QuirksBlog http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/ Copyright 2009 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:39:14 +0100 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.14 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fronteers 2009 - Douglas Crockford and Molly Holzschlag As I announced earlier the Fronteers 2009 conference will be held in Amsterdam on the 5th and 6th of November. Today we announce two speakers, and we also have extended the early bird period by one week (ends 10th of July instead of 3rd). The conference will be held entirely in English.

]]> http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/06/fronteers_2009_2.html http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/06/fronteers_2009_2.html Conferences Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:39:14 +0100 State of the Browsers — IE edition Recently I held a presentation at a local Microsoft conference in the Netherlands. Slides are here. Fanatical followers will recognise most of the topics I discussed from earlier slide shows, but the last one, about the changes to the market share of IE6, 7, and 8, is new.

Basically, IE6 will continue to exist when IE7 has all but disappeared, and, contrary to what you might expect, this situation will create exciting opportunities for Microsoft’s competitors.

Besides, last week the news came that Microsoft is going to voluntarily de-bundle IE from all Windows 7 machines that will be sold in Europe, and I continue to have my doubts about that affair.

So it’s time for a special State of the Browsers IE edition.

]]> http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/06/state_of_the_br_1.html http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/06/state_of_the_br_1.html Browser Wars Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:48:32 +0100 HTML5 Storage tests I have started an HTML5 compatibility table today. For now it only contains a test of HTML5 Storage in all desktop browsers, and a short report is in order. I also retested the DOM HTML; no changes.

]]> http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/06/html5_storage_t.html http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/06/html5_storage_t.html Content Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:40:51 +0100 Fronteers 2009 conference Just as we did last year, Fronteers, the organisation of front-end engineers in the Netherlands, organises a front-end conference. Ticket sale has started, and two more speakers have been announced.

The Fronteers 2009 conference will be held on 5th and 6th of November in Amsterdam. In addition to Nate Koechley and Steve Souders , John Resig of jQuery and Nicole Sullivan will join us to discuss JavaScript libraries and object-oriented CSS, respectively. The line-up will consist of twelve world-class speakers; the other eight will be announced later.

Ticket sale has started; currently we’re in the early bird period that will expire on the 3rd of July. A two-day ticket costs € 250; a one-day ticket € 175.

Additional discounts are available for Fronteers members (who have meanwhile received a mail), and Dutch educational institutions.

The conference is sponsored by Vodafone, and we’re currently negotiating with other potential sponsors.

I hope to see some of you at Fronteers 2009!

]]> http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/06/fronteers_2009_1.html http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/06/fronteers_2009_1.html Conferences Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:18:59 +0100 DOM Core tests on desktop and mobile Last week I’ve done the DOM Core tests in new browsers: IE8 final (in both IE8 and IE7 mode), Firefox 3.5b4, Safari 4.0, Chrome 1 and 2, and Opera 10a. I found no surprises.

After that I decided to continue with mobile browsers, of which I have 15 lying around on my desk. Unfortunately I could not test IE Mobile (old) because it supports only inline event handlers, Skyfire because it does not allow you to remove alerts, and the Opera runtime in the Vodafone widget manager for terrifyingly complicated reasons I still have to describe properly.

Still I managed to test the other twelve and found a few surprises.

]]> http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/05/dom_core_tests.html http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/05/dom_core_tests.html Mobile Mon, 25 May 2009 12:55:30 +0100 A note on testing methodology In his recent Feature testing CSS properties entry, Juriy Zaytsev (Kangax) discusses the possibility of detecting CSS support by means of JavaScript. Although he rightly points out that this method has its drawbacks, as far as I’m concerned he doesn’t go far enough.

This sort of testing should not be used at all. Ever. The methodology is plain wrong. Browser compatibility tests are to be done by hand. Any automated system is useless, because it will give false information.

]]> http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/05/a_note_on_testi.html http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/05/a_note_on_testi.html Theory Wed, 20 May 2009 14:33:37 +0100 Presentations at Yahoo!, Google, Voices that Matter and Amsterdam Widget Camp Phew, the last two weeks have been a blast, but also a bit tiring. I went on a visit to San Francisco in order to speak at the Voices That Matter Web Design Conference, and since I was in town anyway both Yahoo! and Google invited me to do a tech talk. I returned home on Friday, and on Saturday I spoke at the Amsterdam Widget Dev Camp organised by Vodafone NL. Fun, but wearing.

Here are the links to my presentations.

]]> http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/05/presentations_a.html http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/05/presentations_a.html Conferences Mon, 04 May 2009 17:20:40 +0100 Voices That Matter JavaScript Events + Y! video I've just put my Voices That Matter presentation online (PDF, 600K); and also on Slideshare

This presentation overlaps with my recent Yahoo! one for about 40%, and it's somewhat more basic. (Still, it was the most advanced JavaScript presentation at the conference.)

]]> http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/04/voices_that_mat_1.html http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/04/voices_that_mat_1.html Conferences Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:05:38 +0100 Google presentation: The Open Web goes mobile The slides of my Google presentation are now online (PDF, 841K).

This presentation, too, has been taped and will be published online. I'll let you know when that happens.

I also caved in to Jon Boutelle's peer pressure and now publish my slideshows on Slideshare.net; including this one.

]]> http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/04/google_presenta.html http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/04/google_presenta.html Conferences Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:42:10 +0100 Yahoo! presentation on JavaScript Events online (PDF, 1.7M).

The presentation has been taped and will eventually be published online; I'll let you know when that happens.

]]> http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/04/yahoo_presentat.html http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/04/yahoo_presentat.html Conferences Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:03:42 +0100