Archive for October, 2005

Hitting the limits of Object Detection

Monday, October 31st, 2005

Repeat after me: ‘object detection good, browser detection bad’. Right? This is one of the core mantras of standards-aware DOM coding, and I’m right behind it. However, I came upon a case recently where object detection doesn’t deliver.
Let’s back up and explain the terms first. Browser detection and Object detection are both ways round cross-browser […]

An XML Callback Antipattern

Sunday, October 30th, 2005

What the File System Doesn’t Tell You

Sunday, October 30th, 2005

How to Frustrate an Eclipse User

Sunday, October 30th, 2005