Is having a flexible layout required anymore?
It is second nature for me to command + while testing out my XHTML and CSS to make sure the text scales nicely and the layout is flexible to wider and longer content. Firefox 3 has been my default browser since it’s been out of beta and I still increase the text-size to check if my layout is adapting correctly. Doing this in Firefox 3 has a different effect then what I am used to and I’m constantly reminded, “Oh yeah, Firefox now does that full-page-zoom thing”.
On a recent project I was working to get an Adobe Fireworks design “sliced” into XHTML and CSS; this time I remembered about the Firefox 3 full-page-zoom. Thinking about what Firefox 3 does, I also remember that IE7 does something similar but not as well as Firefox. Now launching Safari 3.1…, ready, set, command + …aww bummer, just normal text-resizing.
So which browsers are doing the full-page-zoom and which are doing just text-resizing?
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Successful web-based small businesses that generate profits are precious. If you are one of these, stay one of these. There is no requirement that web start-ups, when successful, have to be sold to publicly-traded [large] companies. The reason your small web company is successful and profitable is you; your awesome products/services and customer support exist because of you. Losing you would be destructive to your what your company does and is known for.
Slicehost is an awesome VPS hosting company; they’re a small web business offering support which is second to none. I use Slicehost and they’re the only hosting company I would recommend (I’ve used my fair share of hosting companies over the years).
Guess what just happened; Rackspace, a publicly-traded hosting company, has acquired Slicehost. Now I’m a little worried…
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Google Analytics has become the default web-analytics provider being a powerful, free, and easy to use service offered by a well-known reputable company. Aside from being pretty great; using Google Analytics on your website/webapp still means it is third-party integration. Third-party integrations tend lack control on the side of the client or user, Google Analytics is no exception here.
I’ve developed a method of integrating Google Analytics which allows the user/client to regain control over the loading and execution while not blocking other JavaScript code on the page from executing. This method requires either YUI or jQuery to be present but can be adapted to work with other JavaScript libraries.
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