Testing on Mobile Devices with Adobe Shadow
Adobe Shadow is a great set of tools for testing your web sites in multiple mobile devices simultaneously. The trick is setting it up correctly…
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CSS Sizing Advice: %, REMS, and EMs
An interesting blog post – Measuring and sizing UIs, 2011-style — over at CSS Wizardry provides up-to-date advice for CSS measurements. In a nutshell, the post advises web designers to abandon pixel values except in a few cases (like CSS-sprites), and use %, Rems, or ems. In particular it suggests: Use percentages for structural elements [...]
New CSS3 Cursor Styles
CSS3 offers new cursor styles: SitePoint provides an interactive overview of the new (and old) cursor types.
HTML5 / CSS3 Browser Support
Links to useful HTML5 and CSS3 support charts and resources. Find out which browsers support which technologies.
Keep an eye out for these HTML5 elements
The HTML5 <details> and <summary> elements look to solve a common problem and reduce the need for JavaScript. Check out this article: http://html5doctor.com/the-details-and-summary-elements/ (currently only works with Chrome.) Basically, you can create a box that you can open and close by clicking the <summary> tag: <details closed> <summary>Show/Hide me</summary> <p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus [...]
CSS3 Drop-Shadow Techniques
Great drop-shadows using CSS3 from Nicolas Gallagher: http://nicolasgallagher.com/css-drop-shadows-without-images/demo/
Amazing HTML5 Demo from Mozilla
Mozilla has posted an excellent (and educational) HTML demo: an amazing visual glossary of the planets.
CSS Compatibility and Internet Explorer
The Microsoft Developer’s Network has a very useful page on CSS Compatibility and Internet Explorer. I highly recommend visiting, reading, and bookmarking it.
Centering Page Content with CSS
Great post from Roger Johansson on how to center page content both horizontally and vertically — a much wished for trick.
Debugging jQuery
Great presentation on debugging jQuery. A must read for all JavaScript programmers who use jQuery.