A long time ago, at a far away company, I was given a project that required a not-so-usual use of tooltips. I had to implement multi-line tooltips like so: Luckily it only had to work in IE, and line breaks for tooltips in IE are just normal linebreaks in HTML, so nothing too complicated. But... »
In an effort to bootstrap Mozilla Service Week, we’ve put out our first call for volunteering on Idealist.org. Want to exercise your CSS skills? We need help fixing IE 6 layout issues. We mark IE6 bugs as critical when they block a user’s ability to volunteer, but display bugs are less of a priority. It’s... »
Update: We’ve released Cesium 0.1.1, which can be downloaded here: http://people.mozilla.org/~rdoherty/cesium/cesium-0.1.1.zip YSlow is an invaluable resource for developers who want to ensure that their web applications are as responsive as possible to users. For those who don’t already know, YSlow is an extension for Firebug, another incredibly useful tool for web developers, which is... »
Accessibility is a pretty hairy issue in web development. When attempting to determine if your site is accessible, there are so many standards and recommendations to follow. 508, WCAG, WCAG 2.0, WAI Priority 1, 2 & 3. Well, now there is a new standard from the W3C called WAI-ARIA (Web Accessibility Initiative – Accessible... »
