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Interesting Cross-Browser Tidbit: Letter Case in ID Names

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:58:49 GMT

If you do a document.getElementById() on an object whose ID has the exact same letters but doesn't match the case of the object's declared ID, it should fail, right? Depends on the browser. Here's what really happens: IE 6.0: It works anyway! It appears to make the ID case-insensitive so the access will succeed. Typical of ID, the "forgiving browser". Firefox 1.0/ Netscape 7.0: It fails as it should, giving the error "Object...

Latest Election Results

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:43:47 GMT

The most significant results of the recent election is that I registered to vote and actually voted for the first time in years. I've been doing some reading on the Revolutionary War, and one of the big things they were fighting for back then was taxation without representation - they didn't get to vote for the members of Parliment who passed taxation laws on them. The way I look at it, if those farmers and shopkeepers can put their lives on the line so we can live in prosperity...

Cool vs. Usable

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:43:04 GMT

Thought I'd start out my blog with a short discussion of "design for cool" vs. "design for usability." One of the most important design decisions you can make for a new web site design is cool vs. usable. A "cool" site has lots of motion graphics in the navigation and elsewhere. In contrast, a site with high "usability" is plainly laid out with stationary navigation, a simple layout and calm colors. Before you can decide which is best, you...