Articles in Developer-Briefs
03.15.2007 / Usable Cross Browser Font Sizing
For Developers; Posted Under: Developer Briefs » Web Design.
How to use a combination of em and percent units to gain consistent cross browser text rendering.
01.26.2007 / General HTML/CSS Resources
For Public; Posted Under: Developer Briefs » Web Design.
I thought I’d quickly share a few sites that I’ve either found personally useful or, given where I am now, wish existed when I was picking the trade up.
01.23.2007 / A Primer on Designing for Internet Explorer 7
For Developers; Posted Under: Developer Briefs » Web Design.
An explanation of some design changes and their impacts in IE7 as well as some resources about current rendering bugs.
01.05.2007 / Adobe Photoshop CS3 Trial Information
For Public; Posted Under: Developer Briefs » Tech Overviews.
On December 15th 2006, Adobe released a public beta of Adobe Photoshop CS3. Aside from this being the first time their flagship application has received a public beta, it is significant because the Mac build is a Universal Binary.
12.15.2006 / Rounded Corners in Web Sites...
For Developers; Posted Under: Developer Briefs » Web Design.
This article attempts to reduce some of the headache of getting rounded corners to work across major web browsers.
12.05.2006 / Parallels Desktop to integrate with Apple BootCamp
For Public; Posted Under: Developer Briefs » Tech Overviews.
The latest Beta build announced by Parallels Desktop can not only read/write BootCamp partitions, but can boot from one!
11.11.2006 / Your Computing Environment on a USB Stick
For Public; Posted Under: Developer Briefs » Quick Tips.
While there are many ways to sync browsers, for those on the go basing key applications, or even an OS, from a USB flash drive can provide a better solution for creating a workable environment.
11.04.2006 / Running Multiple Web Browsers on a Workstation
For Developers; Posted Under: Developer Briefs » Tech Overviews.
This article shows how to install multiple versions of Internet Explorer on a single windows machine, as well providing an overview of how to get multiple Netscape/Gecko browsers running and some server-side and web based tools to help with testing site rendering.
09.14.2006 / MacBook Pro Running Windows Vista Release Candidate 1
For Public; Posted Under: Developer Briefs » Tech Overviews.
Video demo of a MacBook Pro running Windows Vista Release Candidate 1.
08.13.2006 / Collaborative Instant Messaging Solutions
For Public; Posted Under: Developer Briefs » Tech Overviews.
A look at different instant messaging clients and their viability in a professional collaborative context.
08.10.2006 / Useful Firefox Extensions
For Public; Posted Under: Developer Briefs » Tech Overviews.
While we can’t keep up with all the extensions out there, and everyone will have their own tastes, needs, and style of usage we hope this page is of use to people who are just discovering this “BOL Approved” Browser… or want to get a little more out of an application they are already familiar with.
08.04.2006 / Microformats
For Developers; Posted Under: Developer Briefs » Quick Tips.
Microformats are an unofficial solution to creating small, simple, standardized solutions based on existing practices.
08.02.2006 / Dual Win XP/OS X Environment
For Developers; Posted Under: Developer Briefs » Tech Overviews.
Thoughts on the dual boot vs. virtualization issue regarding running Windows XP on an Intel based Macintosh computer, an intriguing testing and development environment.
07.31.2006 / IE7 Beta 3 and Firefox 2.0 Beta
For Public; Posted Under: Developer Briefs » Tech Overviews.
While Internet Explorer 7 is on it’s last beta release before RC status, the first public beta of Firefox 2.0 is available for testing.
05.31.2006 / Practical AJAX Resources
For Developers; Posted Under: Developer Briefs » Patterns and Practices.
As a follow up to our AJAX Primer, this article includes more information (and many links!) to AJAX resources and frameworks.