Solving technology problems, one at a time
Other Mac OS X updates have gone more smoothly for me. Here are the problems I’ve noticed so far: Safari 3 seems to have trouble with interpreting clicks, particularly from devices like the Kensington Trackball
Continue readingIt is common to use object detection to discriminate between browser capabilities (See Quirksmode: Object Detection.
However, sometimes it is necessary to detect whether or not a browser understands a particular CSS style property, and it is not obvious how to do this.
You can’t test for the existence of the property directly but you can test for the data type of the value of the property. If the data type is anything but “undefined”, the property is understood by the browser.
The example below shows a couple of rows from an automatically generated table of items. Each row has a corresponding editable version which shows up when the “edit” button is clicked. The original, non-editable row is hidden at the same time the editable row is displayed. If “display=’block” is used to display the TR, Safari will render it as a TD. To correct this, “display=’table-row” must be used on browsers that understand it.
Continue readingMy old first-generation iPod finally gave up the ghost a few months ago. It showed the Folder-with-a-questionmark icon, no matter what I did. I fully charged it, attempted to restore it, reset it numerous times,
Continue readingWhen I first added AdSense ads to this blog, I had no idea what to expect. After three years, I would have to say that the results have been mixed, but overall I’ve found that
Continue readingHave you ever tried to use a javascript to modify the properties of a frame? Particularly a javascript ON the frameset page? If you have tried, you probably know that timing plays an important role.
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