It was expected that Internet Explorer 8 will support the standard “opacity” property of CSS, but it seems that its developers have decided not drop the support for filters yet, which is not that bad, though, as it still lacks support for <canvas> scripting. However, there is a great difference between the filter support in IE8 and [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Setting Opacity and Other Filters in Internet Explorer 8
Posted in Browsers, CSS, CSS Hacks, Tips and Tricks, tagged css opacity, css transparency, DX filter, IE8 CSS filters, IE8 CSS opacity, IE8 DX filters, internet explorer 8 opacity, set internet explorer 8 opacity, set opacity to internet explorer 8 on November 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The 32 External CSS Files Limitation of Internet Explorer and More
Posted in CSS, Web Development, Tips and Tricks, Browsers, tagged max number of css files, 32 css files, internet explorer max css files, max css files ie, internet explorer max number of css files, 32 stylesheets, cannot load css files in internet explorer, cannot load css files in IE on November 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Recently, a client of mine complained that certain css files included in his webpage do not load in Internet Explorer. I took a look at his code and noticed that he had tried to register more than 40 external stylesheets in the <head>…</head> section of his webpage, which reminded me of a less known limitation in [...]
UX – Abuses, Misuses and Misinterpretations of the Term
Posted in Thoughts, UX, Web Development, tagged accessibility, semantics, usability, user experience, UX, ux abuse, ux misinterpretation, ux misuse, web-standards, what is user experience on November 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
* This post does not aim to offend real UX engineers, it is just my personal view as a professional developer, based on a 7+ years of experience in the field of web development. In the era of the highly misused and rather vague term Web 2.0, being a UX engineer (also – expert, guru, developer [...]
Acid Machine Band Logo Contest (Take 2)
Posted in News on November 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A month ago, the band I play for announced a contest for the design of band logo, in which the submission deadline was October 18, 2008. Unfortunately, although we received a number of logo designs (a big thank you to the submitters) we did not come to unanimous decision of which one to take, and now we [...]