Browsers

Through a viewport, darkly.

Version targeting, take two

In Issue No. 253 of A List Apart, for people who make websites: Jeremy Keith says version targeting in IE8 is all right but its default is all wrong. I argue that the default seems wrong but is actually right and necessary. Read, discuss, decide.

Not your father’s standards switch

For seven years, the DOCTYPE switch has stood designers and developers in good stead as a toggle between standards mode and quirks mode. But when IE7 “broke the web,” the quest was on to find a more reliable ensurer of forward compatibility. Is version targeting the answer?

Messed update

Installed Tiger update 10.4.11 this morning, which mainly provides Safari 3, which cannot access web content. It quits on launch every time.

Client input, iPhone constraints

Collaborative work sessions that actually work; designing and coding with the iPhone in mind.

Web type, iPhone content

In Issue 244 of A List Apart, father of CSS Håkon Lie advocates real TrueType fonts in web design, while Iconfactory’s Craig Hockenberry describes in detail how to optimize websites for iPhone.

Safari better than Firefox?

Safari handles text much more beautifully and accurately than Firefox.

Enable caching to upload files

Disabling caching in Safari is good for web design but prevents file uploading over http.

Monday breakfast links

Yummy, yummy!

IE7 CSS tweak show and tell

What hacks have you jettisoned, and with what have you replaced them?

IE7 Bugs and Fixes, Part I

Holly hackery.