CSS Sprites: Image Slicing's Kiss of Death
Srite is actually one big image. Have you ever seen the CSS technique where the "on" and "off" states of a button are
contained within the same image and are activated by shifting the background-position?
More info at www.alistapart.com
"Blueprint" - A CSS framework
Blueprint is a CSS framework, which aims to cut down on your development time. It gives you a solid foundation to build your
project on top of, with an easy-to-use grid, sensible typography, useful plugins, and even a stylesheet for printing.
More info at www.blueprintcss.org
IE6.0 Funeral
Internet Explorer 6.0, resident of the interwebs for over 8 years, died the morning of March 1, 2010 in Mountain View, California,
as a result of a workplace injury sustained at the headquarters of Google, Inc. Internet Explorer 6.0, known to friends and family
as "IE6," is survived by son Internet Explorer Seven, and grand-daughter Internet Explorer Eight.
More info at www.ie6funeral.com
Thoughts on Flash
In a statement today on Apple.com, Apple CEO Steve Jobs described the company’s position on
Flash: "I wanted to jot down some of our thoughts on Adobe’s Flash products so that customers and critics may better
understand why we do not allow Flash on iPhones, iPods and iPads."
More info at www.apple.com
HTML5: Could it kill Flash and Silverlight?
HTML5, a groundbreaking upgrade to the prominent Web presentation specification, could become a game-changer
in Web application development, one that might even make obsolete such plug-in-based rich Internet application (RIA)
technologies as Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, and Sun JavaFX.
More info at www.infoworld.com