For a long time I’ve been doing what many others do and use tricks like ClickToFlash (for Safari) and FlashBlock (for Firefox) to prevent Flash content from bringing my Macs’ CPUs to their knees and ruining my “web experience�.
But not anymore. A couple of weeks ago I stumbled across the Daring Fireball article Going Flash-Free on Mac OS X, and How to Cheat When You Need It, and decided that it was time to get rid of Flash instead of using plugins to hide it.
Posted in Web General.
I took a look at the statistics for this site the other day and noted something interesting: as of October 2010, Internet Explorer (all versions combined) is now only the third most used browser.
Firefox comes in first with 49.4 %, Chrome second with 19 %, and IE is third with 18 %. The trend continues for November.
Posted in Browsers.
Last week Apple released an update for Snow Leopard, bringing Mac OS X to version 10.6.5. In case you missed it, details about the update are available in About the Mac OS X v10.6.5 Update.
This update changed the apachectl script (used to restart Apache from the command line, for instance), causing it to give you an error when you run it. I noticed this when trying to restart Apache after adding a new virtual host:
username:~ username$ sudo apachectl graceful
/usr/sbin/apachectl: line 82: ulimit: open files: cannot modify limit: Invalid argumentPosted in Mac.
Do you feel that your front-end code isn’t quite up to enterprise standards? Want some good tips on how to take your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to the next level? Go to Enterprise CSS, Enterprise HTML, and Enterprise JavaScript for loads of useful tips and best practices.
Note: To eliminate any risk of misunderstanding I think it’s best to add that this is a joke – most of the tips are actually anti-best practice. The sad thing is that the front-end code of many “enterprise-level� sites and content management systems really do look like many of these “tips� have been taken seriously.
Some of my favourite tips are these:
Posted in (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
Five and a half years ago I posted an article about Accessibility myths and misconceptions where I tried to explain why some commonly held beliefs about web accessibility are incorrect. Early this year, Ian Pouncey posted a few other Web accessibility myths.
Here is a quick roundup of the myths from these two articles.
Posted in Accessibility.