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Targeting and Managing CSS Hacks
CSS hacks and work-arounds are a necessary evil of client-side website development, and on complex sites they can really start to pile up. This causes long-term maintenance headaches as new browser versions are released and old ones fall out of use. To keep your sanity, you need a strategy for targeting and maintaining your browser-specific CSS.
7 Ways to Fix the ABC News Website (kinda)
I recently wrote a lengthy critique of the redesigned ABCNews.com. What I didn’t do was offer some suggestions of how they could make it better without an expensive overhaul.
One of the major complaints readers had about the new site is that it’s slow. In the spirit of constructive criticism, here are seven things ABC News can do to speed up their existing site. The best part: these tips can be adapted to improve any website’s performance.
Microsoft Brings Conditional Comments to JavaScript
For better or worse, Microsoft’s concept of conditional comments is also available for the Web’s favorite scripting language. The company calls this feature “conditional compilation.” It could be used to address cross-browser JavaScript incompatibilities by using features unique to Microsoft’s “JScript” implementation of the language.