Providing cross-browser support (for simple UIs) is much nicer than it used to be but the occasional hiccup can certainly still be expected. In the last few months I’ve implemented a couple of components that needed to popup “on top of” what was already displayed. The only real gotcha seems to be with how IE [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘ajax’
October 6, 2006
Case study: Make your site feel more forced w/javascript
As an avid evite user I’m well aware that the site really works well for 95% of the people that need to use it. I’m also well aware that every regular user I know either dislikes it – or has no opinion. While there are _many_ people who really appreciate what it does: greatly assist [...]
June 25, 2006
Sex, Drugs, and Rock n’ Roll (and Laszlo on Rails) w/Mike Pence
Mike Pence, self-employed (and sometimes self-unemployed) professional web surfer delivered “Sex, Drugs, and Rock n’ Roll (and Laszlo on Rails)” this morning at RailsConf. The talk began with the “Where are we headed?” question. Users are expecting a much more interactive, responsive, and good looking interface than they were even just a few years ago. [...]
June 24, 2006
Ajax On Rails w/Justin Gehtland
Are we still at the point where a talk on ajax must start with the "What is ajax?" question? Well, at least the explanations seem to be getting shorter Justin spent the majority of the presentation showing uncluttered examples of various Rails/Ajax/Prototype capabilities. Auto-complete search, drag-drop, and the like. These were delivered in a "if [...]
