Time breakdown of modern web designer (GIF image) Sometimes this is what it feels like. Stand out observations: • Time spent looking for that one extra space character in the JavaScript that Firefox is throwing a wobbly over. Not so good. • Time spent trying to get the layout to work using only CSS before giving up and using tables. Not good at all. On the plus side though, the ... Read full entry

Acid3: Putting Browser Makers on Notice, Again. The Web Standards Project, or WaSP, has just unveiled the Acid3 Browser Test, which especially tests for JavaScript and DOM compliance in modern day browsers. The Acid3 Test is designed to test specifications for Web 2.0, and exposes potential flaws in implementations of the public ECMAScript 262 and W3C Document Object Model 2 standards. Collectively known as DOM Scripting, ... Read full entry

FancyZoom 1.1: "Smooth Javascript Image Zooming For Your Web Pages". Designed to view full-size photos and images inline without requiring a separate web page load, FancyZoom's raison d'être (French for "raisin-determination") is providing a smooth, clean, truly Mac-like effect, almost like it's a function of Safari itself. Via CSS Beauty.

The rules of unobtrusive JavaScript: take nothing for granted... One of the most important things to keep in mind when writing JavaScript for the Web is to make it unobtrusive, since You cannot rely on JavaScript being available. A few things for those who like using JavaScript to take into account. + Photo of ... Read full entry