Expansive Derivation

jQueryDocs Documentation Search Chrome Extension Released

Schalk — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:28:58 +0000

A day or so ago I wrote a post about the extensions for developers already available for those running the developer or beta channel versions of Chrome. In this post I also mentioned the extension that allows you to search the PHP docs. From the time I new about the extensions I wanted to write [...]

Developer Extensions For Chrome

Schalk — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:42:20 +0000

Chrome has been my default browser now for some time but, when developing web apps, back to Firefox it is. The rich selection of developer extension such as Firebug, HTMLTidy and the web developer toolbar as well as useful tools like ColorZilla and MeasureIt makes developing web apps just that little easier. This is all [...]

Book Review: Design Accessible Web Sites

Schalk — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:53:31 +0000

If you have been working on the web for some time and have embraced the recent focus on standards, semantics and accessibility and want to take you skills to the next level while learning some fascinating new areas of accessibility like multimedia and audio on the web, this title is for you. Written in a [...]

Replicating Yahoo’s Caps Lock Indicator With jQuery

Schalk — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:45:31 +0000

A while ago I wrote an article on using jQuery and plain JavaScript to add keyboard interaction to HTML forms. I then recently logged into one of Yahoo’s services and encountered their nifty caps lock indicator on the password field and thought I would replicate this using the code I wrote for the article mentioned [...]

Scrollable, Zebra Tables With Highlighting Rows With Chromatable and jQuery

Schalk — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:52:41 +0000

A few days ago I had the requirements to add scrollable tables, with a static header, that was also zebra striped and would highlight the current row on hover. I was looking for a scrollable table jQuery plugin already and having played with Chromatable I decided to simply add the missing functionality with the help [...]