Update: The Acid3 test is now final, I’ve updated the blog post to reflect this. The new news on the block is that the upcoming Acid 3 test is in the oven, starting to get baked. Traditionally, the Acid test has served as a way to get browser vendors in line by testing them on […]
Comment · Posted: January 10th, 2008
I’ve just finished writing up some docs on the new Cross-Site XMLHttpRequest feature in Firefox 3. I was a little worried at first, but it definitely appears to be both easy-to-implement and easy-to-use. Specifically, it’s an implementation of the W3C Access Control working draft (which is respected by Firefox’s XMLHttpRequest). If you’re interested in giving […]
Comment · Posted: January 9th, 2008
I might as well come right out and say it: I’m starting work on my second JavaScript book. My first one was something of a success; it has gotten great reviews and is in its 3rd or 4th printing (I lose count). I’m in the process of pulling together materials, building outlines, and talking with […]
Comment · Posted: December 31st, 2007
A quick question: What are the most beautiful programming books that you’ve ever read? The type of book that, when you cracked it open, made you just want to stare at the code forever. (Beautiful, non-programming but still technical, books are also acceptable.) On a related note: What’s the best code formatting that you’ve ever […]
Comment · Posted: December 28th, 2007
Let me start by saying that Firefox 3, on OSX, is a completely, entirely, different browser from Firefox 2 on OSX. It’s more responsive, it has native widgets, and a brand new theme. Considering that I (and most developer friends that I know) use Firefox – and use OSX, this should come as a much-needed […]
Comment · Posted: December 19th, 2007
A big push of Firefox 3 has been to improve its overall performance (memory, speed, ui responsiveness, JavaScript, etc.). One thing that I wanted to see get a little love was the performance of timers (setTimeout and setInterval). However, in order to make my case, I had to do some analysis. I built a super-simple […]
Comment · Posted: December 18th, 2007
I’ve just completed my first survey of the current ECMAScript 4 implementations. I went through and attempted to compile as many bugs and features as possible, as stated by the ECMAScript 4 specification and double-check them against all the actively-maintained implementations. You can view a nice overview below. I think it’s fascinating to note that […]
Comment · Posted: December 17th, 2007
This past summer I swung by Y Combinator a couple times to scope out the new startups. (Fun fact! I was in Y Combinator during the Summer of 2006.) Out of all the startups there one really caught my eye: AppJet. They were setting out to build a quick-and-easy way to construct web applications using, […]
Comment · Posted: December 13th, 2007
