Note: If you want to skip to the final code (in both MooTools and framework-neutral flavors), it’s at the bottom of this post. The problem Readers of this blog know that I enjoy MooTools. Like other JavaScript frameworks, it has many excellent features, including addClass and removeClass functions, which
I’m a big fan of the Filament Group’s UI work. They put a lot of thought into their work, and ensure everything they make is not only beautiful, but as accessible and as semantic as possible. One of my favorite pieces of work by the Filament Group is
As a Mac user, one of the more annoying issues I frequently encounter is funky PDF handling in Firefox and Safari. For instance: * Adobe doesn’t make a version of Adobe Reader that’s compatible with Firefox on Mac OS X * Adobe Reader is only supported in 32-bit versions of
Update, Dec. 2018: LearnSWFObject.com has been retired. It had a successful run, but with the demise of Adobe Flash, was no longer relevant. The domain learnswfobject.com is now owned by a squatter, don’t bother visiting. The site contents are preserved on GitHub, available at https://pipwerks.github.
Update: In 2013, four years after I posted this blog entry, Eolas lost their court case and subsequent appeals. Eolas Technologies is a company that manages licensing for patents. Eolas seeks to return value to its shareholders by commercializing these technologies through strategic alliances, licensing and spin offs. (source) The