Date: 04/11/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: browser, google

A good article from EndGadget explaining creating custom annotated Google Maps. It requires Firefox browser (with Greasemonkey extension) installed. The rest is easy. Link

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-make-your-own-annotated-multimedia-google-map/

Date: 04/13/05 (Computer Help)    Keywords: browser

hi there! unfortunately, i think i may have checked/unchecked a few too many 'option'buttons last night and i noticed something was missing-in my browser window, there is usually a narrow grey bar at the bottom of the window, either above or below the horizontal scroll bar, and inside the bar, it usually tells me an address of a hyperlink when i scroll my mouse over a link. i was just wondering if there was some way i could get this back? any help would be great! thanks again!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computer_help/374593.html

Date: 04/13/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: browser

Open-source browser continues to lure many Net users, encroaching on IE's dominant market share.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Firefox+draws+2.6+million+surfers+in+March/2100-9588_22-5669690.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 04/13/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: software, browser

Big Blue looks to hire techies to adapt the open-source browser to work well with its server software.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/IBM+on+the+hunt+for+Firefox+programmers/2100-9588_22-5669519.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 04/15/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: browser, css, html, web, google

I was just reading this explanation on google maps and thought this quote was interesting:

"I also think it bears noting that Google is pulling out all the stops to build rich web apps, no matter how weirdly they have to hack the browser to make them go. And I strongly believe that this is a trend that is here to stay -- XHTML Strict/CSS/etc be damned. At the end of the day, what really matters to users is compelling apps that let them get their work done quickly."

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/854828.html

Date: 04/15/05 (Mozilla)    Keywords: software, browser, css, security, microsoft, google

I'm not really looking for an answer in this post, mostly just the community's thoughts.

The high school that I attend has internet access, like most other high schools now a days, but our computer tech seems to think that Internet Explorer is the browser of choice and won't even consider looking at anything else. He's dependant on Microsoft and can't really think outside of the box. Anyways, he told me that for him to do anything, the district would have to put Firefox (the browser that I'm pushing) on the "aproved software list". I can come up with several key "pros" that Firefox has over IE, but I was wondering if any of you could tell me some that I'm overlooking. Here's what I have:

- Pop-up blocking
- Correct CSS rendering
- Tabbed Browsing
- Increased stability (has only crashed once on me)
- Increased security (in respect to its lack of security holes that have plagued IE since forever)
- Easy access to various search engines
- Constantly updated to fix security holes
- Completely free

If I have any misinformation, I was just led to believe it from whatever source, so sorry about that. I tried mozilla.org for any other differences but couldn't come up with any.

Also, right before I posted this, I thought I should search google just one last time to pick up anything I might have left off. This site sounds very persuasive. Maybe I should send most of this article or a link to it to the District instead?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mozilla/272163.html

Date: 04/18/05 (Security)    Keywords: browser

Open-source specialist says vulnerabilities affect its namesake suite and the Firefox browser.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Mozilla+flaws+could+allow+attacks%2C+data+access/2100-1009_22-5674883.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 04/18/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: browser

This wont get nearly as much press as a Firefox point release, but Opera 8 has been released. (it's to be officially annouced tomorrow, but you can download it now)

I don't care much if you use it or not (I do care a bit, it's hugely underrated), but you designer types might want to download it for testing. To be honest, everyone should give it a go, though I've learnt from experience not to suggest to a Firefox user that there might be something better - they get all scary-like.

It's just as standards complient as Gecko, arguably moreso, so if you code correctly there shouldn't really be anything to worry about. But as it is a different rendering engine, at least testing in it would be sensible. You really have no excuse.

p.s. opera_browser

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/856880.html

Date: 04/19/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: browser

New version of browser aims to attract more first-time users, but can it match Firefox's pizazz?

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Opera+8+aims+for+simpler+browsing/2100-9588_22-5676413.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 04/20/05 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, mysql, browser, html, database, sql

Hi all,
I have a program that gets its images from a mysql database. I pass a string to the program that gets the picture inside an HTML image tag like this:

<*img src=\"show_image.php/thumbnails/$boxData[thum_id]/img.jpg\">

This is what the string looks like when it has been passed:

show_image.php/thumbnails/7678/img.jpg

This is the program show_image.php

$pic_id = get_pic_id($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);

$table_name = get_table_name($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);

$file_data = get_file_data($pic_id, $table_name);

header("Content-type: " . $file_data['type']);

echo $file_data['binary_data'];

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/php/288307.html

Date: 04/20/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: browser, web

Ok, I'm wondering if anyone knows how I would center the content of a web page in my browser. I tried changing the left hand margin, but if the browser gets smaller, it means I have to horizontal scroll to see alll of the content. Is there a way of centering so that it moves with the browser size?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/858590.html

Date: 04/21/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: browser, web

I finally got my website finished enough that I could post it. I didn't try to get fancy with it, I just wanted to present the facts with a little bit of style. As with most of my websites, I am already tired of this one, and have already started redesigning it in my head. Until that happens, I guess I'll leave this one up for a bit. I still need to make a few more tweeks to it, add a few more pieces to the "work" page, and make the "other" page which will contain odd projects and links to other stuff of mine (like photo's and things).

:: r2witco.net ::

graphicdesign

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/859651.html

Date: 04/22/05 (Javascript Community)    Keywords: browser

I've been trying just about all day to add a 'quick build' function to a page. What I want it to do is to show a little popup div when they click on an image next to a link. The div will have a small form to quickly perform an action which would otherwise have to go through a couple of pages first.

I've been able to get it to show when the image is clicked, however when I try to make it disappear when the user clicks anywhere else on the page, it makes it disappear even when clicked inside the div. I can't seem to figure out how LiveJournal does it here with "AJAX" comment management.

The code uses the X Library from cross-browser.com to make it cross-browser compliant. If you haven't heard of it, it basically allows you to call one function and get the same result across different browsers. Any function that begins with x is from that library.