IE-only Styles: Where Should They Be Placed?
(July 13, 2010)
Dealing with Internet Explorer is a fact of web design, and it isn’t going to go away anytime soon. If not for some of the differences in the way IE6 and IE7 handle certain areas of CSS (whether it be margin bugs, float bugs, or other problems), CSS development would be so much easier.
Support Internet Explorer and Still Be Cutting Edge
(December 2, 2009)
Everyone has been going on about how we should use CSS3 more and all of the possibilities and flexibility that come with it, but that we should still consider IE6 and other troubling browsers.
But how do we actually do that? How do we create websites that are up to date with the latest coding techniques but that are also usable for people experiencing the Web on Internet Explorer?
Adding Custom Buttons to Internet Explorer
(April 27, 2005)
Have you ever wanted to extend the Internet Explorer toolbar by adding your own buttons? Say you wanted to add a button that launched [Dreamweaver], for example, or some other tool you frequently need to access when browsing the Web. Or maybe you'd like a button that launches a script that opens your company intranet home page in a new IE window.
Perhaps you'd like a button that does some other custom action, such as launching Notepad (if you're cheap)... to jot down some notes. Or maybe you need to allow users to perform some action on a kiosk machine that allows access only to IE and not the Start menu or desktop.
Hacking Firefox: Add Stuff to Your Toolbars
(April 14, 2005)
Firefox fans, are you looking to trick out your toolbar with all kinds of cool new features? In an excerpt from the just-published "Firefox Hacks," [we] show you how to integrate Firefox with Gmail using the GMail Notifier extension, and how to use InfoLister, an extension that generates an HTML list of everything you currently have installed in your Firefox implementation.
Making Firefox look like IE
(March 13, 2005)
Quirky Percentages in IE6's Visual Formatting Model
(March 6, 2005)
How stuff works - Firefox:
(March 6, 2005)
A Web browser is sort of like the tires on your car. You don't really give them much daily thought, but without them, you're not going anywhere. The second something goes wrong, you definitely notice.
Knowing how something works can really help when you're trying to figure out why something isn't working the way you expected it. So this article gives you a quick run down on How FireFox works
