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HTML5 Video, minus Ogg

March 19, 2010July 19, 2022

Mozilla, the makers of Firefox, refuse to support the MP4/H.264 standard because it isn’t open-source and free from licensing constraints. Without Ogg, Firefox’s HTML5 video is rendered useless and requires a Flash-based fallback system. However, Firefox’s handling of the video element breaks the fallback mechanism. A scripted solution is required.

Here’s a simple script that will detect whether HTML 5 video is supported in the browser, and if it is, will check to see if this is Firefox. If yes, it deletes the specified video element but leaves the Flash fallback in its place.

General

Rule of Thirds tutorial

March 17, 2010July 10, 2022

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Rule of Thirds is quick and fun tutorial explaining the concept of the rule of thirds as used in visual design.

web design and development

A new removeClasses utility for MooTools

March 13, 2010July 19, 2022

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MooTools’ removeClass utility will only work if the classes you want to remove are listed in the same order as the target element’s className property. Here’s a new removeClasses utility that fixes this shortcoming. A framework-neutral version is also provided.

web design and development

CustomInput Class: Accessible, Custom-Styled Checkboxes and Radio Buttons

March 11, 2010July 19, 2022

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I’m currently working on a new quiz system at work, and decided I’d incorporate Filament’s wonderful stylized checkboxes and radio buttons into my project, which meant it was time to roll up my sleeves and code me some Moo.

web design and development

Viewing PDFs in a Browser on a Mac

February 20, 2010July 19, 2022

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As a Mac user, one of the more annoying issues I frequently encounter is funky PDF handling in Firefox and Safari. Here are some things you can do to get PDFs working in your browser(s).

General | Site Updates

Mac Mini Server

January 6, 2010July 19, 2022

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In my last post, I explained my frustration with web hosting services and how this frustration led me to purchase my own server. In this post, I will briefly touch on some of the ups and downs I’ve experienced with the Mac Mini Server and its Snow Leopard Server software.

e-learning

Best Practices in E-Learning

October 21, 2009March 30, 2023

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There’s a big difference between best practices in terms of learning theory — something that’s difficult to quantify and/or prove — and technology.

e-learning

Introducing the CaptivateController

June 7, 2009July 19, 2022

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It took me much much longer than I anticipated, but I am happy to announce the new CaptivateController utility.

This controller is not a simple rehash of the original pipwerks.captivate.control utility; it is a complete re-write that adds a number of extra features.

e-learning

Captivate 4 variables gone wild

May 16, 2009July 18, 2022

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The folks at Adobe recently published a list of Captivate 4 variables. While it’s a solid list, it’s not really a complete list.

web design and development

Gotchas in Internet Explorer 8

March 21, 2009July 19, 2022

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.