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read moreI forgot about this hidden gem: Internet Explorer and Fade-In pitfalls
jQuery’s fadeIn() method is a wonderful thing. It’s a great way to bring things in and out of the UI without a sudden jolt, visually. The downside to this, however, is Internet Explorer and the way it handles filters for transparency. When an element is faded in, and it contains fonts, IE does not remove the filter by default. This prevents the fonts from smoothing like they should. Internet Explorer post standard jQuery fadeIn() method In searching for a solution, I stumbled across a rather simple removeFilter() method someone...
read moreSneak Peak of OKcommerce.gov’s Engineering Marketing
Here are 3 videos that have been developed as marketing engineering to the youngsters. It’s primarily to help bring to light that a lot of the things they may like can always one day be their job. As it’s been pointed out to me, Nar is supposedly a dead ringer for me. What do you guys...
read moreWhy Digg v4 Is A Fail
So, the new Digg has launched and there’s quite a bit of an uproar over the way stories rise to the top of the news page. This is a simple example of the Technology page without logging in to the Digg (logging in doesn’t change Top News, just My News). I mean, I love Mashable, but come on. Click the image to...
read moreInline Images With Data URLs
This particular trick comes in very handy for the mobile platforms. Instead of linking to your CSS and your images, you can use this method to embed the images inline within the CSS. This keeps the browser from having to make multiple calls, thus speeding up the load time of your application. You can also use this method within an IMG tag as well. /* *********************************************************** * START ::: * 64bit encodes images for CSS embedding * Alternatively, if you are not using PNGs, you can specify the...
read moreMake print_r() Pretty
This is literally print_r() dressed up. I normally run this within my general $app object so to call it, I would use $app->debug($var). As with print_r(), it loops indefinitely using lists to format a readable layout in HTML. This helps the developer avoid having to view source and scroll…and scroll…and scroll to find the output of an array or object. class System_Application { /* *********************************************************** * START ::: * Used for writing variables and arrays to screen * for debugging. If...
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