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5 Jun 2009
HTML 5 makes adding video to your site a great deal easier with video tag. Issues of videos codecs, browser support and accessibility need to be resolved but somewhere down the line video will get a whole lot easier. Read more
14 Apr 2009
I've recently moved from using Parallels for browser testing to Sun's Open Source VirtualBox. Here's a walkthrough on how to get a browser testing suite for free on OSX or Ubuntu. Read more
20 Feb 2009
Border-radius allows you to create rounded corners with just CSS without the need for graphics or JavaScript. If you are not using it yet here's an explanation. Read more
9 Oct 2008
With most browsers now using Page Zoom rather than just enlarging text is this the end of the road for em based typography? Read more
17 Sep 2008
The UK Govenrnment's Central Office of Information has published a Browser Standards Draft suggesting browser support should be based on usage. The draft document has misinterpreted the browser market and needs to be reconsidered. Read more
10 Sep 2008
Last week Google launched a new web browser Google Chrome. Built to facilitate the next generation of web applications the browser is an exciting newcomer to the market that wins on performance and features but looks like 'my first web browser'. Read more
2 Sep 2008
The news that Google is to launch Google Chrome, a web browser is good news for the browser market and web applications in general. Read more
18 Jun 2008
Mozilla's launch of Firefox 3 was a poorly conceived marketing exercise and has let down an excellent product. Read more
24 Apr 2008
I've been monitoring browser statistics on clients over the last few months in order to understand the effects of the IE7 forced update by Microsoft. Among corporate clients it doesn't seem to have had much effect and IE6 looks set to be around for a while. Read more
4 Mar 2008
Microsoft has changed its mind about the proposal to use a meta tag to trigger IE8 to use the standards rendering mode. Read more
26 Feb 2008
Recently I have had some success in changing browser usage within a client network. Here's a short summary of what I have learnt. Read more
22 Jan 2008
The news that IE8 is considering using meta tags to determine rendering modes is a bad idea from everyone's perspective and Microsoft should reconsider. Read more
14 Dec 2007
Opera have filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission stating that Microsoft is abusing its market position by selling the Windows operating system together with its Internet Explorer browser. Read more
23 Nov 2007
Striving to make sites the same cross-browser at the presentation and behaviour layers is a bad philosophy for the web and for the browser market. Instead designers and developers should embrace Progressive Enhancement and accept a lesser experience for less capable browsers. Read more
26 Oct 2007
Today is the launch of Leopard, Apple's latest version of the OSX operating system. With it comes Safari 3, a product that almost a year on from the launch of Vista highlights the stagnant performance of Internet Explorer 7. Read more
8 Oct 2007
The news that the open source browser engine WebKit is to follow Opera and support font-face is great news for web typography. But more work needs to be done by the web community, browser manufacturers and font foundries. Read more
19 Oct 2006
I've always designed using the web safe colour palette. Recently I realised I didn't actually know why. After a bit of research it would seem it is less relevant than I thought. Read more
28 Sep 2006
Internet Explorer 7 is just around the corner and there have been warnings from Microsoft that existing hacks will break layouts in IE7. By limiting the use of hacks your CSS can be both backwards and forwards compliant. Read more
1 Jun 2006
I had to do a template today and I took the opportunity to code using no hacks. With the impending launch of Internet Explorer 7 there are going to be many sites that won't render properly because of existing Internet Explorer hacks. Read more
27 May 2006
After my browser love-in yesterday I was reminded of Flock. It was launched as preview in late 2005. Built on Mozilla's open source code the business model was to gain market share by offering users an excellent experience. What was that excellent experience? Well not much - RSS, easy blogging and maybe instant messaging. Errr.... what's different from most of the other major browsers? Read more
26 May 2006
Although I love Firefox for Mac I can't deny that it is very slow compared to other browsers. After reading of the adventures of the Mac browser pimp Jon Hicks I decided to experiment a bit more in my browser usage. Where did I end up? Well in a multitude of places with multiple browsers open! Read more
10 Apr 2006
Until today I wasn't aware of the Fangs plugin for Firefox. Whilst reading an article on evaluating accessibility over at 456 Berea Street I came across the plugin. Roger at 456 Berea Street recommends that developers use this plugin to assess accessibility and I fully concur with him. Read more
2 Mar 2006
I've been testing out the new Internet Explorer 7 Beta for a while now and I must say that most if not all of it is very good. For a start the security is much better but as a designer I can't get over the quality of the rendering. It is near Mac like in quality. Read more
Address: N301 Westminster Business Square
1-45 Durham Street
London SE11 5JH
Telephone: +44(0)203 286 2857
E-mail: hello@shapeshed.com
