ies4osx installs the Windows versions of Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, and 7.0 on your Intel-based Mac. While it’s certainly not perfect, it’s better than having to fire up a virtualized copy of Windows XP just to use a damn browser!
srijeda, 27. veljače 2008.
Run IE6 and IE7 on your Mac
If you’re a Mac lover like me, you often get frustrated with not being able to test interfaces in Internet Explorer. But now the pain ends.
subota, 23. veljače 2008.
Static Maps API
Google released what they call the Static Maps API. Not unlike the previous Google Charts API, this is basically just a parametrized image URL – the light-weight* sibling of the JavaScript Maps API.
Here's a sample image (I've cached the image on this server... note Google originally – oddly enough – uses GIF, not PNG):
The URL of this image would be (with line breaks added):
http://maps.google.com/staticmap?
center=40.709028,-74.018672&
zoom=14&
size=400x400&
maptype=mobile&
markers=40.702147,-74.015794,blues
%7C40.711614,-74.012318,greeng&
key=YOURKEY
YOURKEY would be your personal Maps API key which you need to sign up for.
At first look, the Static Maps API seems like a nice alternative to the full-blown JavaScript API – it's not interactive, but a little more accessible.
Firebug
As I was looking around at Firefox extensions yesterday for web development, I stumbled onto Firebug. I had complained yesterday that there was no way to edit html and apply the changes in real time in FireFox like you could in Opera.
Firebug lets you do just that. And it kicks Opera's capabilities in the groin, particularly in the area of CSS editing.
When you start firebug (tools->firebug->open firebug), it opens a couple windows at the bottom of the firefox screen.
The left window shows the html structure hierachically (you get little expand/collapse buttons for divs, etc), while the right window shows the CSS for whatever you have selected.
But here's where it gets good. You can click on a value in the right window and change it. It changes the page in real time. Even better, it has autocomplete, so you can options as you type.
Unfortunately, there's not really a way to export the changes you make (uploading them directly probably wouldn't work, especially for dynamically/script-created style sheets; but dumping the changes out to a text file or something like that would, I think, be pretty simple).
In any case, it's a complete God-send, and really helpful for moving things around and getting your margins and padding right.
Firebug lets you do just that. And it kicks Opera's capabilities in the groin, particularly in the area of CSS editing.
When you start firebug (tools->firebug->open firebug), it opens a couple windows at the bottom of the firefox screen.
The left window shows the html structure hierachically (you get little expand/collapse buttons for divs, etc), while the right window shows the CSS for whatever you have selected.
But here's where it gets good. You can click on a value in the right window and change it. It changes the page in real time. Even better, it has autocomplete, so you can options as you type.
Unfortunately, there's not really a way to export the changes you make (uploading them directly probably wouldn't work, especially for dynamically/script-created style sheets; but dumping the changes out to a text file or something like that would, I think, be pretty simple).
In any case, it's a complete God-send, and really helpful for moving things around and getting your margins and padding right.
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