24th july 2006

blimey, javascript powered css hacks

rafael lima has created a js library that allows for browser specific css classes. it means that you can prefix your style classes with a browser code (it covers ie, ie5, ie6, gecko, opera, konqueror and safari), and that specific css will only be picked up by that specified browser. i guess this is still a hack, and it obviously won't work if javascript is disabled, but it's still a cool idea.

why not take a look for yourself?

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css,

javascript,

web dev

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12th july 2006

yes, those mac ads

if you don't know what i'm talking about when i speak of the new 'i'm a mac, i'm a pc' ads from apple, you may have to google it first as there isn't a chance that i'm going to link to them here. i know you - the mac users anyway - are probably thinking 'typical pc user, he knows macs are better, and the ads prove it, so he's gonna ignore them', but that's not actually my issue with the ads. the reason i hate them, and i do, is this...

when i was 15 and doing gcse (that's an exam for my non-british reader) art and design, if we had this whole mac vs pc thang going on, and my teacher gave me a advertisement project to do called 'i'm a mac, i'm a pc' from apple's side, i would have created these ads. i would have a young, cool, hip, good looking, recognisable actor (ideally from some kind of recent hip hollywood comedy film that the 'kids' loved) play the mac, and then - and this is good - i'd get some middle aged, grey, geeky, boring, accountant (no disrespect to accountants) type bloke to act as the pc. i'd then write a script that was increadibly see-through. i'd make it look as though pcs can't play music, create videos, build websites, etc and that macs were soooooo cool that you couldn't create a spreadsheet on it even if you wanted to! and i'd definitly ignore the countless numbers of performance tests that have been carried out for years that invariably see the pc win, or that i can buy a pc for me, one for t'wife, and a spare one to run as a web server, for the cost of one small-i-big-m-ac. and after all that, i'd probably get a 'c', maybe a 'c+', with some comment from my teacher about 'trying harder', 'more thought', 'be original', 'less predictable', etc.

so the point of this post? (you mean i have to have a point to post something on my own site? damn) it's the fact that i do like the vh1 spoof ads.

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blog,

laugh

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6th july 2006

will the real sony please stand up?

look, i'm known in my circle as being a sony addict. anyone walking into my flat would immediately see why (although two lg products have invaded over the last few weeks, as i got my hd plasma - coz the reviews of the bravia were poor - and my hd upscaler dvd player - coz sony don't do them as they're concentrating on blu-ray). i love the brand. i always have.

however, it seems that once a week now - for at least the last 18 months - the sony foot is placed in the sony mouth. it's as though the people who used to make the decisions have been replaced with a group determined to make sony no longer a brand, but a pr #### up. this ad campaign is the latest embarrassment.

if anyone finds the real sony, can they please return it as soon as possible? thanks.

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blog,

gadgets

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5th july 2006

ajaxessibility

as well all know, the theory says that ajax and accessibility go together like a horse and minefield, but thanks to max kiesler you can shove that theory where the sun don't shine. perhaps anyway.

maxkiesler.com has an article titled "how to make your ajax applications accessible - 40 tutorials and articles", and you'd be right if you're thinking that it might be links to 40 tutorials and articles that'll make your ajax applications accessible.

i would write more about it but i'm off to copyright the title of this post.

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accessibility,

ajax,

web dev

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