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.