• Spell checking in Firefox

    Posted by Dan at 9:07pm on December 10, 2008 under the following categories: Browsers, JavaScript.

    Want to know how to spell check an entire web page in Firefox? Or how to add spell-checking to fields that do not have it by default? Read on for more.

  • Problems tabbing through checkboxes and radios in MacOSX Safari

    Posted by Jeff at 1:45pm on October 21, 2008 under the following categories: Accessibility, Browsers.

    Many people find it easier to use the tab key to cycle through the various fields of a form in a web page. If you are using a browser in MacOSX, you will find that you cannot use the tab key to access checkboxes or radio buttons... instead you have to use the mouse/trackpad. Read on for a solution.

  • Problems with anchors and alpha transparency filters in IE6

    Posted by Jeff at 7:29am on October 21, 2008 under the following categories: Browsers.

    If you use the Microsoft filter CSS property to allow support for an alpha transparent PNG on an element, any links directly within that element are not clickable (in Internet Explorer 6 only). The problem is explained and a solution put forward that will make your links clickable again.

  • Fixing a disappearing caret in Firefox

    Posted by Dan at 1:45pm on October 19, 2008 under the following categories: Browsers.

    The disappearing caret issue in Firefox is very annoying. There are many variations of this bug, most with fixes or workarounds. This fix is for the case where input elements on top of a fixed element do not have a caret.

  • How do I display alpha transparent PNGs across all browsers?

    Posted by Jeff at 10:40am on May 5, 2007 under the following categories: Browsers.

    Find out how you can use alpha transparency successfully across all browsers - and specifically IE 6 for Windows.

  • How to target specific IE browsers using just HTML?

    Posted by Jeff at 11:08am on April 18, 2007 under the following categories: Browsers, HTML/XHTML.

    Conditional comments are totally valid markup (for HTML as well as XHTML doctypes) that cause IE browsers running in Windows to parse the contents of the commented markup.

  • Microsoft finally retires IE 5 for the Mac

    Posted by Jeff at 12:03pm on December 15, 2005 under the following categories: Browsers.

    On December 14th 2005, Microsoft quietly published an update onto their web site. They announced they are finally ending all support for Macintosh Internet Explorer as of 31st December 2005 and will not be providing any further security or perfomance updates.