Archives for “development”

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• PXtoEM.com: PX to EM conversion made simple.
  Easily convert pixel-based CSS measurements to EMs. Wonderful for when the client demands you change your EM-based headlines to 18px.
• Google begins phasing out IE6 support
  "Many other companies have already stopped supporting older browsers like Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers. We’re also going to begin phasing out our support, starting with Google Docs and Google Sites."
• Internet Online Website!
  Hilarious website satire from Aquent.
• After Google hack, Microsoft asks users to abandon IE6, XP
  "This is the first time we've seen Microsoft actually recommend users upgrade because of a specific flaw, and not just away from IE6 but away from Windows XP completely."
• Star Wars opening crawl, using only HTML
  "I’m done: Star Wars opening crawl, using only HTML & CSS. Caveats: It only works in Snow Leopard in Safari 4.0.4 and the WebKit nightly. Nothing else supports the CSS 3D transforms and animations I used, but I just wanted to see if it could be done."
• SecondBar
  Software to add a second menu bar on your secondary mac monitor.
• MagicPrefs
  Software to create new multi-touch inputs and improve results with your Apple Magic Mouse.
• ‘Controlled Serendipity’ Liberates the Web
  "If someone approached me even five years ago and explained that one day in the near future I would be filtering, collecting and sharing content for thousands of perfect strangers to read — and doing it for free — I would have responded with a pretty perplexed look."
• Bulletproof, cross-browser RGBA backgrounds, today
  Brilliant. A simple PHP script that generates transparent PNGs using passed values so that you can create on-the-fly transparent png background images for IE, and use rgba for everyone else. SO AWESOME.
• The Great Megapixel Swindle
  "But what’s clear is that the surplus megapixels of this camera are certainly not delivering additional image detail. And as you increase the ISO or stop down the lens, quality will only get worse... This is madness. Higher megapixel numbers are a swindle. They make pictures worse."

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