Posts tagged ‘Microsoft’
Gotchas in Internet Explorer 8
Posted Saturday, March 21st, 2009.
Filed under JavaScript, web design and development with the tags best practices, CSS, How-to, Internet Explorer 8, JavaScript, Microsoft, standards, web browsers, web design and development
Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is at Release Candidate 1, which means it will be released very shortly. IE8 is a brand-new browser and will represent a considerable shift from IE7/IE6; it will follow standards more closely and will offer much improved CSS 2.1 support. However, because of some of these changes, it is also widely understood that IE8 might ‘break’ websites that have relied on IE-specific hacks targeted at previous versions if Internet Explorer.
IE’s “Click to activate” a thing of the past
Posted Wednesday, April 16th, 2008.
Filed under web design and development with the tags Eolas, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, web browsers, web design and development
In case you hadn’t already heard: The “click to activate” behavior, formerly required for ActiveX controls embedded in some webpages, is now permanently removed from Internet Explorer. You’ll need to get the April 2008 Internet Explorer Cumulative Update. I believe the proper response is “woot!” [ Read the full Official IEBlog announcement.]
I hate to say it…
Posted Wednesday, February 15th, 2006.
Filed under e-learning, General, web design and development with the tags development tools, e-learning, e-learning tools, infopath, Microsoft, XML
But I found another Microsoft product helpful today. It pains me to say it, but it’s true. I have created an XML template for an online course delivery system I’m building at my workplace. The course data for each course needs to be placed into a copy of this XML template. The problem is that [...]
Daily newness: An online XML-to-XSD Converter
Posted Monday, February 13th, 2006.
Filed under e-learning, General, web design and development with the tags development tools, Microsoft, standards, XML, XSD
OK, most of you probably don’t know the difference between an XML file and an XSD (“XML Schema”) file. For a brief intro check out W3Schools’ XML Schema tutorial. A brief quote: “The purpose of an XML Schema is to define the legal building blocks of an XML document, just like a DTD.” This week [...]
