Archive for March, 2008

WebKit public build has pretty much passed Acid 3. This is great news. It seems like the fight for browsers to be standards compliant is getting closer and closer to ending. Now let’s see how long it takes IE and FireFox to pass Acid 3…

So today I downloaded and installed WordPress 2.5(currently in its release candidate stage).  As of yet, I like it.  The admin has a fresh and simple look to it.  And the separation of tags and categories is welcome.  They changed the widgets “drag n’ drop” interface a bit, but it is just as easy to manage.  [...]

Apparently it is a good week for web news.  The new Acid test was released by the folks at webstandards.org on Monday.  And it looks like the winning browser is…. no one?  Check out this quote from a statement on webstandards.org:
“As a series of 100 mini-tests, Acid3 has already been found to expose flaws in all [...]

Yesterday, Microsoft released some great news about the future of IE8.  You all should really read it for yourself ASAP. Here is a good excerpt to give you the just:
“Our initial thinking for IE8 involved showing pages requesting “Standards” mode in an IE7’s “Standards” mode, and requiring developers to ask for IE8’s actual “Standards” mode separately. We [...]

I hate CSS hacks.  I do.  But in all honestly, I like to try and find new ones.  Maybe it’s the discovery feeling I’m after.  Like I have found a hidden gem or something.  I don’t know, but I keep playing around with CSS in hopes of finding new things all the time.  And so, [...]