript.
dom 
november 2009 by slieschke
How Forms Submit When Pressing ‘Enter’
I've written a test page to investigate this behaviour in the past. This is more complete, and shared with the world to see! Kudos!
html  javascript  dom 
july 2009 by slieschke
On having layout — the concept of hasLayout in IE/Win
"Another thing to consider is how “layout” affects scripting. The clientWidth/clientHeight properties always return zero for elements without “layout.” This can be confusing to new scripters and is different to how Mozilla browsers behave."

Ugh.
dom 
august 2008 by slieschke
A Style All Their Own
JavaScript style property names and browser supprt
css  javascript  dom  newbie 
july 2008 by slieschke
Securely accessing content from multiple HTTP sources
Includes a nice brief history of AJAX in the "Round pegs, square holes" section
security  http  javascript  dom 
april 2007 by slieschke

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