Javascript Dock Progress
I haven't had as much time as I'd like in recent days to dedicate to the javascript dock project, but I did put in a few of the necessary hacks for the obsolete Internet Explorer. I did it mostly out of sick curiosity, but to my surprise, it does fairly well. (So long as you don't have it set to report every javascript error in its own alert.)
I need to rethink the way I've been doing the description text above the icons because it only works properly in Firefox, and wow does it ever work well in Firefox. But I think I could take one of a few other approaches and find a greater level of browser compatibility.
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- 2005-03-31
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Guerilla Web Design and IE7
I know that I'm just speaking for myself, but there's been a lot of whirring about the upcoming release of Internet Explorer 7, and as of yet, I'm not impressed or worried. The latest buzz is about Internet Explorer not moving forward to support CSS2, and at this early stage in the game, no one can really say what will really be supported. I'm going to take their reports at their word, and for the purposes of this article assume that IE7
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- 2005-03-22
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Crash course in RSS
I set up an RSS feed for this fabulous weblog today, and the kicker is that I don't know if it works. I don't use RSS readers, so I don't know what to expect. It started a while back when Shawn asked that I put an RSS feed on this page so that he'd know when I update. I agreed on the condition that his blog remembers my name and info when I revisit his blog. (a note to Shawn: I'm waiting.)
From what I gather, the principle of an rss reader is that a user can read stories (or previews of stories) from dozens of websites in one screen. Or so I imagine. I guess if you have an rss reader you don't need to spend your mornings clicking about the web to pick up your news, gossip, and whatever else that you might seek on the web in the mornings. I've also come to understand that it also works in the afternoons and at night. If that's the case, then shame on me for not getting into this sooner because fewer clicks is greater efficiency, and I've got a soft spot for efficiency.
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- 2005-03-19
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Dock bug fix
It please me so that Mac OS X Javascript Dock v2 has been updated with new CSS that makes Safari and Firefox agree.
The problem that I was running into was that Safari didn't seem terribly interested in showing the white label text over the icons because it was outside of the bounding box area of the link. The obvious CSS workarounds didn't work.
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- 2005-03-18
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Mac OS X Dock Redux
After seeing google's little homage to the Mac OS X dock, I decided to go back and revamp mine a bit. For simplicity's sake, I took a nod from them, and did away with creating a list. That got rid of a few battles and the more CPU intensive routines that I was using.
So now I have a new version of the Javascript Dock, though this one has a few new bugs. I've been messing with it all day long and decided to take a rest and post progress.
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- 2005-03-17
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