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The standardistas were abuzz a year ago with hopeful predictions for the coming year. Visions of sugar plums dropping rounded corners, AJAX, and alpha transparent pngs danced through their heads. 2006 has been a great year for web development. Did we get what we wanted? Did we get too much of what we wanted? Further, [...]

Back in the dark days, programmers battled with a forgotten browser. It was good for its time, like a 4-cyl Fiero. But time marched on and this browser stagnated, forcing those working in the internet world to jump through programming hoops to make their pages work. There were a few heroes that made this work [...]

Chris Wilson, the main guy behind IE7 (and older versions) discussed several new features of Internet Explorer 7 at the @media conference in London. One feature in particular that stood out for me was the OpenSearch protocol. Adding this to your site can be easy, it can also be a headache. What is OpenSearch? OpenSearch [...]

The IE7 team has announced “great fixes to our (JavaScript) engine to improve the garbage collection routine and to reduce unbounded memory growth.” They have also found many sites using less than optimal scripting patterns and have some great advice on fine-tuning your JavaScript. The following tips could increase your site download speeds from 4-10 [...]

The IE7 blog has a new post of items that have been fixed in the upcoming release of IE7. While not on the list, the problem I found with alpha transparent png sprites has been fixed for the final release. Take a look at the list and think of it as new tools to use. [...]