Instead of relying on custom, OS specific, proprietary plug-ins, they can now easily build and maintain their apps using a few simple JavaScript APIs and have the browser do the heavy lifting.
Google has done what no other browser makes could do over the past 13 years; Chrome surpassed IE for the first time in market share. Chrome was estimated by StatCounter to have held 32.71 percent of the browser market on Sunday, while IE declined to 32.48 percent and Mozilla was at 24.88 percent.
Focus your time on the browsers/platforms the majority of users are using rather building for the newest and letting the rest settle. IMO, however, building for the newest promotes innovation and encourage users to upgrade.
Takes multiple images and combines them into a single image. When loading a page, you'll only need to get a single image (saving load times). You can then choose which "image" to use by setting the position (which the generator gives for each image).
when a user is given too many choices, it makes it harder for the user to make any choices
if it seems difficult to you, imagine what it will be like for a novice
"Only click the button once or you will be charged twice." Really? The developer of this site couldn’t take the time to disable that button after it was pressed?
In less than a week, we'll be in 2012. I know it's a cliché, but where has the year gone? Naturally, we're now at the time of year when folks set goals for the new year. While you might have some goals for your "real" life, how about a few resolutions for your developer life?
As Lincoln said, better to keep silent and be thought a fool, than speak up and remove all doubt. And so, in the end, 99 times out of 100, we choose silence
When we are silent, we are hurting the outcome
This is the problem" which can risk looking the fool and quite possibly pissing someone off, ask this: "Could it be ...that this is the problem?"
"Could it be" is a conversation starter, rather than an assertion
From "The Empire Strikes Back" to "Robin Hood", award-winning Foley artist Gary Hecker of Todd-AO says it takes "timing and a huge creative mind" to be the man behind the sound. Here, he shares tips and tricks he's learned during a career that has spanned more than 200 films.